Ever since Palin was announced as McCain's running mate, it has become obvious that she speaks in a very special sort of way. Among other things, she has a heavy accent, does not always use correct grammar, and often times seems to "cute-ify" her words. Within themselves, these factors are minuscule, but this trait is very strongly assosiated with George W. Bush and his infamous Bushisms. McCain has seemingly been trying to seperate himself from the president, and in my oppinnion done so successfully and to the best of his abilities in his current situation. Despite his attempts, when his vice presidential nominie shows traits similar to those of the very man McCain is trying to avoid, it may bring the issue back into question for the american people. In an election this close, such a miniscule factor could very well be the deciding factor.
Palin Quote
Palin: I’m absolutely for equal pay for equal work. The Ledbetter pay act - it was gonna turn into a boon for trial lawyers who, I believe, could have taken advantage of women who were many, many years ago who would allege some kind of discrimination. Thankfully, there are laws on the books, there have been since 1963, that no woman could be discriminated against in the workplace in terms of anything, but especially in terms of pay. So, thankfully we have the laws on the books and they better be enforced.
It will be interesting to see how the debate tomorrow plays out. Biden far outclasses her with regard to actual knowledge of foreign policy issues (the inability to see another country from his house aside), but I'm not sure that will win him the debate. I just read a very interesting opinions piece by a former gubernatorial candidate who ran against her. He talked about how she is the "master of the nonanswer." I can't wait to see how Biden handles (or doesn't handle) her. Here's the article, if anyone's interested. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1001/p09s01-coop.html
Although this is not related to Seteven's comment, I would like to draw attention to the way a person's speech affects the way the public views their intellegence, status and peers. Does anyone think of the character Eliza Doolittle from the movie My Fair Lady when we hear discussion about speech? (if not it is a rather tedious movie about how speech can advance you through social ranks, enhanced with far too many songs). Additionally who remembers Mr. Fleishhacker's theories about how Bush's accent (especially the way he says nuclear) could have potentially helped him with voters? Because in reality, many many people in our country speak like the President and these voters draw offence when they see "Ivy-leagers" belittling their way of speaking. Although gramatically correct English is universal, the vernacular in sections of our country (and in England, Ireland, South Africa etc...) differs. If people want to critisize Palin, it would be wise to critisize the content of her speech, and Not the way she delivers her speech. That is the type of criticism that matters, I could really care less how Palin speaks.
I think the most interesting part of the debate will be about the bail out bill. Because Biden was actually there to vote on the bill, he will obviously have more knowlegde as to what is actually going on. This comes back to the question of experience and how important it actually will be in this election. McCain obviously has more experience than any one else but that didn't seem to affect Obama too much in the debate. It will be interesting to see if Biden's experience will be obvious tonight in the debate.
As I have seen so far in the VP debate, Sarah Palin has proven to be "the master of the non answer" as Samir has said. When asked about what she would do as Vice President of the United States, Palin completely swerved around the question, talking about how great it would be that McCain, "the maverick" were to win the election. We will have to see how she responds to foreign affair questions... she may even reword her backdoor experience with Russia!
I think Palin was unexpectedly eloquent in the debate. She was quick to respond and her dialog was clear and concise. Although she did not always answer the question she succeeded in showing her speaking skill and intelligence despite her mannerisms and accent
I wouldn't go as far as to say that Gov. Palin showed her intelligence tonight. While she sounded much better than her performances in recent media interviews, her debate responses seemed forced, and when she wasn't deferring questions to her pre-planned talking points, she was making all the quips.
Nevertheless, the McCain camp should be proud of her performance as she performed "well enough" and did not offer any disastrous responses a la Dan Quayle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI).
Sarah Palin's performance at thursdays debate was much better than i had initially expected. Although the general consensus was that Biden did better in the debate, it seemed like Palin captured all of the following morning's media headlines, stating that she had done a fairly decent job. Decent job or not, it was amusing to watch her avoid answering her questions and flourish her statements with remarks like "doggonit". I for one am truly excited for tonight's SNL parody of the debate.
Boo Hoo. She was an eloquent speaker. The bottom line is that McCain chose for the sole purpose of injecting energy in his campaign. Thinking that the average American would look over the fact that it was not a substantive choice that is a long-term investment for the entire presidency is downright nauseating.
I agree that Obama does not have much experience. In fact, I'd rather have had someone with more experience under his belt in this time...but at least he recognized that after November, he actually has a job to do...and as of now, the job is getting tougher and tougher. That's why he chose a heavyweight like Biden.
Now, if McCain has some humility, he would have chosen a substantial economic brain. Just him showing that he is smart enough to know that he knows jack about econ is such a grand gesture...and given that that person would destroy Biden in the debates by picking away at the Obama campaign, they would've won with ease.
