After watching Gov. Palin's speech last night, I went to bed wondering "WTF? That woman's someone to be reckoned with". But this morning, in reflection, I'm not too worried. It's obvious that the Republicans plan on running the same race today that they ran in 2000 and 2004, i.e., play on people's fears. That got them the 50% plus 1 the last 2 times, but remember, that was against 2 very lackluster Democratic nominees in Gore and Kerry, 2 nominees that did nothing to excite the Democratic base, much less enlarge it. 2008 is a whole different story. Between the huge amounts of enthuism that exist among the Democratic rank and file about our candidate, and the incredible numbers of new votes we're getting (especially minorities and younger voters, 2 groups who have not really shown up in numbers before), we're more than ready to take on the Rove machine. You can try to scare folks all you want, but we know it's about more than fear this time. It's about doing what's right. It's about caring for your neighbor, for those less fortunate than you. It's about embracing our differences, about this being a nation that respects the Constitution, it's about turning this economy around, and about going after those that really attacked us, not some straw man. To quote our last good President, it's about the economy, stupid.
So go on, keep being ugly and divisive. Keep throwing those punches. We can bob, we can weave. And when all of your attacks have been thrown, and we're still standing, not even breaking a sweat, it's your time to be afraid. Because that's when we'll land our knock out punch. Don't believe me? Ask the others who doubted our candidate, who doubted what we've been able to achieve. We hear you, we see your threat, but your time has come and gone. We are not afraid of you anymore.
