Comment by Nancy Raye
September 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Have you noticed so many of the commentors who are against Palin are men? I guess the Democrats have a point. If you are against Obama your are a racist. If you are against Palin your sexist.”

Well just to clarify I am a white woman, I am not a dem, rep, or a liberal and I am against Palin’s issues, history, distorted truths, and lies.

Listen up wheter you are a Democrat or Rebulican White, Black, male or female it does not much matter. What is important is the state of our country and all I want from this election is for someone to get in there and do whatever it is they need to do to get this country back on the right track. If you do not realize it our country is headed to be another third world country. This county can not afford to go to war with any other nation without starting the draft and you all need to realize that. We can not afford to go to war with any other nation because financially we do not have the money and our military is already stretched to thin. Our young men and woman in the armed services are tired and worn out and for God sakes they need a break. How long do you expect them to carry the weight of war on their shoulders? How long must their families be seperated from them? So while some are quick to rattle the sabers and start something we can not finish we need a cool head in office that will make going to war the last resort. Or get ready to have you children be drafted.

As far as Shara Palin no one really knows who she is, what her politics are and what she really believes in. All this baby drama is a distraction from what we really should know about her. From what little we do know about her it seems as if she has been stretching the truth a little to often. We need leaders that we can trust and believe in. That does not seem to be her. Grant you she is female and has a sharp tounge but that does not make a VP. She left her small town where she was mayor 20 million dollars in debt, after having a surplus before she came to office. She did not sell that jet on E-Bay even though she tried, but she did sell it at a lost. Was her husband a member of a political party that wanted Alaska to secede from the US and become an independent nation, if so that is unconsitutional. Did she abuse her powers as govenor, even if she felt personally justified. If she did we can not afford someone in office that will abuse their power, look at where that got us the last eight years. Do we need more of the same? We know that she hired a lobbist to go to Washington to get as many earmarks for her state as she possibly could. So can she speak to us about reform? We also know that she wanted to ban books from the library does that not go against our First Admendment Rights. If you fight for the Second Admendment then we have to fight for them all. We as citizens needs to demand that from our elected officials. There are just so many unanswered questions about her. We do not know enough about her to put her a breath away from the Presidency. In the 20 months that Obama has been running all his dirt has hit the fan and we had the time to find out about him and all he did or didn’t do. McCain has been in office for 26 years and we know him, Biden has been in just as long and we know him. But who is Shara Palin we have a right to know, we need to know if we are going to vote in an intelligent manner. We need to know the facts. I suggest that no press time should be allowed to her until she answers those questions from the press and who cares about all that baby drama that is between them and their God. If she can’t handle 5 kids and the White House it will not be the American citizens who will suffer, it will be her family and one day she will have to answer for that as well. What Ameirca needs now more than ever is the to know the whole truth. Who you are, and what you believe in. We should not be side tracked by a pretty package. All that glitters is not gold. We also need to know excatly what we are up against and how bad things really are. Republican or Democrat can not say for sure just how they plan to change things. because until they get behind that desk in the Oval Office they don’t know how bad things really are. We know that the Bush Administration was making alot of secret deals. So whom ever takes that high seat may have alot of unexpected problems to deal with and try to sort out. Just because you have a war record and stories does not mean that you are qualifed to run this country, that is yet another smoke screen. I give McCain respect for serving his country and he has been blessed for surviving those five years as a POW, but it does not mean that this country owes him the Oval Office. So let’s get real about that. This election should be about who do you trust and I realize it is hard to trust any politican now days. This election should be about who has the vision and judgement to take this country forward. Each man running for Presisent has an ego and that is not a problem or shouldn’t be. Each man is arrogrant and that should not be made into a problem. What person who thinks they can be President does not have an ego or arrogrant. That is yet another distraction. Stop being side tracked. Stop just listening to sound bites. Each man loves their country and wants to put country first. Think about this McCain war hero who scaraficed for this country. Obama a man of dark skin who has recieved death threats and harm to his family since he first made his announcment just because of the color of his skin. He is putting his life on the line every day because he loves his country. He too should be looked at as an American hero. Isn’t everyone just waiting to hear that shot cry out each time he is in a crowd. I know I am. But he beleives in America, and it’s people and he wants to serve the US and is willing to die to do it. So making him out to be someone who does not love this county is ignorrant and you are not looking at the whole picture. This man has been fighting a silent war all his life just because of the color of his skin and until we change our preceptions he will continue to fight a battle that White America knows little about. Obama deserves and has earned the same respect as McCain.

So let this election be about the issures and who you trust and stop getting side tracked by petty things. This is the most important vote of your lifetime and you should not waste your vote on petty things and distractions. You as American citizens needs to demand civility from both parties in this elections and all others. This one especially because these two men both being Senators will need to work together. These two men both will need to reach out to the other Party to get things done. They both said they wanted to run a different campaign we should make them hold to that. That is the first step of getting America back on track. There is no place or time for the dirty negative politics there is to much at stake. Our future depends on both of these men and both of these Parties. This is not a red and blue America this is the United States of America

George is jsut a simple liar,

“teleprompter worked flawlessly” RNC!

…All you people that think the economy is bad now, You better wake up!…This is nothing, YET…

…Don’t you understand how much worse it can get?…The current administration’s monetary policies, and other incompetence’s, have already set things in motion…Some of these problem’s may already be irreversible!…But, the “clever” politicians in office will be able to hold it off till after the election…

…Don’t you know how much more of your net worth these fools could cause you to lose, not by just taxes?…Everyone has to pay, what you are doing by supporting them, could just make it WORSE for yourself, and everyone else, IF they get re-elected…

…At least take a closer look, at what THEY made you think is so bad about Obama…

…Good Luck, EVERYONE!!!

A liar is fresh air? your present air must stink!

I don’t dissmiss her speech, no one could’ve delivered better (except hillary),I’ve been watching politics for over 15 years, and no one has been “vetted” as fast as Gov. Palin, that perpetuated the media attacks because no one, and i mean NO ONE talked about her until she was named Mccains’ running mate

I think the point was her and bush have the same speechwriter. thats why we heard so much sarcasm and criticism aka Karl Rove style politics.

Or maybe:
AH! SPAN LIAR! (Anagram for “Sarah Palin” lying about Ketchikan bridge)

HA! SNAP LIAR! (Anagram for Sarah Palin)

Not sure which is more disgusting, the outright lies in her acceptance speech (Bridge to nowhere, Obama never wrote a bill, plane on ebay, etc). Or their VERBATIM repetition daily in stump speeches.

Seems her speechwriters took a few days off after the convention.

It seems some of Sarh Palin’s self described accomplishments aren’t exactly what she claimed. Misrepresenting yourself during introduction isn’t the best way to gain a lot of trust. Do you think it was the speech writers fault?

I support Barack Obama, and I agree with John. I trust lawyers more then military men.

So what if the unnecessary Republican war cost the lives of over 1 million people?

So what if the same Republican’s that got us into war work for Palin/Mccain?

So what if the Republican war costs the country over $10 billion each month?

So what if Sarah Palin is George Bush in lipstick?

Just WOW! Sarah Palin a breath of freash air.And dude Man he is a man many only wish they had.Sarah is hot,hot really smoke’n hot! Oh,Dude is a man my wife loves as well as she thinks Sarah Palin is hot.Me,Palin is smoke’n HOT….

McCain/Palin 08
Country First.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
This is the preamble to the constitution.Now I know these comments on this website show a bias towards intelligence, but I will vote for a constitutional lawyer trained at Harvard , rather than a Naval Academy graduate or a communications-journalist trained at the University of Idaho. I want my leaders to be smarter than me, two terms of Bush convinced me of that.

I work for a State legislature and often write speeches for our legislators - both parties, both houses. It’s what we do. So what? I don’t put my own words in their mouths. I write speeches for them based on what they want to say. Speechwriting isn’t easy and it isn’t fast. I have the time and ability to do it for them - they don’t. I have never known a politician to use a speech they didn’t like or offered opinions contrary to their own. The politician has to “own” the speech and he/she always has the final word (no pun intended) on whether the speech hits the mark. Sara Palin had an excellent speech writer, but she’s the one who had to deliver it. If she didn’t believe those words or like the approach, she would have never pulled it off. The speech was written for her, but it was her speech. Trust me! There are very few politicians who can write a good speech, but that doesn’t make them any less effective or valuable as public servants. That goes for both sides, Ds and Rs.

I suppose it doesn’t matter that Axelrod wrote much of Obama’s speech? They all use speechwriters and the content is carefully vetted by the candidate. Never seems to have been a problem before.

So what? At least she didn’t just steal a speech from some British politician and pretend it was her own.

So what if Sarah Palin uses George Bush’s speech writer?

Do you think that shows she would use the same people that gave George
Bush bad advice?

YES, WE DO!!!!

BUSH/PALIN/MCCAIN
SAME/SAME/SAME

Just different name…

I must not be as smart as all of you JC grads, that JUNIOR COLLEGE. Substance in Palin’s speech?! Where is the rebuttal of her charges against Usama, based on the facts. All I hear is that she is not “qualified.” What an original argument. Get some education, do some critical thinking, and stop listening to the beans (as in les). Nice fem-ocrats. Keep wearing pants all you chicks, like Hillary.

Oooh, let’s talk about Joe Biden and speeches! Why write a speech, why hire a speechwriter when you can just copy WORD FOR WORD an entire campaign from another politician! Does the name Neil Kinnock mean anything?

As for Obama - I guess if saying a lot words but actually saying nothing counts a lot, he’s a total winner. But this is the classic battle of style over substance. The emporer has no clothes, Obamatrons.

Listen all of you pompous arrogant butts, everyone single one of them uses a speech writer. It’s how the speech is delivered that is the question.

Folks, the irony here is that the so-called “maverick” McCain-Palin ticket is using Bush’s speechwriter. Repeat: the MAVERICKS are using BUSH’S speechwriter. If McCain-Palin can’t even be bothered to change something as simple as a speechwriter, why should we believe they’ll be changing anything else about the way Washington works?

So, the fact that someone else helped write a speech makes her unfit to be VP? You do remember that Joe Biden had to end his own race for the presidency for STEALING a speech from someone else, among other ethical lapses like lying about his eductation, don’t you? What she did wasn’t plagarism. What Joe did was, pure and simple.

By naming Biden, Obama is saying that having ethics is no longer a qualification for higher office. That’s change we’re supposed to believe in? You Obamaniacs must be insane.

Comment by Jaymz
September 6th, 2008 at 9:21 am
So what?

Now there is an idiotic question.

Sarah Palin is an unknown, coming from the sticks.

You seem to miss the point Jaymz. ALL politicians use speech writers. As some have already said….the politician puts forth their ideas, of what they want to convey, and the speech writer fills in the blanks. If Palin is guilty of a crime on this, than all politicians are guilty.

Amazing how you spin this. Only she who’s from the “sticks” is guilty of this? I’m from the sticks, and I’d guess roughly 60% or better in this country , are from the sticks. It’s that elitist attitude, toward those that dare to live in rural areas, so they can raise the food, and tend to the animals that you’ll eventually eat, so you can live another day to be a narrow minded hypocrit.

You might want to google Obama, and Biden, and add plagarism to your search engine. You’ll have a nice little surprise waiting for you!

“Comment by Not voting McCain-Palin ” your disgusted because she is not a far left DEM- too bad for you- however, I thought you folks were strong supporters of NOW and women- guess not!

[...] Fox writer Betsy Newmark is right in her assertion that good speechwriters capture the voice of the speaker just as well as the speaker him/herself [...]

Yo, morons.

What the hell is wrong with you? ALL politicians at this level have speech writers.

GET OVER IT.

And good luck with all of that.

It sounds to me like some folks are running scared.

Was Palin pregnant when she got married or was her first child premature?

We don’t need a barracuda or a pit bull arrogant woman in the white house we need jobs for our middle class who are losing everything , their homes etc. America is a t a crisis and all the republicans think about is their wealth not the American people who are the ” MIDDLE CLASS”. We don’t need a vice president or president who have millions of dollares puling our strings. WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL FIX THE PROBLEMS BECAUSWE THEY ARE MANY.

A GUN TOTTING MAM CAN’T DO THAT ONOR DOIES SHE WANT TO. LET’S GET REAL FOX NEWS.

AND FOX NEWS YOPU ARE SHOWING YOUR DISCRIMINATORY PREDATORY WAYS WITH SARAH PALIN

It doesn’t really matter who wrote Sarah Palin’s speech. What matters is that the words and their delivery were shrill, offensive and disrespectful. And I’m not really sure why everyone’s afraid to say that — because she’s a wife and mother? Hiding behind that shield is setting women back even further.

<<>>

If you had actually listened to her, she never said the plane was SOLD on Ebay. She said she listed it on Ebay, which she did.

Wow. I had no idea until I read this article then looked around that people were upset that Palin used a speechwriter. It really surprised me!

Sure, it would be nice if politician’s wrote their own speeches - their personality would show and the words would be more authentic. It would also be nice if they (especially at the higher levels) did their own research before making decisions, read all the reports that came to them, personally evaluated all sides of issues that they must take stands on… etc, etc. Unfortunately, these jobs are too big for one person. Even as candidates, the rely on staff members to develop their positions. I think I recall hearing that Obama had a couple hundred foreign policy advisors… but I could be wrong.

So, before we demand that politicians write their own speeches, we should consider what is asked of them. Further, if we’re going to make them do something else themselves, there’s a whole list of things to choose from that may be more important than what words they use.

And, after all, they still take responsibility for their words - original, or not.

The reason people are concerned is not that she used a speech writer. The concern is that much (if not most) of the speech was written before she was even picked. So it did not reflect her views at all. Most politicians have a viewpoint and then use speech writers to put that viewpoint into eloquent words. They do not simply read someone elses lines.

Having a prepared speech that is not written by you and one that you just read, does not tell me how you feel or what you think. It only tells me what you are being told to say. It like you have been programed. Obama sometimes has a problem with alot of UH’s but he does write his own speeches. He says what is within him. I realize not everyone has that talent or gift and can’t put two senctences together. But if they could just speak from their hearts that would tell me alot. Shara is being programed on what she should believe and I find that hard to believe in her as a person. She is being given the Party line and that tells me nothing about who she is. She is a robot all wound up and set infront of a stage. When she speaks even to knock the other party she reads it from text. If it is what she truly believes it should just roll off her tounge, as easy a that bridge to nowhere did, or sellig the jet on E-Bay. She just does not apperar to be genuine and she is a robot that has been programed. I need to hear from her in her own words. I don’t need to see an actress saying her lines. This is not a movie, this is the real deal. It makes me wonder how much she really knows about anything besides hockey or moose cleaning.

Listen up wheter you are a Democrat or Rebulican White, Black, male or female it does not much matter. What is important is the state of our country and all I want from this election is for someone to get in there and do whatever it is they need to do to get this country back on the right track. If you do not realize it our country is headed to be another third world country. This county can not afford to go to war with any other nation without starting the draft and you all need to realize that. We can not afford to go to war with any other nation because financially we do not have the money and our military is already stretched to thin. Our young men and woman in the armed services are tired and worn out and for God sakes they need a break. How long do you expect them to carry the weight of war on their shoulders? How long must their families be seperated from them? So while some are quick to rattle the sabers and start something we can not finish we need a cool head in office that will make going to war the last resort. Or get ready to have you children be drafted.

As far as Shara Palin no one really knows who she is, what her politics are and what she really believes in. All this baby drama is a distraction from what we really should know about her. From what little we do know about her it seems as if she has been stretching the truth a little to often. We need leaders that we can trust and believe in. That does not seem to be her. Grant you she is female and has a sharp tounge but that does not make a VP. She left her small town where she was mayor 20 million dollars in debt, after having a surplus before she came to office. She did not sell that jet on E-Bay even though she tried, but she did sell it at a lost. Was her husband a member of a political party that wanted Alaska to secede from the US and become an independent nation, if so that is unconsitutional. Did she abuse her powers as govenor, even if she felt personally justified. If she did we can not afford someone in office that will abuse their power, look at where that got us the last eight years. Do we need more of the same? We know that she hired a lobbist to go to Washington to get as many earmarks for her state as she possibly could. So can she speak to us about reform? We also know that she wanted to ban books from the library does that not go against our First Admendment Rights. If you fight for the Second Admendment then we have to fight for them all. We as citizens needs to demand that from our elected officials. There are just so many unanswered questions about her. We do not know enough about her to put her a breath away from the Presidency. In the 20 months that Obama has been running all his dirt has hit the fan and we had the time to find out about him and all he did or didn’t do. McCain has been in office for 26 years and we know him, Biden has been in just as long and we know him. But who is Shara Palin we have a right to know, we need to know if we are going to vote in an intelligent manner. We need to know the facts. I suggest that no press time should be allowed to her until she answers those questions from the press and who cares about all that baby drama that is between them and their God. If she can’t handle 5 kids and the White House it will not be the American citizens who will suffer, it will be her family and one day she will have to answer for that as well. What Ameirca needs now more than ever is the to know the whole truth. Who you are, and what you believe in. We should not be side tracked by a pretty package. All that glitters is not gold. We also need to know excatly what we are up against and how bad things really are. Republican or Democrat can not say for sure just how they plan to change things. because until they get behind that desk in the Oval Office they don’t know how bad things really are. We know that the Bush Administration was making alot of secret deals. So whom ever takes that high seat may have alot of unexpected problems to deal with and try to sort out. Just because you have a war record and stories does not mean that you are qualifed to run this country, that is yet another smoke screen. I give McCain respect for serving his country and he has been blessed for surviving those five years as a POW, but it does not mean that this country owes him the Oval Office. So let’s get real about that. This election should be about who do you trust and I realize it is hard to trust any politican now days. This election should be about who has the vision and judgement to take this country forward. Each man running for Presisent has an ego and that is not a problem or shouldn’t be. Each man is arrogrant and that should not be made into a problem. What person who thinks they can be President does not have an ego or arrogrant. That is yet another distraction. Stop being side tracked. Stop just listening to sound bites. Each man loves their country and wants to put country first. Think about this McCain war hero who scaraficed for this country. Obama a man of dark skin who has recieved death threats and harm to his family since he first made his announcment just because of the color of his skin. He is putting his life on the line every day because he loves his country. He too should be looked at as an American hero. Isn’t everyone just waiting to hear that shot cry out each time he is in a crowd. I know I am. But he beleives in America, and it’s people and he wants to serve the US and is willing to die to do it. So making him out to be someone who does not love this county is ignorrant and you are not looking at the whole picture. This man has been fighting a silent war all his life just because of the color of his skin and until we change our preceptions he will continue to fight a battle that White America knows little about. Obama deserves and has earned the same respect as McCain.

So let this election be about the issures and who you trust and stop getting side tracked by petty things. This is the most important vote of your lifetime and you should not waste your vote on petty things and distractions. You as American citizens needs to demand civility from both parties in this elections and all others. This one especially because these two men both being Senators will need to work together. These two men both will need to reach out to the other Party to get things done. They both said they wanted to run a different campaign we should make them hold to that. That is the first step of getting America back on track. There is no place or time for the dirty negative politics there is to much at stake. Our future depends on both of these men and both of these Parties. This is not a red and blue America this is the United States of America

Shelly, just what is the “Modern American Woman” anyway. One who aborts her unborn, one who will marry another woman, one who hate men, one who will show their naked ass, one who will hate America, one who will demean another for being smarter, wiser and prettier……..there are a lot of women out there that would disagree with you, and make you “modern american women” look like a pimple on an ass.

I am responding to CH0 and the youtube link about Obama/Kerry being the most liberal senator. I guess we can’t believe youtube either because Senator Obama didn’t take office until 2005. When the comments about Kerry were made, he wasn’t even elected so I guess he’s the most liberal Senator now.

Two words, Jon Favreau. Who is he? He is the head speechwriter of Obama’s speechwriting team. If you think that the McCain camp’s use of a speechwriter who has also been employed by the Bush administration somehow makes McCain, “just another Bush”, the Obama has no hope of being elected. That logic would make Obama, “just another Kerry.” Even Bush managed to beat Kerry.

Obviously, the use of this kind of logic demonstrates the intellectual gravitas of a large woodland mushroom. Speaking of this talking points assertion that McCain is just another Bush, which lemming wrote that in their brainstorming notebook? I can’t think of a single Republican of notable standing who is less like Bush. Republicans, in the past, have often questioned McCain’s republican loyalty, given how often he has bucked the party line on any number of issues and pieces of legislation. I’m still amazed that McCain ever had a chance to pull off a Republican nomination, much less do so in comfortable fashion. To anyone who has paid any attention to politics for more than the last several months (or the last several minutes, more likely), this claim is one of the more absurd that have been folded into the Democrat mantra.

On the subject of absurd assertions… I’m still waiting for someone to tell me what sort of “change” Obama refers to when he endlessly repeats the political candidate’s perpetual chant of change. When it comes to the McCain camp, I can image what they mean when they say change. Each half of that ticket has a demonstrated history of “bucking the system”. I may doubt their ability to bring change, since most change requires the cooperation of congress. Yes, that would be the same congress that has the dubious distinction of being the only political entity with a lower approval rating than the Bush administration, with the possible exception of Hati’s national government.

So, what change does Obama speak of? Changing the party affiliation of the oval office? That is the only thing I have been able to come up with. What little he has offered about his actual plans simply sounds like the same liberal policy platform used by almost every Democrat candidate since JFK, with the more modern add ons that we have come to expect over the last 16 years. Perhaps that is why I do not hear Obama talk of specifics very often. His campaign must assume that we already know what he has in mind since he is a Democrat. His staffers have spent more time on the floor in Washington than he has and he has picked one of the ultimate sources of “business as usual” to be his running mate. For his own part, his short track record indicates that he is basically a loyal, predictable tug, simply towing the more liberal party line of his peers. What change?

If an Obama supporter wants to assert that Gov. Palin is nothing more than a token pick, only made to appeal to women, bereft of any real qualifications, other than the ability to “talk pretty” when reading speeches… Seriously? I think they might want to avoid going down that road at all cost. Aside from the hysterically obvious hypocrisy of such an assertion, I don’t think it is a good idea to invite everyone to compare the presidential nominee to the other party’s VP pick. If you can’t win that comparison hands down, the perception becomes that the other party’s presidential pick must be much more qualified by default.

Frankly, the only positive thing I have ever even really heard Democrats assert about their own candidate is that he is, “a really good speaker.” Oh, that and he’ll bring change. Ummmm, ok…

For myself, the conventions served their purpose. They helped me decide who to vote for. I’m sure I am not the only one.

Having a speechwritier is normal for politicians-where has the media been. It is how the politician delivers the speech that is relevant. When it was found out that the teleprompter was ‘of a mind of it’s own’ on Wed. night that was pushed to the side and pooh-poohed. I found it amazing that she could make it seem so easy knowing what the circumstances were. If McCain/Palin are to be criticzed for using ‘evil speechwriters’ than the shoe most certain should be put on the other foot(Obama/Biden). If one were to only wear the RIGHT shoe then they walk with a bad limp- they need to balance it out with a LEFT shoe.

So John B can actually watch Obama answer live questions, and then watch Sarah Palin do the same, and think Ms. Palin is smarter?

I would like to have some of what Johnny is smoking, for the following reasons:

A) Johnny is hallucinating, because Sarah Palin won’t answer questions. The GOP is shielding her from any kind of press conference. Somehow, even though they think she can’t handle real journalists, and is only capable of delivering prepared remarks, we’re supposed to think she can handle Putin. Good luck with that.

B) So Barack Obama says “umm.” Like him or not, you don’t get to be President of the Harvard Law Review by being an idiot, however much time it may take you to come up with a thoughtful, reasoned answer to a complex policy question. Something we’ll never see Sarah Palin do; because apparently the pit bull is too delicate for the rough-and-tumble world of a real press conference. If she’s so smart, what is the GOP afraid of?

John B. > “Just so you know, sarcasm actually IS a sign of intelligence.”

I’m so surprised you think so

…Now, I’m a genius?

Did Obama write his acceptance speech all by himself. I was not there, but trust me he did not. How about the speeches he gave in France and Germany. Next, they will be asking for a Nielsen recount because she got more viewers than the kid from Scranton. PATHETIC

Maria
New York

Comment by marie
September 6th, 2008 at 1:10 am
I heard Sarah Palin speak two - three times prior to her speech at the RNC. Sarah Palin speech’s prior to the RNC was repetitive and lacked substance. The speech at the RNC was obviously written by a speech writer because she spoke on topics in which it was obvious she had no knowledge.

