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Why Palin's Speech Worked (Lisa Schiffren Explains The Anatomy Of A Great Speech Alert)
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| 9/04/2008
| Lisa Schiffren
Posted on 09/04/2008 9:09:30 PM PDT by goldstategop
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Lisa Schiffren, drawing on her expertise as a speechwriter - dissects Sarah Palin's acceptance speech and in looking at the nuts and bolts, shows us why its a great speech.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
To: goldstategop
Great. Thanks so much for posting this.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:10:32 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: goldstategop
The media pundits who have been around elections for years were commenting on Palin’s command of the podium, sense of timing, etc. “She’s a natural” was a phrase I heard SEVERAL times in the morning news channels.
To: goldstategop
As the day has passed and I have considered the events and Governor Sarah Palin's outstanding, all-American speech last night, and now that McCain delivered his own...I am more and more convinced that this good woman has in fact been preserved there in Alaska...quietly (to the rest of us here in the lower 48, or as they say up there us here in the "outside") respondiong to the promptings of her own heart to get involved and accomplishing so much in her own right as she was prepared to be there to come to America's aid when John McCain made this inspired call...and I believe McCain was inspired in this choice.
Amazing. Despite all the planning, the positioning, the buying of influence, the pedaling of influence, and the rock star blitz of the other side...we are seeing that, IMHO, the good Lord can prepare something off to the side that wholly undoes all of that wrangling.
That's what we are seeing here IMHO.
HOW THE PALIN PICK TRUMPS OBAMA-BIDEN
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:13:46 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: goldstategop
Comes from being “Tougher in Alaska”.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:14:44 PM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
(14 years living in Wasilla, Alaska, now its in all the news!)
To: GOP Poet
IIRC Wasilla is basically a bedroom community of Anchorage...lots of new housing developments just north of Anchorage......people think that its a hicky little village and I don’t think it is....
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:14:51 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: goldstategop
I watched Pawlenty, Grahanmesty, Ridge, and McCain tonight. NONE of them were as impressive as Palin. Palin saved this convention.
To: goldstategop
Sarah DELIVERED the speech beautifully. The little gaffe didn't hurt her - she ad libbed. In contrast, Cindy McCain was AWFUL. I couldn't wait till she was done. I was actually falling asleep as she spoke. She looked too strained. She was trying too hard. She was not natural. Clearly she doesn't identify with typical Americans. She needs to stay on the sidelines, dressed up and smiling sweetly.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:20:37 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: Jeff Head
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:21:47 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: MuttTheHoople
“I watched Pawlenty, Grahanmesty, Ridge, and McCain tonight. NONE of them were as impressive as Palin. Palin saved this convention.”
AGREE!
it was a snoozer! McPain did finsih off okay - better than I expected.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:21:50 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: goldstategop
Does anyone know where I can find Todd Palin’s speech?
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:23:12 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
(Drop the Zero and vote for a Hero. McCain-Palin 2008)
To: goldstategop
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:23:31 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(September is Liberal Awareness Month.)
To: MuttTheHoople
We’ll see if Sarah might outshine Mc Cain on the campaign trail. The rule of running mates is, first, do no harm. She is a solid addition to the ticket. And she might just become a “rock star” of sorts.
To: goldstategop
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:24:08 PM PDT
by
Tex Pete
(Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
To: Tex Pete
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:24:40 PM PDT
by
Tex Pete
(Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
To: goldstategop
Very good analysis from someone who really knows what they are talking about.
Thank you for bringing this to us.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:27:27 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: goldstategop
I wonder if great speakers are conscious of their technique or if they just do it?
To: Jeff Head
By Jove you've got it!
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:30:16 PM PDT
by
BlueDragon
(pick up 12% of the dems? do i hear a 15? if we could win California...pinch me i'm dreaming)
To: goldstategop
They had the words, but not the musicLove that line. Sarah is a natural.
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:31:51 PM PDT
by
barker
(Don't know how I got so cold. I just wanna feel something.)
To: nmh
it was her first speech and she’s more interested in getting her hands dirty than politics, where you might get your soul dirty
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posted on
09/04/2008 9:36:31 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(You better think think about what you're trying to do to me)
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