Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin introduced herself to the world Wednesday by calling herself a “hockey mom” and tearing into Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as two-faced, inexperienced and intoxicated by the sound of his own voice.

The Obama campaign dismissed Palin’s speech as “well-delivered” but said it was “written by George Bush’s speechwriter and sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we’ve heard from George Bush for the last eight years”