When it comes to Sarah Palin's speech last night...?

Question

What are your thoughts? My co-worker said she was poised and polished only because she is a former beauty queen runner-up with public speaking training.

Answer 1

All the Republicans did last night was blow hot air and attack Obama over and over about the same things. Palin's speech literally said nothing about healthcare, the economy, creating new jobs, ending the war, etc. The only thing she mentioned was drilling for oil, and she only mentioned that so she could get in a plug about her home state.  They are beating a dead horse to death about Obama's experience, lack of military service, him being a "community organizer", etc.  Guiliani was especially an a**hole.  Plus she flat-out LIED when she said he was going to raise taxes on everyone.  He plans to actually cut taxes for the majority of the middle class, and only raise them if you make $250,000 or more a year.

The only reason McCain picked her was to please the true conservatives since he is more moderate.  The truth is she has very little experience and it will come out the next couple of months in the campaign.  Especially in the debates---I can't wait for her to debate Biden.  That should be very entertaining to watch.  

Answer 2

Then Obama is only poised and polished because he has been trying to become the first socialist black president since day 1... forgetting to do ANYTHING ELSE!

Answer 3

I thought that she came off as being condescending.  

Answer 4

I dont support either party but I watched her speech and I really liked it. I thought she spoke very well, down to earth alot of the time and threw in a little comedy occasionally.

I thought she did very good

until........

I read on yahoo a little while ago about the facts being stretched and some outright lies.

I know they all do it, I just dont understand why when they know its gonna come up later when you have so many people analyzing every little thing they say.

Answer 5

Sounds like sour grapes to me.

Answer 6

Oh lol...for a minute there, I thought you were talking about Obama

Surely you must realize that Palin has both more political experience than Obama, and political accomplishments

Never knew Barack was a beauty queen though.....hmm.....

Answer 7

I actually didn't like her style, but I appreciated her toughness.  I may not agree with her on any of her issues, but she's likeable.  I think she has the character and personality for the job, though not the experience.

Answer 8

They said the same thing about Obama. LOL

Palin delivered a fantastic speech last night. She's charming, funny, has substance and a real track record of bringing about reform. Just what America needs. Sorry you missed it.

Answer 9

Posing for nude photographs would give one some poise, wouldn't it?

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Answer 10

The speech had no substance and was full of lies.

Answer 11

I actually think she did a great job...of making her lies sound believable.  That's what the Republicans want, someone who can make lies sound believable...basically, another Bush.

Answer 12

I agree with your co-worker. The speech sounded more like a beauty contest answer than a VP speech, particularly since no one cares if you lie in a beauty pageant. Next she will come out in a bathing suit for the swimsuit competition. And she certainly did not win the Miss Congeniality award last night.

Answer 13

She delivered a great speech, and she is a great speaker.  I imagine beauty pageant training helped but it is not everything; there are lots of beauty queens who can't give a speech like that.

On another note, the content of the speech was mean-spirited and shrill.  So was Guliani's.

Answer 14

I was totally nonplussed by Palin's speech.  Somehow she still came across as a beauty queen contestant.  She  kept that silly pretentious smile on her face throughout her speech.

Answer 15

Add professional to that description and you have a good overview of her presentation.

Answer 16

Come on......have you heard some of the "beauty queens" talk?!? It is like anything else...either you have the gift to relate to people and speak well or you don't.She most certainly does and A LOT of pageant queens don't have that gift and they come off fake,plastic & kinda dumb(not all).

Your horns are showing with this statement...don't be a hater!