Speeches and TLC

Howdy. What's up?

Sorry I don't keep up here as much as I should. I've taken to using Twitter lately instead of the blog to fire off my random thoughts. You can follow me @barbaricblog if you don't already.

Palin's speech in Anaheim last night was awesome. The best (IMHO) since the RNC convention. I absolutely loved when she took on the Delta smelt. People are more important than a two-inch fish.

I think my favorite part (besides the fish) was when she told the media that she would invoke Reagan: "Again, and again, and again, and again..."

Like rubbing salt in the wound. I could feel liberals wincing.

It also set me to thinking about how great Reagan really was. We have his example to look back on; he pioneered.

I'm not comfortable with calling Palin "Reagan reincarnate" or Thatcher or anyone else. I see similarities with them and many others and often make comparisons, but Palin is also her own unique self.

In other news, TLC has new pics out, in case you haven't seen them yet.

Find more photos like this on Team Sarah

I can hear the criticism now. "She doesn't actually do those things, it's just for the reality show!"

Uh-huh. Sure. Exhibits C, D, E, & F.

I'm sure way back when Sarah Palin was, ya know, four or five and her Dad was teaching her how to skin a seal she was thinking, "Better get my bonafides down for the reality/travelogue show that I'll do someday." Right.

Now, I'm sure her schedule is far too packed to go hunting or fishing every day, especially over the past few years since her political career really ramped up, but the idea that she wasn't raised to know the outdoors and that she never hunts or fishes is patently absurd and easily disproven, so shut your PDSing traps all ye who hail gossip in Vanity Fair articles as the gospel truth. (Wow. That was a long and possibly grammatically incorrect sentence. Grammar. Pffft.)

I sent this clip to my parents, and my mom sent it to all of her friends. I might actually talk her into watching the show: