[PhiKapMom]

It happened to Rudy as well. With Rudy and Gov Palin, the teleprompter kept running when there were applause lines which put it way ahead so both went to their written speeches but I know for a fact that Rudy deviated a lot from his speech after it happened and gave more red meat as I had a copy of his speech.

Gov Palin as a novice speaking to so many people hardly missed a beat when that happened and gave the best speech I have heard at a Convention.

[MrLee]

I think Pat Buchanan’s speech 8 or 12 years ago was FANTASTIC! Palin’s was close to that.

Palin’s drivin’ the local liberals up here in Maine crazy!!!

[VOA]

Gov Palin as a novice speaking to so many people hardly missed a
beat when that happened and gave the best speech I have heard
at a Convention.

I'm no expert on "the spoken word" (speeches).

While Palin was delivering a "validation" (show she's qualified) and
repsonse (to Obama/Biden/MSM) and rallying speech...
At least in intensity of presentation, my naive feeling is it's
pretty much in the league of some speeches by Churchill,
The St. Crispian's Day speech (from Shakespeare) and JFK's
inaugural address.

Palin rocked the house, rocked the base and made history.

Screenwriters couldn't pen as good a speech or performance for
a fictional lady politician/leader.