One more thing about that “someone wrote the speech for her” insult
I noted the condescending comment from several talking heads last night who kept stressing that Gov. Palin’s speech was written for her. (Link.) These dumpers presume to know how much input Gov. Palin had in the crafting of the speech. They presume she sat in another room while the men did all the work for her. But no Beltway speechwriter came up with her pit bull/hockey mom crack — one of the funniest of the night. And no Beltway speechwriter imbued her with the poise, humor, experience, grace, and savvy that made that speech a smashing success.
And one more thing: Perhaps in deriding Palin’s speech-written speech, the dumpers should see fit to mention that at least her speechwriters didn’t plagiarize.
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Commenter Socky: “The real irony is that the Obama campaign sent out a talking point to criticize the speech as being written by someone else, and his obedient sheep in the media repeated the talking point. So, they were complaining about her giving speech that was written for her by reciting a talking point that was written for them.”
Mark Levin weighs in:
I have never been a fan of speech-writers who reveal themselves. It is demeaning to the person for whom they work and, frankly, a betrayal of an unspoken code of ethics. And I don’t think it helps the speech-writer who wants to remain anonymous for others to reveal him. Speech-writing and speech-giving are a collaborative process. But the words are only part of it. Whether the speech is successful and has a broad appeal requires more than clever wording. A great speech in the hands of a poor orator is an announcement. Middling language in the hands of a greater orator can be a timeless oration. A great speech requires superior communication skills, including emoting and pacing and connecting. These are things that speech-writers cannot accomplish. And the speaker has to mean the words and defend them and stand by them. It is odd and disquieting that more and more speech-writers, on their own or others on their behalf, seem to claim ownership of their boss’s message. There’s just something unseemly about it to me — credit taken for the Challenger speech, “the axis of evil,” etc., etc. When the words come out of the speaker’s mouth, they belong to the speaker. I notice speech-writers don’t take credit for bad speeches.
Tou-che.
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RabbidSquirrel; The girls are grown but they’re black belts. Those boys better be nice.
Where’s Rusty? Come on call us liars again.
Trollman, Congrats! Now that Sarah’s on the job, I feel better about the country this new little one’s coming into! Woohoo!
Funny you should mention that… one of my Law School textbooks mentioned Biden’s plagiarism of speeches AND papers he wrote as a 1L in an explanation of how bad plagiarism is.
They only mention him by name in the footnote, but we had to read the chapter the week after he got the VP nod… it was hilarious. ^_^
FamilyMan: Putting my youngest teen in training next month. I am currently researching the best martial arts school for her abilities.
Hmmm…..So this critcism is coming from supporters of a man who can’t speak without a teleprompter in front of him.
Amusing….
One of my son-in-laws competed in full contact karate for 15 years. He believes all the forms of self defense are useful. Go and set-in a class. You’ll know if it’s for your girls.
It is clear to me that the left and their sycophant lapdogs in the MSM are afraid, very afraid of the Republican ticket now. When McCain added Palin to the ticket, not only did it fire up the conservative base of the country, it has given this ticket a legitimate chance to win in November.
However, the key is all the grassroots folks making sure they do not just turn away from Obama/Biden. They need to make sure that the Democrats don’t get a majority in both houses of Congress.
Congrats to you both and your whole family.
Oh how I wish I could hear those words spoken to me again.
But don’t tell the Libs. They will think your wife is being selfish for not helping them in their “cause”.
Absolutely! This Palin thing is a fabulous learning tool for girl empowerment. (even more than Hillary, Hutchinson, Ferraro, etc). When my girls play sports I tell them I had better not hear one ‘girlie’ scream from them either.
For those that have had military training, you know you get a blend of the best MA techniques for the situation. But I cant actually teach my kids what I really know without one of the libs turning me in to the state.
So, I am deciding between akido vs jiujitsu vs karate vs judo, etc, what philosophy to explore and the quality of the local schools.
There was an NBC reporter (Kelly something? Redhead?) in the Alaska delegation, and she reported that the people around her said only a very few places did she say something that was unfamiliar to them that sounded like it was added by “speechwriters.” The rest of it was just Sarah.
ECS
These same Jack a$$es have never before leveled the same “comment” at any other candidate much less “their” candidate.
Absolutely brazen in their bias and their desperation.
Their candidate not only doesnt write his speeches (or his memoirs) but can’t even speak without a working teleprompter.
Has one of the commentariat ever mentioned that?
So a bunch of lawyers (Obamas, Clintons, etc.) are capable of writing speeches (Not!) but a woman with a degree in journalism and politics isn’t? Bullhockey!
So a VP candidate who delivered a speech written BY someone else is being criticized by the party with a VP candidate who delivered a speech written FOR someone else?
Do these people have a clue as to how stupid they are?
Biden gives great speech.
Well written, to the point, satire and irony. I’m so old, I forget what I was taught in school, so don’t give me a hard time if it was really satire or really irony. In any case, you skewered them.
Thanks,
Ron
Whoa, is that really Biden?
The photo for this story is screaming for the photoshop treatment….I think Biden looks like Garth from Wanyne’s World.