I think Outside the Beltway’s got a great redux of Palin’s speech last night. He lays out her exaggerations and the criticisms from the left, but rightfully adds,
Politics ain’t beanbag and convention speeches aren’t objective analysis. Palin’s speech, like Obama’s, was good political theater that accomplished its goals.
Honestly, what’s your problem with last night’s speech, Dems? That she was mean? Come on, this is politics. Her attacks were against the ticket, not the ticket’s family members, so it was fair game. Of course you’ll have a problem with her speech, but it wasn’t meant for you. It was clearly meant to rally the base, and from the responses I’m reading, it accomplished the task. Maybe she didn’t cover things you wanted her to cover, but save that criticism for the end of the convention. (I’m still waiting to hear how Obama’s tax and spend plan that targets “the rich” isn’t going to be passed along to the end consumer, but alas…)
You shouldn’t be excited that everyone’s all over Palin’s speech. You should be worried that no one cared when Biden delivered the same thing.
