[MountainDad]

I've been following Palin for some time now. Trying to size her up.

I remember way back when, when Carter was POTUS, and trying to find someone to get behind to defeat him. I heard a lot of the speeches from the GOP'ers then, but someone stuck me really hard. I can't remember what speech it was, but it raised the hairs on my neck. It was...

Ronald Reagan

. I've heard Palin also. She's not an "Ivy Leaguer", she speaks like me. She lives her life like me. Her family is kinda like most American families.

Lots of folks bash her. I really don't know why.

I've heard her give a few speeches.

They raised the hair on my neck again.

I gotta little horse sense...It did me good last time.

[Mortrey]

“... I can’t remember what speech it was, but it raised the hairs on my neck. It was...

Ronald Reagan.”

I was NEVER interested in politics.

But, I heard Reagan speaking once on tv.

He had an “angry black woman” asking him a question from the crowd, and she wouldn’t give him an opportunity to respond; she was so in love with the spotlight, she continued on, ad nauseum.

I heard him say to her: “Well, if YOU’LL SHUT UP, I’ll answer that for you.”

I’ve loved him ever since.

I think America needs a real person. Not pre-packaged.

[raygunfan]

excellent, i feel the same way.

all these folks who dont feel she is ‘presidential material’please show me this ‘material’ and what it entails.....

and then show me anyone who has that, for the conservative movement.....

[Windflier]

Lots of folks bash her. I really don't know why. I've heard her give a few speeches. They raised the hair on my neck again. I gotta little horse sense...It did me good last time.

Didn't want to copy your whole post, but you really put voice to the one thing that causes so many Americans to respond so positively to Sarah Palin.

Like so many of us, she honestly loves America, and is a true believer in the promise of our founding construct. She believes America to be a force for good in this world, and is unabashedly proud of its people.

Like Reagan before her, her vision is unclouded, and her resolve to do everything in her power to drive this nation back to its natural course of greatness is unswerving.

This is why people like you and I support her. We see that she is the only person on our side who has her sterling qualities. If she asks, I will do everything I can to help her become the 45th president of the United States.