This is not the reaction of others, though - it seems a lot of people are more interested in tearing her down quickly than getting their facts straight first. That’s what I’m defending against. It been interesting to see some of the reactions too, like Democrats (and I’m talking partisans, not Sen. Obama’s official campaign organization) saying “how is she going to do the job with 5 kids” and Republicans taking the opposite position. That’s when you know that people are reacting on a partisan basis instead of out of principles. I’m expecting to look out the window and see pigs fly by.

One thing that I think is bordering on sexism; the presumption that she was chosen mainly because she’s female and with an idea that she’ll attract disaffected Sen. Clinton supporters. While I believe that’s certainly a part of it, it’s also true that she’s not an Washington insider, which plays to the theme of “Change” - as does the fact that she’s female. Judging from last night’s speech, I also called it right a few days ago when I said that she’s going to fill a job that VP candidates have traditionally held; attack dog. I suspect that’s how she won her current job. There are plenty of other reasons for selecting her than “She’ll attract the Hillary voters”, and a presumption that this was the primary reason she was selected is just that.

Teh Nutroots | Oh dear oh dear. Two well-known GOP shills, Peggy Noonan and political consultant and McCainite Mike Murphy dissing McCain’s choice of running mate. HuffPost has more. For bonus fun, check out Peggy N explaining what she really

The Palin nomination is problematic to the country and to McCain and to Republicans on so many levels. But you’ll never get a Republican to admit it (knowingly).

The Republican strategy is clearly limited to “attack all dissenters” at this point in time. That’s encouraging.

Yeah, that is bull. From what I’ve been reading, Gov. Palin would be teaching how to reload that thing, not asking.

Fred Thompson gave a great speech last night. He was channeling the whole Chuck Norris joke thing. My favorite: “Gov. Sarah Palin once beat a moose to death and used it’s bones to drill for oil.”

Should be a REAL interesting speech tonight. Too bad I’m going to be at choir practice. Ah, well, it’ll probably be on YouTube.