Umm yeah. That’s what this entire forum is about Marie. It’s acknowledged she has speech writers. The problem is….the scoffing being done at her having one, when all the politicians use speech writers. The difference here is….she’s being called to the mat for it, and they aren’t.

Also to note…..half way thru the speech, the teleprompter kept running , thru the applause. The second half of her speech….she was winging it. Let’s see Obama do that! 20 minutes of mmmm uuuhhh’s aaaaaa’s ooooooh’s errrr’s THUD!

I first heard the criticism from Chris Matthews. However, what I’d really like to know is if Sarah’s speech “made his leg tiggle.”

So what?

Now there is an idiotic question.

Sarah Palin is an unknown, coming from the sticks. She is running for VP. It is important to know as much about her as possible. Judgment? Character? Honesty? Purpose? We aim to determine these things through verbal discourse.

We knew nothing about her, before “her” speech. It was a good speech. But it wasn’t her speech. Presenting another person’s words as your own is deceptive, and dishonest. It is plagiaristic. So we still know nothing about her purpose, judgment, or intellect, except that she can read, and that she is intellectually dishonest.

So what?

Have a nice day fool.

Jaymz

UHMMMM….hey liberals, you do know that speech writers write speeches….they DO NOT write policy. Not to mention politicians have a say in the creation of the speech, that’s why there are so many drafts.

So what if it was Bush’s FORMER speech writer. How many are qualified to to write speeches of that caliber???

All politicians use speech writers and many recycle.

looking at most of the comments here would make me laugh, if the matter wasn’t so serious. its too bad that foxnews.com doesn’t have a spell checker, because some of you people obviously need some help. its scary that all (or most) of you actually have the right to vote. maybe there should be some sort of IQ minimum for that. keep reading fox news and believing everything they print. does it make you feel better? in the meantime, some of us will continue to think for ourselves, find out information for OURSELVES instead of listening to some parrot repeating all of the Republican talking points day in and day out, make our own decisions and use the brains that God gave us. if you people are deciding the future of our nation…god help us all. when did “hope” go out of style?

One people, one earth:

“Her speech told us nothing about her intelligence (unless you think the willingness to recite half-truths and sarcastic remarks is a sign of intelligence).”

Just so you know, sarcasm actually IS a sign of intelligence.

Or, as your boy Obama would say, “Actually, uhhhhhhh, Sarcasm is……uhhhhhhhhhhhh….ummmmmmmmm…..uhhhhhhhhhhhh….a uhhhhhhhhh……a sign of, ummmmmmmmm….intelligence.”

One people One earth wrote:

“I can’t wait to hear her responses to questions she hasn’t been prepared for”

Have you ever heard Obama’s responses to questions he’s not prepared for?

They go something like this:

“Uhhhhhhh…… ummmmmm…….ahhhhhhh, I….uhhhhh……ummmmm…….uhhhhhh, to answer that question with any specificity, well, uhhhhhh….that’s above my pay grade.”

That 3AM phone call has just come; I can hear the conversation now:

Aid: “President Obama, President Obama — the Russians have launched nuclear missiles and they’re headed for Washington!!! What do we do??

Obama:”Well, uhhhhhh….let’s see…..ummmmmm….gee……..I uhhhhhhhh…..Well, to answer that question with any specificity, well, uhhhhhh….that’s above my pay grade.”

Using W’s speech writer, see the connection? Are you liberals nuts? Deaf? Maybe a touch of dementia or something? Any of you liberals EVER listen to a George Bush speech? God Himself could write W’s speeches but would any writer help George talk? Duh? Get a life. Talk about dumb. You have teleprompter Barry - U-m-m, a-h-h, u-m-m, a-h-h . . . U-m-m, a-h-h, u-m-m, sorry, someone - u-m-m, a-h-h, u-m-m, someone, a-h-h, someone, u-m-m . . . A-h-h . . . fix . . . U-m-m . . . my . . . A-h-h . . .U-m-m . . . this . . . a-h-h . . . my . . .

Excuse me, any of you liberals know how to turn on Barry’s teleprompter?

Get real, Obamanites!
No one criticized or demeaned Community Organizers; we demeaned and criticized your fearless leader because he had the audacity to compare that “experience” to his opponents VICE-Presidential nominee with her “far-superior” experience. I’m so tired of hearing all the dem’s whines. Just put on your big-kid pants/panties and allow yourself enough honesty to adore this little gal dynamo like the rest of America!

