Did you notice that she even managed to ever-so-subtly point out that she’s to the right of McCain on Anwar?

Also, I have to admit that I can see now why she has a reputation as a babe. I didn’t really see it in still photos, but when she gets going…oh, well, I don’t want to seem like a groupie so I’ll leave it at that.

Honestly, I expected her speech to suck. Not “ignorant drooling hick” suck, as the media seemed to expect. But at least Pawlenty suck. I thought she’d trot out the standard lines and look like a reasonably intelligent person doing it. Instead she brought back Reagan memories.

I guess it was that whole “lowering expectations” thing. That whole thing started when Bush I ran against Dukakis in 1988, and I thought it was stupid even then. Granted, Bush still beat Dukakis in the debate, but in the following four years he managed to lower expectations for Republicans for the next 20 years. Instead of lowering expectations, Palin has really raised my expectations for the future of the GOP and of the country.

Wow…I really am a groupie.