All I can say is - WOW!  Sarah Palin opened a can of whoop a$$ on the Democrats Wednesday night to say the least.  Not only did she show she has what it takes to be Vice President of the United States but she also showed why America will love her.  What an incredible story she has.  I will have a lot to say at some future point about the hatchet job the liberals and mainstream media are doing on her but she let them know she wasn't going to back down.  Good for her!  Click the read more link for excerpts and a link to video of her speech.

Sarah Palin - Excerpts from RNC address (Click here for video)

I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America.

Our nominee for president is a true profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by.  He's a man who wore the uniform of this country for 22 years, and refused to break faith with those troops in Iraq who have now brought victory within sight.  And as the mother of one of those troops, that is exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief. I'm just one of many moms who'll say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way.

To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters.  I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House.

A writer observed: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity." I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman.

Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown.  And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves.  I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.

And I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.  But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people.

Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems - as if we all didn't know that already.  But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.

But listening to him [Obama] speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.  This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign.

We’ve all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers but when the cloud of rhetoric has passed, when the roar of the crowd fades away, when the stadium lights go out and those styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot — what exactly is our opponent’s plan? The answer is to make government take more of your money, give you more orders from Washington and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world.

My sister Heather and her husband have just built a service station that's now opened for business - like millions of others who run small businesses.  How are they going to be any better off if taxes go up? Or maybe you're trying to keep your job at a plant in Michigan or Ohio ... or create jobs with clean coal from Pennsylvania or West Virginia ... or keep a small farm in the family right here in Minnesota.  How are you going to be better off if our opponent adds a massive tax burden to the American economy?

Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election.  In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers.  And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.  They're the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals.

Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee.  He said, quote, "I can't stand John McCain." Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps no accolade we hear this week is better proof that we've chosen the right man. Clearly what the Majority Leader was driving at is that he can't stand up to John McCain.

My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of "personal discovery." This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn't just need an organizer.

And though both Senator Obama and Senator Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, "fighting for you," let us face the matter squarely.  There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you ... in places where winning means survival and defeat means death ... and that man is John McCain.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words.  For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds.