I just watched the two skits over on HuffPo.  Watch yourself here.

First, I admire her for confronting it directly.  SNL has been ruthless in portraying her as a fool. 

Now that is nothing new, SNL portrays everyone as a fool, but even with that in mind, there is something slightly deranged about the depths that Tina Fey has taken it, followed closely by her own comments of dislike.

I cannot remember every political contest and how they were represented on SNL, but so far, SNL has favored the Obama campaign to at least a modest degree, reaching back to the primary fight against Hillary.

And certainly they have that right.  The producers and writers are under no obligation to be fair, and they have taken some shots at the other campaign.

But it seems to me that the old SNL would be a little more broad in its approach, if my memories of old shows are accurate..

Back to Palin.  I thought she held her own with dignity.  While I do agree with others that the skits marginal at best, as I said, I think she chose the right way to deal with it.  She cannot allow them to think it is upsetting.

Being a public figure requires you to accept a lot of crap from all sides.  In a way it is a compliment.  If her ideas were easily defeated, they would defeat them with their logic and arguments.  Personal attacks are a last resort.

A few people suggest that the best that can come form it is to suggest she is a good sport.  I agree.  nothing in this appearance was going to swing voters.

But in a sense, that works for me.  Why not let them know it won’t work to trash her with gross misrepresentations?

But I also agree with Sister Toldjah about something.  Rather then dig out the clips of Palin on SNL, I would rather post this video of Palin being Palin, and doing what she does best:  Defending family values and supporting special needs.

Apparently they do not think so.

I don’t have to replay all the past drops by the Obama campaign and all the other various uses.  Prime examples are as in the recent events file.

One was when Palin took the gloves off and attacked Obama over his association to unrepentant domestic terrorist, William Ayers. 

As this RNC faq sheet shows, he did have a close association, and Ayers has never recanted his terrorism.

And almost immediately, the race card was dropped on her.  Not by Obama, ironically, but by the Associated Press¹:

Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge

By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is “palling around with terrorists” and doesn’t see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign. 
 
And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.

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“Our opponent … is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country,” Palin told a group of donors in Englewood, Colo. A deliberate attempt to smear Obama, McCain’s ticket-mate echoed the line at three separate events Saturday.

“This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America,” she said. “We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism.”

Her reference to Obama’s relationship with William Ayers, a member of the Vietnam-era Weather Underground, was exaggerated at best if not outright false. No evidence shows they were “pals” or even close when they worked on community boards years ago and Ayers hosted a political event for Obama early in his career.

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The larger purpose behind Palin’s broadside is to reintroduce the question of Obama’s associations. Millions of voters, many of them open to being swayed to one side or the other, are starting to pay attention to an election a month away.

Palin did one thing in the debate that I almost stood up and cheered for:  She finally addressed the constant BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) that Biden and so many other democrats have been playing.

Biden made repeated comparisons between McCain and Bush during the debate, and democrats all over have ridden that dead horse all over town, that McCain is another 4 years of Bush.

In 2004 the campaign was “anyone but Bush” and it lead to a defeat.  I do not know if the same will happen this time, but the constant complaint is tiring.

They won’t address the issues, and address their opponent, just lame comparisons to the present administration.

Sarah, in the debate, would ave none of it (via Hot Air).

PALIN: Say it ain’t so, Joe, there you go again pointing backwards again. You preferenced your whole comment with the Bush administration. Now doggone it, let’s look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future. …

No, in fact, when we talk about the Bush administration, there’s a time, too, when Americans are going to say, “Enough is enough with your ticket,” on constantly looking backwards, and pointing fingers, and doing the blame game. …

But for a ticket that wants to talk about change and looking into the future, there’s just too much finger-pointing backwards to ever make us believe that that’s where you’re going.

That alone got her my vote.

I have many more thoughts on the debate, but that’s for tomorrow.

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Abortion.  Apparently that is the defining issue of our culture.

