I just finished listening to John McCain's acceptance speech. Of course I wondered if he could possibly complete with the awesome speech of his running mate Sarah Palin.

Although his delivery wasn't as charismatic as his running mate, John McCain delivered a thoughtful speech of fighting for America and Americans with an emphasis on selfless service for country.

The story of his imprisonment and abuse in Viet Nam and the maturity and deep love of country that came of that makes Obama in comparison a pampered, petulant man-child.

For those of those who are not familiar with John McCain, this speech presented him as an experienced, mature, tested man committed to shaking up the status quo of Washington (including chiding his own party as an appeal to independents) with a return to integrity,cutting pork barrel, cutting taxes with an Reaganesque unabashed pride in America.

But equally important he was.... likable.... to me and judging by the reception to his speech other conservatives as well.

Together with Sarah Palin's speech, tonight I believe John McCain has brokered a peace within the party and brought all Republicans together for a common cause, defeating Barack Obama.

Onward!

McCain is desperately trying to swerve to the middle, to capture those voters who have no interest in the party of the right-wingers like Sarah Palin (or the rest of the wingers here at RM). But they're not going to be fooled by McCain's rhetoric. The moderate middle isn't going to be fooled by McCain's claims of reform when he's hitched his wagon to the Party of DeLay and Abramoff and years of corruption and incompetence both in Congress and in the White House ("Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job"). McCain may believe that he's a reformer but he's surrounded by those who are in allegiance to the corporate interests and the K Street Lobbyists.

America haters like unrependant terrorists Bill Ayres,racist anti-Seminites like "Rev." Wright, convicted felons, Tony Rasko

Or how about "ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now)the left wing organization that Barry touts as his "community organizer" service and also was the legal representative.

"This left-wing group takes in 40 percent of its revenues from American taxpayers -- you and me -- and has leveraged nearly four decades of government subsidies to fund affiliates that promote the welfare state and undermine capitalism and self-reliance, some of which have been implicated in perpetuating illegal immigration and encouraging voter fraud.

A new whistleblower report from the Consumer Rights League documents how Chicago-based ACORN has commingled public tax dollars with political projects."

The only desperate people right now are the liberals who now know that Barry screwed up big time by not picking Hillary and that McCain scored a brillaint tactical move in picking the real candidate for change, Sarah Palin who by the way has not only solified the base but is brining in millions, over $12 million so far and even more importantly, grass roots workers

Add McCain's speech last night and liberals are having panicky meetings behind closed doors today

Hopefully the fever will subside and the shallow, mean-spirited, attacks will be replaced with some earnest discussion about the real issues facing our country and the vast range of options available for solving our many problems.

Whichever candidate gets the most electoral votes will not change the challenges that are in front of the American people. You have the list memorized by now, and not checking them off as "solved" is no longer an option for us.

 I love seeing a woman who is PROUD to be a part of this great country. Who openly expresses' her enthusiasm to lead it. Unlike others who claim to have never had pride in America before.

I am proud to have my vice presidential candidate be Sarah Palin! With her at the side of a great man like John McCain, I know that the future of this country and the Great state of Michigan will be at an incline to wonderful things.

"...he has never run city, never run a state, never run a government. He has never been responsible as a mayor for the safety and security of millions of people, and he has never run a law enforcement agency..."

"The biggest project that Sarah Palin undertook as mayor of this small town was an indoor sports complex, where locals played hockey, soccer, and basketball, especially during the long, dark Alaskan winters.
The only catch was that the city began building roads and installing utilities for the project before it had unchallenged title to the land. The misstep led to years of litigation and at least $1.3 million in extra costs for a small municipality with a small budget. What was to be Ms. Palin's legacy has turned into a financial mess that continues to plague Wasilla.

Operating on the assumption that you were referring to Rudy Giuliani's speech on Thursday night at the RNC, I did a little easy look up and fact verification (full video here) (prepared text here):

Pay attention to what Mayor Giuliani says starting at about the 08:48 mark.  Are these the comments that you refer to?  Perhaps I'm not making the same connection, but these comments are about Barry Obama!

Now, I would love to not take your word for it and see where Mayor Giuliani applied that same reasoning to John McCain.  Would you be so kind as to provide a usable link, or even traceable reference?

While I'm at it, which Wall Street Journal article are you referring to about Sarah Palin's mayoral incompetence?  Could you at least provide the article title?

Ed Burley, Novi's a drive-by pooper who seems to get his kicks doing random mud-slinging and name-calling.  I guess that he figures that he can do here what he does on leftist-statist sites; the key difference is that he doesn't go unchallenged here.  My teenage daughter does a better job of stringing together a logical argument.  And when he does get pinned down on a point, he shifts the argument.  (I have an ex-wife who does the same thing, and the judge calls her out on it every time.)

The fact of the matter is that the Dems and the MSM were caught with their pants down on this one.  The media's griping about what they perceive as a sloppy vetting . . . probably because they weren't part of that process. Obama's dispatching a platoon of lawyers to Alaska to find anything that can be used to disqualify her for the ticket.  Given his history and track record, this isn't a surprise.