Edward 4Palin's Speech: Did it Change Your Vote?
September 4th 2008 17:10
her speech was surprisingly passionate and well delivered
I'll be the first to say that Palin's speech impressed me last night. I thought for sure that she would flounder, she would seem nervous, a fish out of water. But instead she seemed confident and delivered her words with passion, even if they weren't the words she wrote (apparently Bush's speech writer wrote her speech for her.) All in all she did very well and I have a new found respect for her.
I like Sarah Palin. Yes, she's inexperienced, but she's young, and fresh, and passionate about her new role on the national stage. She makes up for her shortfalls with charisma and candor (like someone else I know... Obama) She's a refreshing addition to an old (and frankly decrepid) John McCain. For the first time in awhile I found myself thinking that maybe a McCain white house wouldn't be all that bad. Maybe.
The big point of contention that I had with Governor Palin's speech was the fact that she kept saying her and McCain are the real change ticket. What change? Not once did she detail specific plans for changing anything. I like Palin and McCain, I haven't yet written them off as a ticket I couldn't vote for, but if I did vote for them its not because I think they can change anything, I'd vote for them because they're the safer bet, the one with the least risk involved.
Obama is appealing because he has plans for changing healthcare, taxes, education, war policy and so forth. Unfortunately he's extremely inexperienced, and that scares the hell out of me. He's a big risk, but sometimes you have to take a big risk to reap big rewards. What I (and you) must consider, is do we have faith in what Obama is preaching? Or, do we want the already known, the old and stale path, but ultimately the safer path? I haven't yet made up my mind.... have you?
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