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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
VIDEO: Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech at the 2008 RNC
In case you 1) missed it or 2) didn’t get enough of it the first time …. here it is. Make sure to email it to any friend or family member you think will be receptive to watching it/reading it by clicking the “Email This Post” link at the bottom of this post. 
Transcript here.
How did Gov. Palin’s speech go over with the far left gang at MSNBC?
These MSNBCers are visibly depressed.
Andrea Mitchell is glumly interviewing a beaming Rudy Giuliani. By contrast, when Mitchell was reporting from Invesco, she gleefully recounted the Democratic delegates’ reaction to Obama’s best lines: “Whooee! Whooee!” she said into the camera.
Kicking it back to Keith after the Rudy interview, a crestfallen Mitchell said, “The war has begun.” Indeed.
File this under, “You know you’ve just delivered an awesome speech and stunned your critics when …”
Final thought of the night:
Right on cue, the Beltway snobs dumped on Gov. Sarah Palin’s brilliantly crafted and delivered speech tonight by immediately pointing out that the speech was “written for her.”
What officeholder — from mayors to the President — doesn’t have speeches written for them?
Now, they have a problem with political candidates who are skilled at reading a teleprompter and delivering great soundbites and revving up large crowds?
Now?
They fear. They hate. They squirm.
Keep bringing it on, Gov. Palin.
I second that motion. Is there a third in the house tonight?
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Just found a link to the transcript here.
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What an incredible speech! I’m a young conservative woman and I was almost in tears watching this. FINALLY there is someone out there that believes the way I believe in this race! McCain just won this thing, trust me. And I too noticed that the first thing out of Mort Kondraki’s mouth was that the “speech was written for her.” What a stupid thing to say! Of course, this is the same man who recently said that Palin was our “Dan Quail.” Hope he likes the taste of crow….
After helping “celebrate” the DNC Convention last week, the MSNBC team of commentators covering the Republican convention reminds me more of a pack of hyenas picking apart the carcass of a zebra. This is not news coverage; this is propaganda in action.
Tonight’s crew of pundits was led by Keith Olbermann in New York, who, as a partisan commentator, needs no introduction. He was joined in St Paul by Chris Matthews (who melts at the sight of Barack Obama), Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post leftie, who is on Olbermann’s show almost every night, Rachel Maddow of Air America, Nora O’Donnell, who has made it crystal clear that she thinks Sarah Palin’s selection was a mistake, David Gregory, Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and, oh yes, Pat Buchanan, the token conservative (sometimes).
With the exception of Buchanan, the slant on the reporting of this convention is pretty unanimous: The Republicans suck. McCain sucks, and Sarah Palin has a pregnant 17-year-old daughter.
Some analysis!
Tonight, Chuck Todd pointed out that Palin had sold a private jet on E-bay, the implication being that this woman is out of touch with ordinary Americans, who can’t afford a private jet. Just one catch: The jet belonged to the state of Alaska and was sold to cut down on state expenses.
In addition, Olbermann immediately followed up on Mike Huckabee’s speech by jumping on two factual errors Huckabee made dealing with American history. Good job, Keith!
Matthews, for his part, struck out against those critics of the MSM coverage, pointing out that they (the media) were “doing their job” in pointing out the stories about Palin. (”We have a job to do.”) Yes, Chris, it was the media’s job to jump on the Daily Kos rumor about the Governor not being the real mother of the baby born in April. It was the media’s job to make a big deal out of the news that her daughter was going to have a baby out of wedlock.
Then Matthews informed us that Palin’s speech tonight (which supposedly attacks the “boys club” in politics) was being written by some guy he described as a member of the “boys club”. Chris, you are supposed to be an anchor. You could have let Robinson or Maddow mention that.
Robinson, who usually likes to write about racial victim hood issues, pointed out that the Republicans are “playing against the media”. Why shouldn’t they? Media bias is a fact, and it is nowhere better illustrated than at MSNBC.
Most importantly, the reaction to Palin’s speech:
Olbermann immediately commented that it was a great speech, but as to content….then went on to quote some Lincoln-era quote-implication: Her speech was devoid of content. He later went on to bemoan the “condescension” shown to Obama, Biden and the Democrats. This from the lead anchor of the convention coverage.
Matthews, the co-anchor, made a curious reference to Palin being a torpedo aimed at Barack and Michelle Obama on “cultural terms”. Curious indeed, but Matthews has been making curious comments with increasing regularity lately.
