37,000,000 is the headline on Drudge right now. I'm sure you'll hear that a great deal from the empty wagons of the right. The overnight ratings for the Palin speech is in and 37 Million people witnessed the rhetorical disgrace that was Sarah Palin's speech.
More after the jump.
The Feed:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That's 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million).
It's also up a sharp 99% from the Republican convention's third day in 2004 (18.7 million). In fact, it came close to upsetting Obama's historic address on Thursday -- the most-watched convention speech in history (38.4 million viewers).
Wow.
This means 37 million Americans were witness to her brave assertion that she was against the disgraceful Bridge to Nowhere. This means 37 million Americans were witness to the parade of insults piled upon Barack Obama and Joe Biden. This means 37 million were witness to a composite of what exactly is wrong with the GOP.
The nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain's vice president, not only cements the fact that he is continuing the disasterous legacy of the Bush Administration, he has now adopted the phonetically inscripted rhetoric of the Bush Administration. It is an insult to us that can read without sounding it out in our heads beforehand that this woman is not only being paraded in front of 37 million people, but she could be meeting with world leaders and potentially lead us to the brink of a man-made armageddon.
It is now our duty to support the Obama campaign and get to each and every one of these 37 Million people and countless others to make sure they know that this is NOT the picture of change and reform.
FactCheck.org doesn't even have a summary judgement of her speech up yet because they've reached Microsoft Word's maximum character limit. I am appauled that these out of touch, oil happy stooges are applauded and lauded as true Americans while real Americans are suffering daily.
The images burned into my brain from last night are closely associated with the statements mocking Senator Obama's work as a community organizer comparing his meager work to being the mayor of her town of Wasailia.
Govenor Palin, you and I both know that this is a completely unfair and unwise line of comparison that you DON'T want to go down with the American public. In 1985, Barack Obama moved to Chicago to be a community organizer, registering voters and working with the residents of Chicago's impoverished south side.
In 1984 Govenor Palin, you were crowned Miss Wasilla. Being a community organizer from the South Side is absolutely NOTHING like being Miss Wasilla. How dare you inaccurately assault a man for helping the disadvantaged from your perch, Govenor Palin.
If you want a culture war, Govenor Sarah Louise Palin, you're on the absolutely wrong side of it.