Palin’s Introduction at the Republican National Convention

Some stream-of-conscious notes on the Wednesday speeches of the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

The governor of Hawaii held up her hand in a symbol for “zero” when saying that neither of the Dem candidates had executive experience and the crowd started to chant “zero, zero, zero.” One of the funniest moments for me.

Romney was pretty aggressive in his speech and used very aggressive metaphors.

I really liked Huckabee’s speech. He was less aggressive compared to Romney, but he had a great anecdote meant to show how we should all be grateful to our military. I know this brought some tears to the eyes of some at the convention.

Next, the Governor of Hawaii, another person who became governor of a state after experience as a mayor, did a great job of talking up Sarah Palin.

Next, Rudy got a great reception. Rudy did a fine job of picking over Obama’s resume and belittling some aspects of it. The best part was his focus on the 130 times Obama votes “Present” while in the House. To Rudy, this indecisiveness was foreign and alien to him. As Rudy said, mayors and governors don’t get to vote “Present” when faced with tough choices or crises. Rudy also got in a bunch of digs against Obama and Biden.

Rudy did a great job. Each speaker I’ve seen thus far has been better than the previous.

Now, Palin.

The crowd loves her.

I think that Palin’s nomination as Vice President is the best thing to happen for the Republican party since the election of Ronald Reagan. Palin’s nomination marks the first time I’ve been excited about the election this year. It also marks the first time I’ve made a donation to a political campaign.

She introduces her family and talks about her life experiences.

She explains what the job of a small-town mayor involves. Paraphrasing, Palin said being a small-town mayor is “kind of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.” Palin did a great job. Very well-spoken. The preceding speakers did an awesome job of warming-up the audience for her.

Now McCain makes it up on stage and the crowd goes nuts. It’s just too bad that McCain is an awful speaker. Hopefully McCain wil be able to show his strengths in the coming televised debates.