Sure, there are many things that drive the liberals wacky about Palin, but her determined pro life stance has to be the one I read about the most.  The constant accusations that she will repeal Roe Wade are generally the loudest.

No matter that the ability to make Roe Wade go away is hardly easy and not in the list of executive powers.

Perhaps these panic stricken fear mongers should consider that you have had 3 conservative presidents, all who were pro choice, and gee, none of them managed that trick.

We have a stumbling economy, a war, the constant threat of terrorism and all manner of other important issues, but for some reason, the defining issue keeps becoming Abortion.

Why is abortion such a polarizing issue?  Why does it promote such a visceral reaction?

The reality may be in what the two sides see it as.

Conservatives see the issue as a moral one, that of protecting innocent life. 

Liberals see it as a matter of choice, the choice to terminate a life.

The issue is a serious divide ideologically and morally, and as such, perhaps I should not be too surprised to see it such a defining issue.

But at the same time, as i noted, there are far too many real issues, issues that affect all the American’s who are alive, than to spend a lot of time whining about the ability to kill some of the unborn ones.

Yes, I admit, her solid stance on Abortion impresses me, even as Obama’s cruel stance disgusts me.

But neither of their views is enough to sway me definitively, I have many more fish to fry in my political needs.

If the only reason you can find to dislike Sarah Palin is her stance on Abortion, than perhaps the problem is that you have skewed priorities.

…Becomes truth.  Words spoken long ago by Lenin, they have never before been truer.

The Democrats are not dumb, they quickly realized that they have a tiger by the tail, so in good old Democrat tradition, they launched a campaign of disinformation.  A campaign determined to smear her beyond all respectability.

Fortunately, most of the rumors are easy to deal with. 

The more outrageous obviously come from extremists like Randi Rhodes, who in the clip below suggests Palin is a pedophile¹:

The sheer ridiculousness of that is self dismissing, but still, these rabid loons have rabid listeners who are in turn rabid believers and rabid voters.  They would likely never never have voted for her, but inflame them with enough righteous indignation and they will work much harder to vote against her.

Then you also have the Hollywierd types like Lindsey Lohan² who chides Palin for (among other things) being a media whore, ignoring the reality of Obama the media whore whose face has appeared on more magazines than…well, maybe even more than Lohan herself.  She also takes her to task for an anti gay conference her church is sponsoring, saying Palin herself is hosting it, not the church, but seems to ignore the foolishness of Rev Wright and Obama’s church.

These classes of people are easy to dismiss, they are not credible.

The media, the politicians and the talking heads have been much more ruthless.  Palin in the few short weeks since her nomination has endured a plethora of accusations and rumours unlike anything I have ever seen in such a short time.

Fact check has taken a few apart³:

False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain’s running mate.

Summary

We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

• Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she increased funding and signed a bill that will triple per-pupil funding over three years for special needs students with high-cost requirements.

That appears to be one of the more surprising aspects of the rise of Sarah Palin in national prominence:  A solid unabashed Conservative is now the new Poster Child for American Feminism.

Feminism has long been a Democrat stronghold.  They owned exclusive rights to the world of Gloria Steinem and Helen Gurley Brown.  The battle of the sexes was fought between Billie Jean King and Bobbi Riggs and family values redefined by the sniping between Dan Quayle and Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown).

Republicans and conservatives have long been the enemy with the baseless accusation that conservatives want women to be subjected to a life of subjugation akin to the Yearning For Zion religious community in Texas.

Now, suddenly, the new role model is a former beauty queen turned hockey mom, a mother of 5 and a woman who rejects the #1 feminist issue, abortion.

And yet, despite that, feminists in droves are hailing her accomplishments.

And great they are.  She was married in 1988, but in 1992, with two young children she ran for City Council and won, they ran for Mayor of her town in 1996 serving until 2002, now with 3 children.  And she successfully was elected Governor in 2006, with 4 kids in tow.

Tell me, how is she not an inspiration to women?  And now, she is a nominee for the office of Vice President?

How can anyone look at her life and not see a wonderful story and a strong willed woman?

