Palin is so polished and she's not the barefoot and negligent hick the NY TIMES/MSNBC prepared me for. All the speakers were great tonight. I will link to transcripts as they become available.

The GOP convention is so starkly different than the angry, anti-American, vitriol spewed by the NUTROOTS/MoveOn.org in Denver one week ago.

Text of Mitt Romney's speech

Excerpts
Liberals would replace opportunity with dependency on government largesse. They grow government and raise taxes to put more people on Medicaid, to take work requirements out of welfare, and to grow the ranks of those who pay no taxes at all.

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.

It's the same path Europe took a few decades ago. It leads to moribund growth and double-digit unemployment.

My favorite Romney quote was a response to Michelle Obama and her new found/first time pride in America. Although, many liberals were probably shocked to learn that Europe, just like Cuba, isn't a Utopian paradise.

Just like you, there has never been a day when I was not proud to be an American. We inherited the greatest nation in the history of the earth.

Text of Rudy Giuliani's speech

Excerpts

When Russia rolled over Georgia, John McCain knew exactly how to respond.

Having been to that part of the world many times and having developed a clear worldview over many years, John knew where he stood. Within hours, he established a very strong, informed position that let the world know exactly how he'll respond as president. At exactly the right time, John McCain said, "We're all Georgians."

Obama's first instinct was to create a moral equivalency — that "both sides" should "show restraint." The same moral equivalency that he has displayed in discussing the Palestinian Authority and the state of Israel.

Later, after discussing it with his 300 foreign policy advisers, he changed his position and suggested that "the UN Security Council" could find a solution. Apparently, none of his 300 advisers told him that Russia has a veto on any U.N. action. Finally Obama put out a statement that looked...well, it looked a lot like John McCain's.

Here's some free advice: Sen. Obama, next time just call John McCain.

My favorite Giuliani quote has to do with the fifth column (Andrea Mitchell is visibly shaken by Palin) AND all of the Big "O" celebrity endorsements.

"We the people" — the citizens of the United States — get to decide our next president...not the media, not Hollywood celebrities, not anyone else.

Obama is still all sizzle and all hype. The perfect cover artist for Rolling Stone.

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