On that note: Don’t you feel a bit inferior comparing yourself as a PRESIDENTIAL candidate to that of the VP? No, she’s not a heartbeat away. Obama is a heartbeat away from the presidency; the VP is most probably at least four years away. If on the off-chance Sarah Palin had to take over, I would feel much more secure that the Palin common sense and decisiveness would carry us just fine!

Obamanites say that the McCain ticket hasn’t said anything about joblessness or healthcare. They need to take out the cotton from their ears. I heard it loud and clear. Neither party, to my chagrin, has stated HOW that will play out. However, it may be to keep the other party from “borrowing” ideas, as has happened in the past.

I would like to see neither party slamming the other, the Govenor, not withstanding. I will say, in the beginning, Sen. Obama did that well. But he (and his pit bulls) sling it now just as badly, and much more unfairly and untruly. He should have “kept his head when all about him were losing theirs”. For the first time in my life, I was proud of him, (when he kept things clean).

May the best one win!

Isn’t it wild that the Obama camp accuses Govenor Palin (and Senator McCain) of everything they are themselves, guilty of, and no one rebutts them for it! It is so hypocritical! Obamans are just jealous that she reads someone else’s speech (that she has input into and strike privaleges) better than he reads his own. She’s got it and he wants it, so the sour grapes are abundant!

I love this girl! I am so enthralled that the first woman Vice-President (and you can bet) the first President of the USA will be a republican. Bet the dems didn’t see that one coming! And trust me, she doesn’t need Oprah. O was crying because she was hopeful of the first black man, becoming president. I understand that, but to shun the candidates, as a talk-show hostess, the reason is “O” so obvious! She is afraid of America’s Sweetheart, and “Oprah, you are one smart lady, because you are right to be afraid….Be VERY AFRAID”!

On Fox News coverage of Palin’s speech, Mort Kondrache opened his commentary with the point that she had not written it herself. However, he never points that out when a man speaks! What a racist thing to say!

A couple of descriptive phrases come to mind: “This is
the kind of woman you’d want to go through a war with” “The kind of woman
you’d wish were your sister” I’m a bright guy whose done lots of public
speaking for about as many years as she’s been on the planet. I am a lightweight amateur compared with this American gem from Alaska. God bless you Sarah!

She wrote the rough draft that expressed what she wanted to get across, he re-wrote it for a more effective delivery, revisions went back and forth, The liberal bozo’s on this blog are trying to make it sound like she didn’t have any input and simply read a speech that was handed to her 5 minutes before she took the stage and that simply isn’t so.
This is just todays DIg, lie or half-truth by the Obama Obsessed liberals. The bogus Photoshope’d photo’s and bogus lies about her son not being hers were yesterdays.

Trust me their scared and their desperate, the latest is urging McCain to with draw he name as VP

I heard Sarah Palin speak two - three times prior to her speech at the RNC. Sarah Palin speech’s prior to the RNC was repetitive and lacked substance. The speech at the RNC was obviously written by a speech writer because she spoke on topics in which it was obvious she had no knowledge.

The point is NOT that she had a speech writer, but President Bush’s speech writer wrote her speech. How in the world can anyone say McCain and Palin are not trying to continue the Bush Presidency?

So what if Palin used Bush’s speechwriter. I fshe used the same bank as Obama would that make her believe everything he does and share his economic policy..I doubt it. People get a grip she tells the speechwriter what points she wants to make and they help craft the speech. The weak attempt by the left to associate McCain with Bush is pitiful. If Obama would actually bother to vote then as a course of doing his job he would have voted with Bush about 100% of the time because for the past two years while the democrats have controlled congress Bush has issued only two vetoes.

Stop the spin liberals.

Go Mcain/Palin

GOOD GRIEF EVERYONE!!! IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT AAALLLL OF THEM USES SPEECH WRITERS. IT IS USUALLY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY BUT SOMEONE ELSE JUST MAKES IT SOUND BETTER.
Even Obama has one. Can’t you tell the difference when he is standing in front of people, standing behind a podium and the difference when he doesn’t have something in front of him. He stammered and stuttered the whole time during the Q&A session with Rick Warren.

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