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Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 pm

Live From Sort of In the Xcel Arena

I suppose I should say that I was able to gin up a “limited access” credential that’s gotten me, well, not inside the XCel Energy Arena per se to watch the convention, but inside the Arena’s basement to watch the speech on TV. Like I could back at the motel. Except other journalists are around. People in the basement seem very interested in the open bar sponsored by Diageo. Beyond that, I’m not sure what the benefit of having come here was. So far Palin’s speech seems . . . okay.

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Steve Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Am I correct in noting that Sarah Palin accepted the nomination for VP….however, she has not yet been officially nominated?
m.croche Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Listening to Sarah Palin, I now know what Hillary Clinton sounds like to dogs.
Chris Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Wasn’t there an administrator who actually ran Wasilla while she was mayor? Was this town run under a city-manager system? Can someone who gets paid to find this stuff out do so?
Tyro Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Wasn’t there an administrator who actually ran Wasilla while she was mayor? Was this town run under a city-manager system? Can someone who gets paid to find this stuff out do so?

Oh, it’s even better than that. She proudly took a $4,000 pay cut as a budget-saving move while she was mayor. Then she hired a city manager, adding another salary to the budget.
anonymous Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
“a servant’s heart” = servant of Jesus.

I can’t believe she used the “thanks but no thanks” line again. To me, it really calls into question the honesty of everything else she’s saying in the speech.

If she’s lying about her meager accomplishments after being caught already?
Trevor Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm
This is a woman who was an idiot in high school and has proudly met her goal of becoming an imbecile.
msw Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Once again she lied about the bridge to nowhere. So journalist (if there are any out there) do your job.
Satyam Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I hear there is a party at the AmericInn that you’re missing. No “Limited Access” credentials necessary.
Mary Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 1:34 am
I just witnessed Rudy the Rottweiller and Sarah the Pit Bull. Both rapid.
Brian Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Diageo, back in 2004 (when checking for this kind of thing was all the rage), was the only booze company listed that tilted Democratic on their ActBlue.com donations/sponsorships. AND NOW THIS. There goes all that pride I’d built up from case after case of Guinness.
James Wimberley Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 11:21 am
“…an open bar sponsored by Diageo..”
Say what you like about the GOP, they do appreciate how to keep hacks happy: a bottomless bar run by a huge booze multinational.
goodepic Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
On the way out to surf this morning I was listening to ESPN cause FM doesn’t come in up on the PCH. One of the non-hosts who talks sometimes (what are those guys? sound techs? producers?) was positively going off about Palin’s speech. The host is actually quite anti-Bush and voiced dislike for McCain, so it wasn’t just a love-in in general or anything. But this guy was just going off in a sort of scary if enough people agree with him sort of way… Saying things like how sincere and real she seemed, etc…
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