Ladies and Gentlemen may I present the 45th President of the United States, Sarah Palin. Wow! Had tears of pride welling in my eyes several times during the speech. Only politician ever to do that to me was Ronald Reagan. Never, ever liked John McCain before. Respected him for his courage and service to our country, yes, just didn’t care for the man. Guess his maverick ways hit the wrong nerve in me. His selection of Sarah Palin, however, has earn my admiration and a budding fondness for the man. For me, experience isn’t something I look for in a candidate for the Presidency. As President Clinton correctly phrased it, no one is truly prepared to be President. For me the determining factors I look for is character and judgement. McCain has the character part down in spades. His selection of Palin (as well as unwavering support for victory in Iraq) shows his judgement is beyond reproach. She is clearly more than qualified for the position of Vice President and is without question the best possible pick the Mr. McCain could have made. That he recognized this speaks volumes about his judgement. I have absolutely no doubt that he will be a good President. Oh, and the admiration part? By elevating Mrs. Palin to the second position on the ticket he has given me and millions of other conservative Americans a gift: hope. Hope for the future of Mr. Reagan’s vision (he did predict that the first American woman President would be a Republican). Hope that the new rising star, Sarah Palin, and may well turn out to be America’s Margaret Thatcher. We shall see. Can’t wait for the Biden – Palin debate. Think the Senator from Delware better start preparing now given what we witnessed at the RNC this evening.
Speaking of Maggie:
“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country”
“I’ve got a woman’s ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.”
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
