Based on advance excepts of the speech she’ll be delivering in about two hours, it looks like not-officially-yet Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is going to give the GOP delegates the red meat they want:
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin cast herself as an outsider and took a swipe at Democrat Barack Obama on Wednesday in what was the most anticipated speech of the Republican National Convention. She pledged that as John McCain’s running mate, she wanted to go to Washington not to seek the media’s approval but “to serve the people of this country.”
Depicting herself as “just your average hockey mom,” Palin described her political career as mayor of her small town before her election as governor.
“Since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves,” Palin said in excerpts of her remarks, released in advance of her appearance. “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Palin didn’t mention Obama by name but her target was obvious: Obama began his political life as a community organizer.
Palin also said she was not part of the permanent “Washington elite.” She said some in the media think that makes her unqualified.
“Here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion – I’m going to Washington to serve the people of the country,” Palin said.
Except, you know, for the fact that the Vice-President doesn’t really do anything other than inquire into the health of the President, break ties in the Senate, and go to funerals of foreign leaders of insufficient stature to warrant a Presidential visit.
Seriously, though, I’m sure this will energize the crowd, and the base, and it may even play well to undecided voters assuming many of them are watching. But she still needs to recognize the fact that even someone who campaigns against the so-called Washington elite must at some point answer questions from the press — so far, she hasn’t done that.
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