Absolutely great moment! All the little down-homeisms that Sarah Palin brings NATURALLY to this election cycle is what reaches out to people. I loved it when she gave “a shout out,” to her brother’s 3rd grade class and told them they get extra credit for stayin’ up to watch the debate. Just a really nice touch.
At the end of the day, what I like most about her (and what has literally dragged me over to casting my vote for McCain) is that she is not like THEM (not like Dems, Repubs, life-long politicians, MSM-types, Hollywood, elitists, etc.) She is like the average American—like me (no boasting in that intended).
The whole notion of changing the way Washington works is exactly what this election needs to be about. The bail-out, the $700 billion farce, the way that it was arrived at should prove to all that our political leaders are and ever have been flying by the seat of their pants when it comes to OUR money and OUR resources. If they had to put up 1/3 - 1/2 of all THEIR money/all their savings—if they had to stake THEIR financial lives on what they were voting on, I daresay we would have had a much more thoughtful, deliberative process take place. But because it was OUR money and not THEIRS, they were able to ‘FIX’ the problem quickly. So, now, the ‘FIX’ is in! Isn’t it funny how Pres. Bush has been continally harrangued about “rushing” into war (he took almost a year before he committed troops) while this bailout, which uses astronomical AMERICAN TAXPAYER resources is “deliberated” for 1 week! If that doesn’t dramatize the problem here, I don’t know what does.
I don’t think McCain passes the sniff-test on this, by the way. Sarah Palin sure does. So, her wink, her “youbetcha” her “doggoneit” her “Say it ain’t so, Joe” all work for me—She sounds so different from THEM.