Palin Power

The GOP is the party with the 'Babe on the ticket,' as Rush has said. Sarah Palin is sharp, smart and sassy. She has a good speech writer and a great sense of delivery. The working mother of a 'special needs' child, a pregnant teenager, and three other children, Sarah Palin is attractive to today's woman. A small town, straight talking girl married to a union-member, she must be attractive to "Hillary voters." She's a true conservative who can rally 'the base' which has been less than enthused with the top of the ticket. And from what I've seen and heard in the past week, I am not the least worried about her ability to hold her own in the 'VP Debate' with sanguine Joe Biden. As Rudy rightly said, it seems that in the choice of VP "Obama reached back while McCain reached for the future." It's the opinion of RTR08 that if McCain comes from behind to win the presidency, it will be his bold pick of Sarah Palin as VP that will make the difference.

Betting Palin will be Dropped

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Now the Democrats aren't the only ones who can try to capitalize on the negative buzz growing around Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the prospective Republican VP candidate.

Intrade, an online prediction market based in Dublin, created a contract Tuesday morning on the likelihood that John McCain will drop Palin as his running mate. After opening at a probability of just 3%, the odds on Palin being cut from the ticket climbed to 18% around 9 a.m. and have since settled at around 12%.

Intrade is a place for betting enthusiasts to turn a small profit on everything from the latest auction of works by controversial British artist Damien Hirst to Britney Spears' chances of landing in rehab. Contracts on a possible future event are bought and sold by users of the site, like a stock on the NYSE.

see full story here: http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/technology/kimes_intrade.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008090217

Fred Thompson

Did you hear Fred Thompson's speech at the GOP convention?

Where was that Fred Thompson in the primary campaign?!

That was the Fred Thompson that so many expected to see in the primaries. Make no mistake, Thompson was the only real conservative among the major candidates.

So why is Thompson not the nominee of the Republican party? Three reasons:

1. Because this Fred Thompson did not show up early enough or strong enough.

2. Because the 'evangelical vote' was suckered into voting for Huckabee.

3. Because the GOP is not longer really sure it wants to be truly conservative.

Rally for the Republic

While some folks were attending or watching the GOP national convention, others were attending or watching (on C-SPAN2) the Rally for the Republic. A three day convention in another part of Minneapolis, Ron Paul supporters rallied around the U S Constitution.

Tonight, Ron Paul closed out the convention with his best speech of the year - a towering home run for freedom. The ten thousand or so present cheered and shouted their approval. The Revolution lives!

Dr. Paul rightly pointed out that there is no significant difference between major party candidates on foreign policy. Each favors more troops in Afghanistan. Each favors withdrawing combat troops from Iraq but leaving a large military base there for years to come. Each favors pouring dollars into Georgia. Each favors maintaining U S military bases around the world. Each favors defending Israel. Each opposes Iran having nuclear weapons. Each wants to continue the ‘war on terror.’ There is no significant difference.

Ron Paul held up the Constitution and it’s promises of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He touted individual freedom, industry and civil liberty. A humble foreign policy, a sane monetary policy, a strong defense without nation building, and a firm reliance on the principles of the intent of the Founders expressed in our U S Constitution were lifted up as right, urgent and necessary.

His Rally for the Republic was fun to watch. The Revolution - the call to return to Constitutional government - lives and is gathering strength.

Go Ron!

Punished with a Baby

Barack Hussein Obama, at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, had this to say about AIDS/HIV, pregnancy and his own daughters - as reported at lifenews.com:

"When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include -- which should include abstinence education and teaching the children -- teaching children, you know, that sex is not something casual," Obama said.

"But it should also include -- it should also include other, you know, information about contraception because, look, I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old," he added.

"I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby," Obama said.

Pale In Comparison

Do I hear the same Democrat-leaning media people who championed the 'private life' defense for Bill Clinton now wanting to make Sarah Palin's seventeen year old daughter's pregnancy a campaign issue? At least Obama himself has said that the candidates' family and 'especially children' are 'off limits.' But of course, that's the rule for his official campaign personnel not his campaign's surrogates.

Play Connect the Dots

DOT ONE

Bush - US back plan to divide Jerusalem:

Standing alongside Abbas at a press conference, Olmert today announced in English that "We have to complete the Annapolis process this year – this year."

The Israeli leader was referring to talks started at last November's U.S.-backed Annapolis conference, which seeks to create a Palestinian state – at least on paper – before President Bush leaves office in January.

According to top diplomatic sources, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited the region last week, pressed Israel to sign a document by the end of the year that would include Jerusalem by offering the Palestinians a state in Israel's capital city as well as in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. - reported on WND

DOT TWO

GOP suspends Convention because of act of God

The convention “will suspend all activities except those that are absolutely necessary,” McCain said late Sunday afternoon (the same day as the Olmert announcement) “We hope to resume some normal activities but frankly that is the hands of God.” - quote from Foxnews.com, parenthesis added.