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albertgarrido I think it may be true.
I watched the speech again and you can see her start to no longer look at where the tele-prompter would normally be.
Take a look:
http://www.politicaliq.com/Public/ShowVideo.aspx?vcid=2780657
Palin Speaks
Rathergate.com —
I assume you watched Governor Sarah Palin speak last night. My quick review: She nailed it. Her delivery was almost perfect, and her teleprompter malfunctioned . The text of the speech kept scrolling during the applause breaks, many of which were substantial, thus putting the script on the ‘prompter way ahead of where it should have been. She hit Reagan’s points in a way the Gipper could not, meaning only that she put a woman’s face on words which have been self-evident. The New York Times‘ Elizabeth Bumiller, who had spent the weekend trashing Palin, ...
Sarah Palin was forced to give half of her speech from memory, without the use of the Teleprompter.
Althouse —
Or that's the word from the McCain campaign. The same thing, they say, also happened to Giuliani. Both had to rely on memory and improvisation. ...
Telepromter?
The Jawa Report —
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Without a net
PoliPundit.com —
... Thursday, September 04th, 2008 Without a net Sure, Palin can read off a teleprompter. But let’s see her without one. Oh, wait. We just did. -- ...
The Morning Scramble/Open Thread Thursday - 9/4/2008
No Runny Eggs —
... Eric Erickson has another Little Known Fact; Sarah Palin doesn’t need a Teleprompter to deliver a devastatingly-good speech. ...
The teleprompter did not break
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Sarah Palin delivered a powerful speech last night, but she did not "wing it."
That is what Erick Erickson, citing sources close to McCain, has written on his blog, RedState.
Erickson writes that "the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech."
This claim has been picked up on Drudge and could quickly enter into the insta-mythmaking about a speech that need not be embroidered. ...
Palin's Speech Was Even Better Than We Knew
Moonbattery —
... Even liberals have been forced to agree that Sarah Palin hit one out of the park with her speech at the Republican convention last night. But her performance was even more impressive than we realized at the time: ...
A Star Is Born
Flopping Aces —
... Like most here at FA I was awed at Sarah Palin’s speech last night…..now there is even more reason to be much more comfortable with John McCain’s choice: ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
WATCH THE VIDEO YOURSELF. THE TELEPROMPTER DIDN'T BREAK. I can't seem to embed it myself, but Petulant at Shakesville has posted the video of Sarah Palin's speech, as recorded by C-SPAN. As I'll explain below, it strongly suggests that this little right-wing urban legend is a crock: BREAKING: Sarah Palin "Winged" Her Speech Because of "Broken" Teleprompter According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled ...
Sarah Palin Doesn't Need Training Wheels
Hog On Ice —
... Sources now tell us that during last night's speeches by Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin, the teleprompters didn't work. So they had to do much of their speaking extemporaneously. ...
All Palin, All the Time
Power Line —
... UPDATE: RedState is reporting that the teleprompter broke half way through Palin's speech. This explains why, as I noted last night, she started deviating from the prepared text. She apparently delivered the remainder of the speech from memory. She also had the text of the speech on paper at the podium--a useful backup any time you're using a teleprompter!--and she might have consulted it a time or two during applause breaks, but she certainly didn't read from it. So what could have been a disaster instead appears to be more evidence of Palin's steady nerve. ...
More Palin, more of the time
neo-neocon —
... As for the speech, it turns out that Palin not only gracefully surmounted the challenge of delivering it under incredible personal and professional pressure, making the whole thing look easy, but she managed to do so while wrestling with a teleprompter that didn’t account for audience reaction and kept scrolling past the point where she had paused for applause, forcing her to recite bits of her speech from memory. ...
Sarah "Calhoun" Palin
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. —
I think she pointed to the press and said, "Go ahead, make my day."To add a little more fear to the left: Sarah Fires from the Hip and Still Hits Her Targets . I thought she was running over the audience a bit and couldn't tell if the delivery issue was due to limited time or just having sentences that were too long. The teleprompter apparently tells all.
Palin Delivered Speech With Malfunctioning Teleprompter
Boots and Sabers —
... Awesome . Halfway through Sarah Palin’s speech tonight at the RNC, people following the speech noticed she was deviating from the prepared text. According to sources close to the McCain campaign, the teleprompter continued scrolling during applause breaks. As a result, half way through the speech, the speech had scrolled significantly from where Governor Palin was in the speech. The malfunction also occurred during Rudy Giuliani’s speech, explaining his significant deviations from his speech. Unfazed, Governor Palin continued, from memory, to deliver her speech without the ...
Sarah Palin Watch: “So She Can Read a Teleprompter. Big Deal”
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Syndrome was clearly evident on television last night.