Eugene Robinson described it as “two speeches”. He liked the personal part but dismissed the other half as “canned-written by a McCain speechwriter”.
Rachel Maddow described Palin’s speech as “Sarcasm, mockery, insults, nasty sniping, and belittling” (toward Barack Obama). She should know.
White House press gadfly David Gregory described it a strong presentation that was well received (faint praise).
Buchanan: “Sensational”. That was about the only word he got out before they cut away to someone else, and Pat disappeared.
Then NBC News Anchor, Brian Williams came on and read a blog entry from “anonymous” author, Joe Klein, who blistered Palin for her policies in Alaska. (Klein is the stand-up guy who wrote the book, Primary Colors, by “anonymous”, denied being the author then admitted it. So much for his credibility.)
So MSNBC has a two-fold mission, as they see it: First, to defend themselves against criticism being directed toward the media for being biased and trying to tear down Sarah Palin; second, to tear down Sarah Palin.
None of the above is to deny news commentators the right to offer criticism of the convention, the Republicans, McCain or Palin. However, it would be nice to see some measure of balance among the commentators. In addition, how can MSNBC justify having two blatant partisans (Olbermann and Matthews) acting as anchors? Olbermann, for his part, detests Republicans, yet, here he is leading the coverage of the RNC Convention.
In my own view, Palin gave a fine speech. She has poise and charisma, and the convention has received her enthusiastically-contrary to what the press would have us believe. She has a tough road ahead, and, unfortunately, the attacks on her are just starting. Just wait till Keith and his pack of hyenas get back to “Countdown.”
gary fouse
fousesquawk
ST, I’ll third the motion. Why do these clowns think every campaign hires speechwriters? To rummage through the collected works of Neil Kinnock for good phrases?
When that’s the biggest problem the chattering class can find with her speech, you know it was a home run.
Thirded.
What politician these days doesn’t have a speechwriter on staff. The truly great speakers, however, add their own touches — they’re not just robots reading a script. And this speech obviously had a lot of Palin’s personal touch in it.
I haven’t been this impressed by a political speech in a long time.
Joe “Xerox” Biden
Lest we all forget.
I think any questions about Sarah Palins “ability” should effectively be laid to rest. This pit bull is for real. Everybody asked “What does this say about John Mccains judgement?”
After last night I think the same question still applies. “What DOES this say about John Mccains judgment?”
If getting Sarah was a test of John mccains judgment I would say he passed that test with FLYING colors.
No, she did fine without any “styrofoam Greek columns”! Her meeting with Biden will likely be the most watched VP debate in history.
Looking forward to that debate too. Haven’t heard the speech yet (I’m about a week behind on speeches, probably won’t hear McCain’s until Saturday or Sunday). Heard the excepts on the radio. Good speech (from what I could tell), but I just can’t stand Palin’s voice. I notice when she’s talking normally it doesn’t bug me, but when she’s talking loudly (at speeches) my ears cringe. I’m not sure if it’s the accent or tone (or something else).
This, of course, has nothing to do with her capabilities as VP, just a personal note.
Doh, you’re right!
Neil Kinnock was just freelancing for Roadkill Joe.
It would seem that the teleprompter fouled up during Palin’s, and Giuliani’s, speech. She didn’t pull an ‘Obama’ and stutter and uhhm until it was fixed. Palin kept going!
Whoever wrote the speech – and I suspect Palin had much to do with it – Palin knew it. And spoke it without skipping a beat. She rocked!
The Lefties can cry in their latte.
Kudos to Palin … Great Speech !!!
Eect McCain / Palin in November. No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko, no mean Michelle, NOBAMA
Gov. Palin’s appeal is actually that she is one of “us.”
She’s the neighbor next door. She’s the parent at the PTA meeting. She’s the girl we sat next to in homeroom. She’s the woman we see at the grocery store.
That can not be said about Obama. It can not be said about Biden. It can not even be said about McCain … gender be damned.
IMHO, this is what the Dems fear more than anything else. She is one of “us”.
‘Bout damned time.
Can we flip the ticket?
Only half joking….
She’s brought energy and enthusiasm to a campaign that much needed it. She’s given conservatives a reason to vote for McCain, not just against Obama. She’s got the leftist media and Democrats running scared.
Sarah Palin rocks!