Yes, we can.

[Gemini Cricket]

Okay, I may be flamed for this, but it supports the point I was making earlier.

Last night, Obama was reamed. Reamed by Palin and the media is all over her lauding her speech and what she said.

And where is the strong rebuttal from Obama as of this post? Where is the 'Palin is wrong about the following items and here they are' response to the speech?

This is exactly the Kerry-esque flaccidity that screwed him. While there is no response, no hard hitting comeback, what Palin said will sink in with the undecided.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Last night, Obama was reamed. Reamed by Palin and the media is all over her lauding her speech and what she said.

And where is the strong rebuttal from Obama as of this post? Where is the 'Palin is wrong about the following items and here they are' response to the speech?

Do you really want Obama to dignify Palin's chihuahua-yapping? Let Biden do it. It's what he's there for.

I've been scanning the blogs this morning and while Palin has galvanized the hard right, she doesn't seem to be picking up Hillary fans and her squawking is apparently turning off some of the independents and moderates. I know McCain chose her as a political maneuver to solidify his base but I don't know how many of the independents he's gonna get from this move.

Freaky as it sounds I can kind of envision all of this as a Disney movie: "Hockey Mom"

Hockey Mom turns local mayor turns local governor who boots out an extremely unpopular boob governor. Gets picked to be VP nominee. Like Sandra Bullock in "Miss Congeniality," Hockey Mom has to learn the ropes real fast. Does a reasonably good job.

Lots of fast-forward scenes of Hockey Mom sitting at kitchen table trying to identify country names as her kids point to places on a wall map, while she juggles feeding baby and hemming older daughter's wedding dress. There is even a little mini-drama near the end of the movie when the presidential nominee seems to have a heart attack... but it turns out he was dehydrated and the stress was a bit too much. But it's enough for her to realize that she may indeed have to fill in the President's shoes, and she realizes that it's not just a big game.

In the end, there is a big climax where it looks like her party MIGHT win... but then, she loses. Instead of being upset, she realizes what a wonderful family she has, and what a wonderful country she lives in. She ends up thanking the Presidential nominee, and for a brief moment she gets to meet in person the opposing party's Presidential nominee, whom she'd been demonizing for the whole campaign... and she sees that he loves his children and wife as much as she loves her children and husband. She realizes that he is not a demon but just looks at life from a different perspective. She returns to her home state with her family, where she lives happily ever after. Oh, but there's always 4 years from now! The end.

[Played by Tina Fey, of course.]