by David L Pierce<\/p>\n
Governor Sarah Palin accepted the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomination Wednesday night, September 3 2008, at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Palin, a relatively unknown governor from Alaska, became the second woman to be nominated on a major party\u2019s ticket in United States history, the first as a Republican.<\/p>\n
Other notable speakers in this, the third night of the convention, included former 2008 Republican presidential hopefuls Governor Mitt Romney (R-Mass.), Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) and former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani.<\/p>\n
Mitt Romney greeted the GOP by urging voters to make, what he called liberal Washington, a conservative town. He criticized Democrats on the economy and the war in Iraq. \u201cRadical violent Islam,\u201d said Romney about McCain, \u201cis evil and he will defeat it.\u201d The crowd immediately chanted \u201cU.S.A.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Huckabee began his speech by criticizing the integrity of recent media reports. \u201cThe reporting of the past few days,\u201d said Huckabee \u201chas proven tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert.\u201d He stood up for Sarah Palin, claiming that Joe Biden, during his run in the national Democratic primaries, received fewer votes than Palin did in her mayoral run in Alaska.<\/p>\n
Rudy Giuliani called McCain a proud foot soldier in the Reagan revolution, praised his role as a prisoner of war, and outlined his plan on improving the American economy. Giuliani then attacked Obama\u2019s lack of experience. \u201cHe\u2019s the least-experienced candidate for President of the United States in at least the last 100 years,\u201d Giuliani said, and with reference to Obama\u2019s flip-flopping, he even made a suggestion to Joe Biden: \u201cI\u2019d want to get that V.P. thing in writing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing ovations and applause shook the Xcel Energy Center as Governor Sarah Palin was introduced. Palin proudly accepted her party\u2019s nomination and showed her support for John McCain.<\/p>\n
After introducing her family, Palin quickly began her attack on Barack Obama. She likened her experience as mayor to Obama\u2019s experience as a community organizer, except for the fact that she had responsibilities and, as she believes, he didn\u2019t. She went on to echo the fact that she was a Washington outsider and that, unlike Obama, Palin would go to Washington to serve the country and not to appease the media.<\/p>\n
Palin shifted her speech\u2019s focus to her own experience. She claimed to cut costs to Alaskan taxpayers by suspending the state fuel tax, ending the oil lobbyist\u2019s monopoly on state power & resources, and even stated that she sold the governor\u2019s personal jet on eBay. She then continued her criticism of Obama, stating that he hasn\u2019t created one reform or law in the Senate, and that the presidency isn\u2019t supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.<\/p>\n
Governor Palin emphasized that John McCain was not afraid to take on our enemies, and that he isn\u2019t looking for a fight, but isn\u2019t afraid of one either. \u201cThere\u2019s only one man in this election that has ever really fought for you,\u201d Palin explained, \u201cIn places where winning means survival, and defeat means death, and that man is John Mc Cain.\u201d<\/p>\n
John McCain appeared briefly at the end of Sarah Palin\u2019s speech to a roaring crowd and thanked the night\u2019s speakers, including patting the shoulder of Governor Palin\u2019s nearly 4 month old son Trig, who has Down syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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