This still revs me up whenever I think about it—we did it. The longest of longshots happened. John McCain chose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate—and for today at least, she blew the roof off the place. If you didn’t see Sen. McCain’s introduction and Gov. Palin’s speech (which, judging by what I can see of his reactions, took him by surprise, it was so good) in Dayton this afternoon, the video is below (it’s about 27 minutes).“A ship in harbor is safe—but that’s not why it is built.” —Gov. Sarah Palin
Oh come on 🙂 She stole that line from a corporate motivational poster that was hanging on the wall of the HR office at a car dealership where I worked. Its like “Hang in there!” with the cat on it hanging from the tree branch.
Otherwise, I’m sure she’s a fine person.
One thing I do have to say, that I’m really excited about – no matter how things go in November, we shatter a mold that is long overdue to be shattered.
Yes, I realize it’s not original–it goes a lot further back than the motivational poster, for that matter. I just liked the way she used it in the speech, that’s all. 🙂
And yeah, either way we go, we’re going to make history–in a good way. What’s more, if Sen. McCain wins and doesn’t run again (for whatever reason), the probable race in 2012 would be Sarah Palin vs. Hillary Clinton, which would be quite interesting.