It is easy to see why people like Camille Paglia love her:

Desperation. 

Nothing more, and nothing less.

The democrats have reached a severe point of desperation in the presidential race as they face something they cannot understand, and find to be anathema:  A woman who is feminist, successful, and unapologetically conservative.

The democrats would have you believe that conservative men are unibrowed atavistic chauvinists who want their women barefoot and pregnant.  They likewise consider conservative women to be ignorant slaves to their religion and men, and when one pops up that is strong willed, yet not subservient to the liberal agenda and dogma, they freak out, and begin to attack them for the very things that they claim to respect:  Women who are independent to their own ideals, dependent on no one and willing to fight for their beliefs.

The attacks on Palin are by far some of the sexist and most ridiculous attacks I can recall, and in their own way, they are a massive compliment to Ms Palin’s qualifications.  The democrats know she is not only capable and qualified, but that she brings a sense of life to the campaign that has never been seen. 

Politicians of all stripes rely on a simple tactic to try and resonate with voters, that of showing that they are “one of you” in word, deed or philosophy.  Politicians as a rule are so out of touch, that they instinctively feel the need to offer this olive branch of familiarity.

The problem is that Sarah Palin really is “one of us”.  She was raised in a small town, did not have the wealth and privilege and ivy school education that permeates Washington DC.  She did not get a law degree, she went for Journalism.

She was a mom raising her kids who answered a call to serve her community and her talents and abilities helped her rise to the top.  She came from no where and with her conviction and determination she unseated established politicians, and then went on to be so audacious as to actually do a good job.

Time constraints caused them to cut this on Wednesday when Sarah Palin did her acceptance speech, so here it is now, better late than never.

Her opponents will of course trot out any disgruntled person they can find who doesn’t like something she did, but her records is still impressive.  She one of only a few people in politics who impresses me as being in touch with real people and not just the Ivy League and Washington elite.

Love her or hate, thats up to you.  But take the time to actually see who she is and what she has done.  You may be missing out on the biggest breath of fresh air to head to Washington since Mr Smith.

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She nailed it.  From start to finish, and all points in between, Sarah just knocked it out of the park.  Period.

Transcript here

Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States…

I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America.

I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election… against confident opponents … at a crucial hour for our country.

And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much harder missions … and met far graver challenges … and knows how tough fights are won - the next president of the United States, John S. McCain.

It was just a year ago when all the experts in Washington counted out our nominee because he refused to hedge his commitment to the security of the country he loves.

With their usual certitude, they told us that all was lost - there was no hope for this candidate who said that he would rather lose an election than see his country lose a war.

But the pollsters and pundits overlooked just one thing when they wrote him off.

They overlooked the caliber of the man himself - the determination, resolve, and sheer guts of Senator John McCain. The voters knew better.

And maybe that’s because they realize there is a time for politics and a time for leadership … a time to campaign and a time to put our country first.

Our nominee for president is a true profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by.

He’s a man who wore the uniform of this country for 22 years, and refused to break faith with those troops in Iraq who have now brought victory within sight.

I am sure this will be followed with more claims of Foxes bias, but this is classic.

Megyn Kelly of Fox News was interviewing the editor of US weekly, and she owned him.  Pure and simple.

The story revolves around the US weekly cover of Sarah Palin, below:

As you can see, the picture has a pretty clear message.

The problems came when people compared it to the cover below from June:

The contrast is obvious.  The Obama’s get a fluff piece on how wonderful they are, whereas Sarah is portrayed alone, and her article is a rundown of any juicy rumor then can find.  Perhaps the fact that US Weekly is owned by the people who own Rolling Stone, who love Obama almost to the point of deification had some impact:

What a noble halo you have, Mr Obama.  Can there be any doubt these two magazines are in the tank for Obama?

Well, Megyn called the editor on it.  After you enjoy this clip, see below for the magazine cover US weekly should have run…

Here is the story they had 10+ months to run, but they chose not to…

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