Sarah Palin...
Thank you so much...thank you... thank you so much... thank you so much...
[...?? that the crowd will quiet down long enough for Sarah Palin to be able to deliver this speech...]
Thank you so much...
[NOMA... the nominees' organization will have the crowd well at hand but this.. but this demonstration of Sarah Palin seems to have a life of its own...]
Mr. Chairman, Delegates, and fellow citizens...I will be honored to accept your nomination for vice president of the United States...I accept the call to help the nominee for president to... to serve and defend America and I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election, against confident opponents, at a crucial hour for our country. And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has gone through much harder missions, and met far graver challenges, and knows how tough fights are won.. the next President of the United States, John S. McCaine. It was just a year ago when all the experts in Washington counted out our nominee because he refused to hedge his commitment to the security of the country he loves. With their usual certitude, they told us that all was lost, there was no hope for this candidate, who said that he would rather lose an election than see his country lose a war.. but the pollsters... the pollsters and the pundits, they overlooked just one thing when they wrote him off...they overlooked the caliber of the man himself, the determination and resolve, and the sheer guts of Senator John McCaine. The voters knew better, and maybe that's because they realize, there's a time for politics and a time for leadership. A time to campaign and a time to put our country first. Our nominee for president is a profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by. He's a man who wore the uniform of his country for 22 years, and refused to break with those troups in Iraq, who now have brought victory within sight. And as the mother of one of those troops, that's exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief. Thank you... 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. Our son Track is 19, and one week from tomorrow, September eleventh, he'll deploy for Iraq with the Army Infantry in the service of his country. My nephew Casey also enlisted and serves on a carrier in the Persian Gulf. My family is so proud of them, and of all the fine men and women serving their country in uniform.
So Track is the eldest of our five children, and our family, it's two boys and three girls in between, my strong and kindhearted daughters, Bristol, and Willow, and Piper. And we were so blessed in April, Todd and I welcomed our littlest one into the world, a perfectly beautiful baby boy named Trig. You know, from the inside, no family ever seems typical, and that's how it is with us, our family has the same ups and downs as any other, the same challenges, and the same joys... sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very very special love. To the families of special needs...
Thanks a lot!