UPDATE: Went home to see Palin's introduction and here first speech. She was very slightly nervous to begin, and then came on strong. The commentators on CNN and MSNBC were a little stunned by her nomination; they seemed to feel it was a good move by McCain.
Sarah Palin, the first term Governor of Alaska, all along has been a dark horse candidate for VP. In fact, I wrote about her here - Tom Faranda's Folly: Potential McCain VP choice is pregnant - back in March.
A reformer and maverick she took on her own party in Alaska. And she is pro-life, a member of Feminists for Life of America (as is my wife Brigid). On April 18th Palin gave birth to her fifth child, who has Downs Syndrome. Here's what Palin said at the time:
"I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection," ... "Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"
I don't know what her oratorical or debating skills are like; but she's a lot easier on the eyes then Joe Biden, even with his hair plugs.
dailykos, huffington post and Damian all hate her as his choice, which tells me it was a good move.
Posted by: Phil Faranda | Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 02:12 AM