But no, they chose Sarah Palin. THE PERSON WHO RULED A TOWN WITH A SMALLER POPULATION THAN THAT OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Seriously, John Hennessey of Stanford has more people to take care of....then she was the GOVERNOR OF A STATE THAT HAS AS MANY PEOPLE AS MILWALKEE WISCONSIN. hmm, maybe McCain should a chosen Tom Barett, the mayor of Milwaulkee.
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It will be interesting to see how the debate tomorrow plays out. Biden far outclasses her with regard to actual knowledge of foreign policy issues (the inability to see another country from his house aside), but I'm not sure that will win him the debate. I just read a very interesting opinions piece by a former gubernatorial candidate who ran against her. He talked about how she is the "master of the nonanswer." I can't wait to see how Biden handles (or doesn't handle) her. Here's the article, if anyone's interested. http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1001/p09s01-coop.html
Although this is not related to Seteven's comment, I would like to draw attention to the way a person's speech affects the way the public views their intellegence, status and peers. Does anyone think of the character Eliza Doolittle from the movie My Fair Lady when we hear discussion about speech? (if not it is a rather tedious movie about how speech can advance you through social ranks, enhanced with far too many songs). Additionally who remembers Mr. Fleishhacker's theories about how Bush's accent (especially the way he says nuclear) could have potentially helped him with voters? Because in reality, many many people in our country speak like the President and these voters draw offence when they see "Ivy-leagers" belittling their way of speaking.
Although gramatically correct English is universal, the vernacular in sections of our country (and in England, Ireland, South Africa etc...) differs.
If people want to critisize Palin, it would be wise to critisize the content of her speech, and Not the way she delivers her speech. That is the type of criticism that matters, I could really care less how Palin speaks.
I think the most interesting part of the debate will be about the bail out bill. Because Biden was actually there to vote on the bill, he will obviously have more knowlegde as to what is actually going on. This comes back to the question of experience and how important it actually will be in this election. McCain obviously has more experience than any one else but that didn't seem to affect Obama too much in the debate. It will be interesting to see if Biden's experience will be obvious tonight in the debate.
As I have seen so far in the VP debate, Sarah Palin has proven to be "the master of the non answer" as Samir has said. When asked about what she would do as Vice President of the United States, Palin completely swerved around the question, talking about how great it would be that McCain, "the maverick" were to win the election. We will have to see how she responds to foreign affair questions... she may even reword her backdoor experience with Russia!
I think Palin was unexpectedly eloquent in the debate. She was quick to respond and her dialog was clear and concise. Although she did not always answer the question she succeeded in showing her speaking skill and intelligence despite her mannerisms and accent
I wouldn't go as far as to say that Gov. Palin showed her intelligence tonight. While she sounded much better than her performances in recent media interviews, her debate responses seemed forced, and when she wasn't deferring questions to her pre-planned talking points, she was making all the quips.
Nevertheless, the McCain camp should be proud of her performance as she performed "well enough" and did not offer any disastrous responses a la Dan Quayle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI).
Sarah Palin's performance at thursdays debate was much better than i had initially expected. Although the general consensus was that Biden did better in the debate, it seemed like Palin captured all of the following morning's media headlines, stating that she had done a fairly decent job. Decent job or not, it was amusing to watch her avoid answering her questions and flourish her statements with remarks like "doggonit". I for one am truly excited for tonight's SNL parody of the debate.
Boo Hoo. She was an eloquent speaker. The bottom line is that McCain chose for the sole purpose of injecting energy in his campaign. Thinking that the average American would look over the fact that it was not a substantive choice that is a long-term investment for the entire presidency is downright nauseating.
I agree that Obama does not have much experience. In fact, I'd rather have had someone with more experience under his belt in this time...but at least he recognized that after November, he actually has a job to do...and as of now, the job is getting tougher and tougher. That's why he chose a heavyweight like Biden.
Now, if McCain has some humility, he would have chosen a substantial economic brain. Just him showing that he is smart enough to know that he knows jack about econ is such a grand gesture...and given that that person would destroy Biden in the debates by picking away at the Obama campaign, they would've won with ease.
But no, they chose Sarah Palin. THE PERSON WHO RULED A TOWN WITH A SMALLER POPULATION THAN THAT OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Seriously, John Hennessey of Stanford has more people to take care of....then she was the GOVERNOR OF A STATE THAT HAS AS MANY PEOPLE AS MILWALKEE WISCONSIN. hmm, maybe McCain should a chosen Tom Barett, the mayor of Milwaulkee.
Good blog, but you cannot receive full credit unless you list WHERE your candidate/surrogate has been campaigning since the last update.
update:
On thursday Palin was in Washington University in St. Louis...
Now she is in Cali...whe was in Carson Cali yesteday...
jhon will have more for tonight
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