[Molly Pitcher]

Some phrase has been knawing at the edge of my brain the past few days, and I suddenly remembered it: Angel in the Whirlwind...a phrase from the Rev. War period, and the title of a fabulous book on that subject.

In several ways, that phrase works for Palin.

Also, again, speaking as an Am. history lover, she reminds me of our pioneer women who risked much with courage and grit, strength and love.

Michelle Obama is NOT in that tradition

[Jemian]

It took me a while to get through all those articles. Every one of them is a gem. While the opposition talks about change, we can now proudly point to our ticket and agree with the RATS. We need a change from Washington politics and Sarah Palin is far from that. She made eye contact, not just with the audience, but she looked straight into the camera and spoke to US. She connected with us from her daughter who rejected, at least for a time, her parents’ values, to her child with a handicap, to being an active member of the PTA and to her blue-collar, union card-carrying husband.

All the opposition can do is talk about helping “the little people in rural America.” Palin says, “we don’t want your help. Get out of our way.”