Republicans must be thrilled with Palin's speech

The Republicans' favorite rifle-shooting, sports-announcing, beauty pageant queen Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, delivered a rousing speech last night at the Republican National Convention. At many times was the mostly white crowd there on their feet applauding as Palin talked about: 1. Her kids: Track and Trig, Willow and Piper, and of course, the very young, very pregnant Bristol Palin. Finding out you are pregnant never came at a worse time. 2. John McCain's many, many, many, many heroic acheivements: By all means, McCain's experience in Vietnam was heroic, and I'm not at all trying to take that away from him. That took extroadinary courage and self-sacrifice. But does that, and that alone, qualify a man to be president? Palin said many times that this is the kind of man we want running our nation. Brave and heroic, yes. But a president needs more than just courage. 3. Obama's many, many, many, many shortcomings: Just as the end of the war in Iraq is in sight, should we pull out? In this case, yes, seeing how the end of the war is not in sight and has rarely been farther away. Palin's seemingly uninformed comment made the Republican delegates cheer and Democrats cringe. Has this lady been watching the news? Also, never once in her speech did she name Obama. It was always "the opposition" or something along those lines, bunching the Democrats into a single Big Bad. Overall, Palin's speech brought nothing new to the table. The bottom line? "Vote for McCain, because he is a war hero and the oppostion will raise taxes." The speech reinforced true Republicans' beliefs. The crowd liked her, and that's all that matters.