Palin's the Golden Ticket

Sarah Palin delivered the speech to remember during the Republican National Convention this fall by successfully relating herself to many different types of Americans in a stylistic, witty fashion. She scattered one-liners throughout her speech in the short time she was given. She chose the specific content that she did so she could constantly relate every point she made back to the common people of the United States. From the introduction to the cutting down of her opponent, this stylistic method fueled her applause and praise. Coming into the Republican National Convention no one knew much about who Sarah Palin is, or what she stands for. This heightened the pressure for her to deliver. And she did just that.

Palin proved to be a relatable, down to earth candidate by cracking jokes along the way in her speech at the Republican National Convention. Palin spoke in a confident, powerful tone during her speech throughout its entirety. She filled time flawlessly when her teleprompter malfunctioned by bringing up her signature joke comparing pitbulls to hockey moms, "the only difference? Lipstick." This instantaneously related her to not only hockey moms, but sports lovers everywhere. It also empowers all women to an extent by showing they can be powerful and intimidating while also still being ladylike and classy. She lets her joke sink in by giving a respectable amount of time for applause. She does not let it get out of hand, however. She keeps control of her audience by cutting off applause in a polite fashion. The audience really responded well to her largest chunk of comedic politics however, bashing the opponent.

Palin proved her loyalty to the Republican Party and the American people by cleverly cutting into Obama with that stunning beauty-pageant smile on her face. She speaks of the democratic candidate from not only a vice presidential nominee's standpoint, but from the common American's point of view as well. She lets them know she's on their side and will not manipulate them. Being from a small town she starts off this segment of her speech explaining her role in the small town in which she lives. This instantly makes small-town America comfortable with her. The smart thing Palin does to seal the deal of showing her loyalty to other small town Americans is through showing how Obama does NOT fit the profile. While her opponent looks down on her small-town mayoral experience, she cuts into his background.

"I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have ACTUAL responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of  a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening. WE tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco"

Here she not only cuts into Obama's past "experience," but she includes herself when talking about small-towns which proves her to be on the side of the working people of America. She's letting Americans know that she will not flip flop of waiver on her views depending upon her location. She's where you're from and she has your back. She even brings up how her family relates to all American families, in a more refined manner, however.

In the beginning of Sarah Palin's convention speech, she tells everyone, "I'm just one of many moms who'll say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way." She acknowledges that her son and her nephew are each involved in the protection of our country and lets every soldier, family member of a soldier, veterans, and anyone affected by war know that she relates and knows how they feel. She goes on to say that her family 

"has the same ups and downs as any other... the same challenges and the same joys. Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge. And children with special needs inspire a special love. To the families of special needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House."

She reaches out to those in a situation similar to hers and strikes a chord in the hearts of those who do not. She grasps the attention of mothers as well. Having a strong willed, powerful, outspoken woman (and mother) on the ballot lets females everywhere know the sky's the limit. The sincerity in her voice while she talks about her families reassures Americans that she is there for them.

Palin relates herself to the middle and lower class citizens of America when she cuts down the supposed perks of being a governor. She doesn't need the luxury jet because it was "over the top," and she would rather give that money back to taxpayers. The working class relates to her view of unnecessary materialism. She drops a joke about selling it on ebay as well, keeping to her witty style. 

Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention recieved the highest TV ratings of any of the convention speeches. She was a mystery. She proved to America she was on their side and can relate to everything they go through by cleverly cutting into opponents and sincerely explaining her family's situation. She proved to be the ticket that McCain and the rest of America needed.

A MUCH ANTICIPATED!!!.... flop

Sarah Palin was the talk of the country this fall when the National Conventions were taking place. She's a woman! She's Alaskan! She's.... not ready to potentially lead our great country. In her much anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention she simply bashed Obama and highlighted the sympathy points her family had to offer. She didn't really explain the details of what she wanted to accomplish while in office. She flew over major issues and focused on easy-to-understand topics. Lets face it. McCain is no spring chicken. The Republican potential future Vice President has to be up to the full challenge of being president, not just excelling at trash-talking.

In her speech at the Republican national convention Sarah Palin spent a great deal of her thirty six minutes bashing Obama. Yes, politicians should definitely address the views of their opponents and explain their flaws, but that is not what Palin did. She took unfair jabs at Obama rather than explaining why his stance on important issues are not in the best interest of our country. 

"What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ...take more of your money ...give more orders from Washington ...and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world."

Palin simply bashes Obama by asking what's he going to actually accomplish, but her serious flaw is not saying what SHE wants to accomplish. She generalizes the flaws in Obama's platform and jumps to conclusions about Obama's plans regarding the war in Iraq. Her speech is only a veil covering the immense problems the extreme problems facing America today.

Palin simply generalized her entire speech at the Republican National Convention while flying over any possible policy details she wishes to implement if elected into office. 

"Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. No one expects us to agree on everything."

Here she simply stated the obvious and simply filled time in her speech. The words really don't contain substance. One would think that after she said this she would go into what she plans on doing to actually "serve the common good," but in reality she simply rambles on some more and generalizes her experience as governor. Palin spent a significant amount of her speech preaching why she's the candidate for small-town America. Her broken record tactic of throwing this in the audiences face repeatedly isn't effective on more intelligent Americans. Her small-town blabbering is no different then listening to a drunken sports fan preaching for his home team. It's all talk, no substance. Much like the portion of her speech dedicated to her family.

Palin spent around the first fourth of her speech talking about her family. She simply highlighted the aspects of her family that would gain her sympathy points. She doesn't explain what she's going to do to better the situations that merit these things however. She begins talking about men in uniform and how her son and nephew serve our country. What she misses is what she's going to actually do as a "soldier's mother" in office. What will she realistically get done to keep troops safer while in office? She seems to forget that minor detail... She also has a heartwarming moment where she talks about her youngest son who has a disability. She tells Americans with disabled children that they will have a friend in office, but seems to skip over the part of what she is actually going to do to help them. 

One of the most controversial issues in the media about Palin leading up to her convention speech was the fact that she has a 17 year old, unmarried daughter who is pregnant. She spoke of her sons, her husband, and her nephew, but casually did not talk about her daughter. I don't know what she was hoping would happen -that we would just forget about her? We didn't. She had the time and place to explain the situation and how her family is going to deal with it, but she just skipped it entirely.

Palin delivered a speech that highlighted the good on the surface, skipped over the controversy altogether, and generalized everything rather than actually bringing up reality and possible policies to remedy the shambles our country is in. It was a sham of a speech full of trash talk, empty of any type of details.