Sarah Palin touted her small-town roots and lashed out at Democrat Barack Obama during a highly anticipated speech to the Republican convention on Wednesday, ridiculing her critics as out-of-touch elitists who do not understand everyday life in America.
Here are some reactions from inside the convention center in St. Paul:
Liz Tait and Molly White, Texas
“Soccer moms are gonna put her in the White House!”
Bob McAfee, Pennsylvania
“She’s a winner and we need a winner.”
Anne Conrad, Tennessee
“She’s a woman who has dealt with real issues in her family, her state, and her job, and she’s addressed them with strength, out of courage, and really following her convictions.”
Tony Manheim, New York
“I thought she gave a great speech and I’m rethinking my initial reactions.”
Christine Dwyer, Ohio
“She’s rocking, she’s rolling, she’s bold, she’s courageous and we love her.”
Tobias Buck, Indiana
“Sarah Palin looked into the liberal heart and made it bleed.”
Audrey (last name not known), Minnesota
“I really belive this will pull in Hillary voters.”
The videos were shot by Ed Stoddard, Corbett B. Daly and Leslie Rutledge.
Inside the Tent has more than 40 delegates and other attendees in Denver and St. Paul, equipped with video cameras to capture the conventions from the ground up. Rutledge is not a Reuters employee and any opinions expressed are her own.
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Paris Hilton would be a better choice than Sarah Barracuda! At least Paris has an energy plan!
- Posted by VictoriaHi, i truly belive McCain/Palin are thing America needs for a better future!
- Posted by MichelKelly- Wow! First of all, I don’t know anyone who actually supports partial birth abortions. Second, there is no such thing as right and wrong in love. And third, aren’t people who are looking to change the constitution based on religion just the same as people trying to change it based on personal beliefs?
We don’t need to come to the light… We are already there… maybe you should join us.
- Posted by NicholeOkay, can people stop generalizing and saying all Democrats don’t work and just complain. I work two jobs and my whole family works their butts off. My sister is in the Navy. We have all had jobs since we were very young.
Stop insulting the people who work hard for where they are. Not all Democrats are lazy just like not all Republicans work hard. Stop generalizing. It’s annoying.
- Posted by Working HardWhen it comes to connecting with the “average” American..the ones who do most of the working and living in this country..Obama and Biden talk the talk. But, unfortunately for the Democrats, McCain and Palin walk the walk as well. Gov. Palin’s speech put an exclamation point into this whole race. What a great candidate!
- Posted by LindaPIt’s amazing to me that so many Americans can have their buttons pushed just by invoking general concepts such as patriotism and “family values.” These people strike me as being extremely lazy. They would rather be led like sheep than analyze specific issues, voting records, and other decision-making data. Yep, just let people like the GOP and Bush/McCain do their thinking for them. Where I come from, the end result gets spelled out this way: “Live poor but vote rich.” If McCain were to be elected, all those poor unthinking suckers who voted for him along with those super-religious and/or super-materialistic GOP leaders who are behind all this deserve just exactly what they’ll get, four more years of the same. It’s just a pity that all of us who could see ahead eight years ago and knew what an idiot Bush was (and has proved to be) have to suffer the same consequences.
- Posted by EmilyEconomy economy economy… am I the only one who gets it? Energy is our economy, Energy affects everything. The more it costs the more we pay as companies cut back jobs, benefits, etc. Like it or not our energy needs dictate our economy.
What kind of crack do you have to smoke to truly believe the Republican Party is not a working class party? The working class in compromised of people of all views from left to right. The working class people keep this country running no matter who is president. This election has become a series of campaigns that bring me back to the elementary school elections where each candidate promised Twinkies and longer recesses to appease the crowds. While knowing their ability to deliver anything was false.
- Posted by JoeCan someone explain what a community organizer is? That doesn’t even sound like a real job? More like a hobby or after-work community involvement.
I have worked my entire life and have paid my bills as best as I could. I am not rich, I make less than most professional people. I have little debt past a house and car. I am working to give my family options as they grow. I do not want a government taking more of my income away so the over-abused welfare system can have it or other well intentioned bills can steal it.