But later in the evening on Larry King, the snide brigade came out. Ed Schultz, who called Palin a bimbo, said, “So she can read a teleprompter. Big deal.”
Jamal Simmons began by saying “it was a pretty good speech,” but later added, “She read it well off the teleprompter. They wrote a good speech for her.”
But, apparently she can improvise and deliver an electrifying speech without the teleprompter.
Palin Derangement Syndrome from the LEFT all of the ...
Erik Erikson’s Pants Are On Fire
Comments from Left Field —
... Intent on lowering expectations after the fact, Erik Erikson pulls one claim strictly out of his backside; Sarah Palin had to wing her speech due to a teleprompter misfunction. Even if it were true, I wouldn’t be all that impressed. ...
A perfectly functioning teleprompter
Political Animal —
A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING TELEPROMPTER.... Watching Sarah Palin's speech last night, I made a note: "Not bad with the teleprompter. Obviously reading, but better than McCain." It takes speakers a little while to get used to teleprompters, and it looked like Palin's extensive practice paid off. But that, apparently, isn't the story. Erick Erickson, a Republican blogger, citing "sources close to the McCain campaign," insisted this morning that Palin's teleprompter suffered a " malfunction ," and she "winged" much of her speech "from memory." Erickson used the anecdote to label ...
Making Their own Reality
Newshoggers.com —
... RedState blog started the rumor that Sarah Palin "winged" her speech after the teleprompter broke down but the rumor simply isn't true. ...
Politico’s Roger Simon Joins The Ranks Of Media Who Have Lost It
Pirate's Cove —
... being asked about Barack Obama and Joe Biden) that are the problem, but the unhinged ones about McCain and Palin, and the nasty personal attacks, insinuations, and questions asked about Palin and her family that are the problem. Roger should also leave this type of attempted snark to the professionals, like Ann Coulter.
That earns Roger the Screwball Award! He has quite a bit of competition to win the daily award, though.
Meanwhile, Red State reports something that would terrify Barry ...
Politico’s Roger Simon Joins The Ranks Of Media Who Have Lost It
Stop The ACLU —
... questions (despite similar questions not being asked about Barack Obama and Joe Biden) that are the problem, but the unhinged ones about McCain and Palin, and the nasty personal attacks, insinuations, and questions asked about Palin and her family that are the problem. Roger should also leave this type of attempted snark to the professionals, like Ann Coulter. That earns Roger the Screwball Award! He has quite a bit of competition to win the daily award, though. [image] Meanwhile, Red State reports something that would terrify Barry According to sources close to the McCain ...
Convention Miscellany
The Next Right —
Daniel Glover of Eyeblast.tv provides solid video evidence that, while the teleprompter "was rushing Palin through the speech", it "worked fine" and the "rolling text and her speech are in sync". Video at the link. I think the McCain campaign owes an explanation for why they said it was "broken".
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Making their introductions
The Moderate Voice —
... ” vintage) newly arrived in the Big City and capturing everyone’s hearts. Instead, new viewers were treated to a Palin eagerly embracing her new assignment as Team McCain’s “attack dog” with both hands. Barely a paragraph of prepared text had crossed her lips before she launched into a series of blistering attacks on her Democratic opponents. She reinforced that image by describing herself as a “Pit Bull with lipstick” to the delight of the delegates. ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room —
... says the comment is clear race baiting, adding that she believes this is what the GOP wants to say when they describe Obama as "cosmopolitan." And RedState's Erik Erickson created a big splash in the conservative blogosphere by reporting that a source in the John McCain campaign told him Palin ad-libbed her speech when the teleprompter broke. But ...
GOP Convention - Day 4: McCain’s night
Sister Toldjah —
... Not bad at all for a gal who had to wing her way through some of her speech due to teleprompter issues (. Gosh only knows how Senator Obama would have reacted … ...
Wingin' it: Palin's teleprompter pulled a Howard Dean
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... and she was forced to wing it . Here is word from Redstate.com that McCain Campaign sources say that during Sarah Palin’s speech last night the teleprompter stopped working properly, leaving her to speak without its help! Drudge is linking to the Redstate article... ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
APPARENTLY, LYING RUNS IN THE McCAIN FAMILY Immediately after Sarah Palin's convention speech, right-wingers floated a story -- soon picked up by Drudge -- that her teleprompter broke down midway through the speech and the gutsy gal was reciting the speech from memory. Politico's Jonathan Martin -- who was there and could see the teleprompter -- shot that story down immediately. He said flatly, "The teleprompter did not break." That should have been the end of that. But hey, when has the McCain campaign let the truth stand in the way of a ...
