Sarah Palin, the candidate for vice-presidency by the Republican Party, tips on Wednesday evening several direct hits to the chin Democrat candidate Barack Obama and John McCain promised to lead the nation to energy independence.
He said that the U.S. "needs more energy" and can not depend on external suppliers, among which he mentioned to Venezuela with a government that "threat" to close their discoveries and its shipments of crude to the U.S. market.
The governor of Alaska, which made its debut on the national stage of the national convention of the party amid disputes over which policy proposals, was greeted by thousands of delegates present at the Xcel Energy Center with an ovation that lasted for more than three minutes.
In concluding his speech he joined his entire family - five children, including one four months with Down syndrome and her husband - to receive another round of similar enthusiasm of the audience.
Palin also propinó hard blows to the media and his critics claiming that they should not take it as part of the political apparatus of the U.S. capital.
"I have learned quickly in recent days that unless you're a member in good position in the Washington elite, some in the media you consider a candidate disqualified for that reason alone," he said. "But there is a news' flash 'to these reporters and commentators: I am not going to Washington in search of his good opinion but to serve this country."
Early in the day, the Republican campaign had asked to cease attacks on the candidate and dissemination versions of trying to create "false scandals" surrounding her and her family.
Palin said that in politics "there are some candidates who appeal to change to promote their own careers" in a direct reference to Obama, who is campaigning on the grounds that the United States requires a change to four years over a government unpopular .
He referred to his work as a mother of five children, as mayor of the small town of Wasilla and then his rise to governor of the state.
"I suppose to be mayor of a small community is to be a sort of 'organizer communal', except that it has responsibilities for truth," he said.
In his years youth, Obama had a brief involvement as a community organizer, which often mentioned as part of his short resume.
Palin spoke on a night where McCain was unanimously proclaimed Republican candidate for the presidency.
In an open challenge to Democrats and environmental activists who are opposed to higher oil excavations in the United States, Palin said that once in the White House in January, the administration Palin McCain-go "to install more build more pipelines ... nuclear plants ... create more jobs with clean coal ... and advance the sources of solar, geothermal and other alternatives. "
Palin was preceded by several speakers, including three who sought the presidential nomination in the primary election and were defeated by McCain.
Ruddy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, asked to take these elections as if they were hiring an employee: "This is a job that involves national security and safety of the family", for which McCain and Palin were prepared, he said .
Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, said that "the president and vice president Palin McCain will continue to make U.S. what it has always been the hope of the world."
The former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, said that McCain "does not want the kind of change that would enable the government take away part of our wages and give you a doctor who did not choose, or a school that does not want for your children or even decide what kind carriage driving or how many times inflas tires. "
Since his selection on Friday of Palin McCain knew that her husband, Todd, was arrested when he was 22 years for driving drunk, that his unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, she smoked marijuana and that her husband, not her, was a party militant independendista in Alaska, among other things.