The current administrations low approval rate is rediculous because what is the comparison? What president has been faced with such a severe attack on home soil? This is a time to repair the economy, educate our children and secure our country. McCain has been through things that set him apart from any other politician. I believe he knows whats right for the country and I hope when he is elected that he does command from the heart.
GOD bless America!
- Posted by OhioSince when did the Republican party become the working class party? Why last night of course. And it is about time. Sarah’s identifying with the American people will cause a Republican win in November. Obama and the Democratic party are the ones on the ropes now. The Dems have no substance. No message except for CHANGE. What exactly is this change? McCain has a long record of going against the normal party establishment. That is why the Republican base has been causious about his being their nominee. With Sarah Palin as his VP. All fear is gone. Women of america will vote for the Republicans as well as independent voters. We want lower taxes, less government, etc…. McCain/Palin will bring it and the Dems know it. That’s why they have been attacking Palin so strong. Now after her speech last night, we can expect that attack to go to new levels.
- Posted by JonAfter reading a few of these responses from Obama voters, don’t you just love seeing them getting so upset? They are so scared… and they should be. Come to the light, cowards of terrorism, we will finish this fight so your children can live without the fear of being blown up on American soil. Come to the light, abortion supporters, there has to be something seriously wrong with a person who will vote to have 9 month old healthy babies partially pulled from their mother’s womb alive, have scissors plunged into their head and their brains sucked out. Come to the light, gay rights activists, in your heart of hearts you know what is right and what is wrong. Come to the light, all judges who want to change our constitution from the bench based on their personal beliefs and feelings. Sarah Palin is exactly who Hillary would like to be when she grows up!
- Posted by KellySince when did the Republican party become the working class party? More important, when did they leave the staus quo. Obama’s campaign is forcing the McCain campaign to fight on their grounds and Obama has the high ground, thanks to the previous two administrations.
- Posted by WhatsupThe Democrats were wrong to stop drilling in some areas, but the fact is we are fast appraoching the point where drilling will not save us. I want drilling to go on, just to prove we can’t produce an additional 14 million barrels a day (what we import everyday, we produce less then half of that in the U.S. most of our oil fields are 30-60 years old.). I don’t think Repubs are good at math, they prefer arm-waving. One exception, T Boone Pickens. He can add quite well. He knows that we should have switched to alternatives years ago.
On another note, the Palin video addressing the Alaska Succesionist’s, is a howl….
- Posted by Mark LytleWow! After that speech, as a registered Democrat, I am seriously rethinking my choice here. Obama is starting to look more and incompetent by the day.
- Posted by changedmanLet’ s get back to the fact about “change”. Can someone tell me who came with this word during this election period. I’m no democrat nor a republican, but I think Obama is the one that brought this word to the campagnain and all the bunch are just followers. My question to fellow americanss is how would you trust someone who in first place didn’t have the notion of change to bring change. In contrast with the democratic convention, I didn’t hear any specifics about how the republicans are going to put foods on the table and create jobs or healthcare. So is the logo: ” country first” true or just words. The last thing is we vote for the top of the ticket and not the VP. What I heard is Ms. Palin has more executive experience than Obama, Joe and Mc Cain. Let’s assume this is true and what this tell you about the Mc- Palin ticket? To me it says that Mc Cain is not qualified to be commander in chief either. So, please my fellow americans, I think we are better than rethorics.
- Posted by delWake up America.
When McCain and Palin win the election and start promoting REAL change in Washington, I wonder what you Dems will complain about then. Had Bill Clinton approved drilling for oil during his presidency, we wouldn’t be in this energy crisis situation like we are now. If the democratic controlled congress had the people’s interest at heart instead of their own careers and power, we wouldn’t be in the mess we are in now. We need down to earth people in the White House who understand the American people and Obama/Biden are not it. And when the Republican base gets energized like they are now, look out Dems. I wonder just how many seats in the House and Senate the Democrates will actually lose this year.
- Posted by Jon