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Sock Puppetry
Eschaton —
Indeed it is a bit weird to write the speech before knowing who would be delivering it.
It's the Hypocrisy, Not The Inexperience
Open Left - Front Page —
... with Palin's speech tonight is that expectations for Palin have dropped so low, that it will be almost impossible for her not to surpass them. If the focus on Palin is that she is inexperienced and incapable, then as long as she doesn't immediately deliver as many gaffes as Dan Quayle did in an entire year, she will look fine. As CJ said on the West Wing once, Palin will have to set the podium on fire in order to blow this one. Given that her speech was prepared for her, whole cloth, before she was even selected, it seems unlikely that will happen. ...
Just Words, And They Aren’t Even Hers
Balloon Juice —
... does not make a good president.
And then, after months of snide comments like that, the Republicans are going to trot out Sarah Palin, someone they would like to pretend is “authentic” and “real” and who has a real “record of reform,” but who is actually just another right-wing ideologue following a long line of pre-made hacks. And what will this “authentic” and mavericky “reformer” have to say? Whatever they tell her to say:
There was a flutter of attention when McCain campaign ...
GOP Convention - Day 3: Gov. Palin’s night
Sister Toldjah —
... —– And speaking of “Palinizing,” check out the WaPo’s Fred Hiatt’s take on how the GOP are supposedly putting every word Gov. Palin speaks tonight in her mouth, as if she won’t have a say in it whatsoever ( ...
Hockey Mom Sarah Palin Comes Out Swinging
Crooks and Liars —
... Very aggressive speech by Sarah Palin. Perhaps because it was written for her by the McCain campaign before she was even chosen (or vetted, for that matter.)
Putting Words in Palin’s Mouth
There was a flutter of attention when McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told a group of Post reporters and editors yesterday that his team was having to rework the vice presidential acceptance speech because the original draft, prepared before Gov. Sarah Palin was chosen, was too “masculine.” While ...
Washington Post: Palin Didn’t Write Her Own Speech
Say Anything —
... According to the opinionators at the Washington Post, Palin’s speech doesn’t matter because she had speech writers. Or, more accurately, because McCain’s campaign speech writers re-wrote her original speech. ...
Sarah Palin: a moose caught in headlights?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... speaker has been a strong place to introduce a rising star. The Democrats use this tool well, with Mark Warner, Barack Obama, and Evan Bayh giving the previous three speeches. Gov. Palin could have given a great speech about herself, and her star would have had potential. However, all the events since Friday has been under the cover of the McCain campaign, including Palin' speech last night. She was kept from speaking the entire time from Dayton in Friday to St. Paul last night. From Fred Hiatt of The Washington Post: There was a flutter of attention when McCain campaign ...
Duh.
INSTAPUTZ —
Neidermeyer Nordlinger: We’ve heard a lot about how Palin had the assistance of a speechwriter. You don’t hear this after Democratic speeches, do you? You are correct, sir. But I attribute this to the fact that Biden's speech wasn't written with Hillary Clinton in mind. ...Why did NRO become so whiny? Has it always been thus?
Preliminary Musings On The Palin Speech
Firedoglake —
... (Matt Scully) who, according to uber-lobbyist and McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, originally wrote it for a male Veep; he softened it after the hasty Palin pick, although not much. Note there was no mention of reproductive choice -- they clearly saw ...
