This is great. 37 Million people tuned in to watch a disaster. People on the outside looking it were not only shocked by how this woman they didn't know was so biting, shrill & sarcastic, but then then watched her mock the very thing that most people understand to be a good thing, community organizing, in the majority of most American's lives.
From TV Week:
An estimated 37 million people watched Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, during her star-making debut at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, according to preliminary local data from Nielsen Media Research.
Gov. Palin’s audience eclipsed the 26 million who watched Sen. Hillary Clinton’s speech on the second night of the Democratic convention last week and the 24 million who watched speech the delivered on night three by Gov. Palin’s Democratic counterpart, Sen. Joe Biden.
Seriously. This is a good thing. Was the speech well delivered? Yes. Can she give a poltical speech. Uh huh.
But, American's have seen the hateful rhetoric that does nothing to help their daily lives for 8 years now and they were hoping for something, anything else. 37 million people were certainly disappointed. Coupled with Rudy & Fred's 9/11- POW retreads, most viewers now know what they suspected all along. It will be more of the same with McCain/Palin...maybe even worse.
While the pundicks try to compare this to Obama's 38,000,000, keep that in mind.
crossposted at thejoshuablog
UPDATE:
From Barack Himself:
Just posted by Jed:
UPDATE II:
I just donated $250. From what's being reported, Obama is close to passing $10 million just since Palin's speech last night.
If you can, now is the time. DONATE
UPDATE III:
Oops I completely forgot, but by RandySF reminded me about the focus groups from last night:
HuffPo:
Female Clinton Supporters In Focus Groups See Talent, Mudslinging
AmericaBlog:
Palin bombs with voters in Michigan: "I was completely underwhelmed. She was a Republican novelty act with a sophomoric script."