I have not been overly excited about McCain since he won the nomination. He has, however, continued to surprise me with the campaign that he has run. He has constantly put Obama on the defensive, causing the Community Organizer and Junior Senator to react to each new ad. He has constantly been one step ahead of Obama as we saw with Obama's speech last night and McCain's announcement today. Obama gave a great sounding speech but it was full of lies and was nothing more than a reactionary attempt to prove to America that he loves his country, that he is not a radical Lefty, that he is different, that he is strong on defense and so on. None of these are true but he sure sounded good saying them.
Obama was the first black American to be nominated by a major political party delivering an important speech that was watched by 39 million people. Today though, nobody was talking about it. He was upstaged by McCain once again who was already planning his next move of announcing Sarah Palin as his VP. Is she the best person to be 2nd in line as President? Maybe, maybe not. She is young, hasn't had a lot of experience and is uncertain. Would Mitt Romney have been a better pick to have as the backup? Possible. She was the perfect person to pick in response to Obama's nomination. Did she get picked because she was a woman? That was part of it, but she happens to be strong in so many areas.
She is young which means she is not part of the Good Ole Boys club that sets up camp and never leaves such as Joe Biden. She is a reformer. She has only served two years as Governor of Alaska but she has accomplished quite a bit in getting rid of corruption and cleaning up the state. She is tough. She went after established members of her own party and got them out of there. She is strongly pro-life. She found out that she was pregnant with a baby who has Downs Syndrome and did not choose to "terminate" the pregnancy. She knew that this baby boy was a precious life and that it was not her "choice" to take that life away. She has a son in the military. She is pro-drilling and has first hand knowledge in the ANWR issue.
The attack by the Obama camp is that she has no experience. This is laughable and once again, McCain set Obama up and Obama stepped right into it. Does a man who has 140 days of Senatorial service under his belt and no significant legislation credited to his name really want to attack a woman who has run an entire state for two years and has served in one form or another for 13 years? She may be lacking in years of experience but she is far more experienced than Obama who did serve on a committee with a known domestic terrorist.
The thing that makes Sarah Palin such an exciting pick is that it shows us that McCain is listening to his base. The base so desperately seeks strong Conservative leadership and this time, the best man for McCain's running mate is a woman. Republicans don't care what race or gender a candidate is, they care about issues and character. Palin is seemingly perfect on both fronts. She sounds great when she speaks because she says what she means. She doesn't need a teleprompter to deliver a rehearsed speech. She doesn't stumble through answers with a lot of ums and uhs because she doesn't have to think about what she is about to say and whether or not it will contradict what she said in a previous interview.
I can't wait for the debates. Joe Biden is a blowhard moron who thinks he is smarter than everyone he talks to. He is going to come across as a bully but Sarah "Barracuda" will be able to handle him. Obama will sound great as long as he can "answer" the debate questions with canned answers but will sound pathetic if he has to come up with something on the spot. McCain will sound sincere and will give genuine answers.
If things continue to go as they have been, this is going to be a blowout. America is not a far Left country and does not elect far Left candidates, especially when the Conservative base is excited. John McCain just did that with his VP pick.
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