Posted on 04/15/2010 8:52:06 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
Anyone who knows Sarah and Michele: They have a similar problem: They don't trust the microphone to do the work. When addressing a crowd--don't shout! Listen to Ronald Reagan: Even when speaking to a hugest crowd, Reagan never raised his voice. He always talked to the person at home, sitting six feet from the television. He knew that people don't want to hear shouting in their living room.
Gotta say I agree with this...I like Sarah just fine but she doesn’t have to yell when she’s got a mic....
I agree. Hillary and Obama both make the same mistake which makes them sound as obnoxious as they are......but Sarah and Ms. Bachman should tone it down.......
Good tip. Sometimes Sarah gets a bit shrill leaving her exposed to ridicule and dampening her message.
Glad she is making bucks while doing some good, tho!
I think the problem is, the mics are set for television and the live crowd on hand can’t always hear. My wife and I went to Searchlight to hear Sarah and unless you were fairly close to the stage you would not have been able hear her well at all. But yet, when I watched her on TV later, you could hear her just fine! I suspect what they really need are better PA systems at these events.
I agree. No need to feed SNL any material.
Absolutely agree...someone else needs to pass it along, however.
Bachmann is impossible to contact(I’ve tried) and as for Palin, I used to send messages to the Governor’s office in Ak..Now?
There must be a Freeper or two with connections! Hmmm?
I agree with you. I truly admire Sarah Palin but there has always been something that bothered me about her speeches. You have just defined it for me, thanks.
Sarah, I love what you have to say, but I'm a guy fan who is probably not alone in cringing just a wee bit when I hear a woman screaming.
Sarah does need to work a bit on her speaking voice as well; she is smart and wise. . .but a too young voice/rising/falling and giggly needs to mature a bit; per her addressing the most serious of topics in a serious time.
I know; I know; (unfortunately, like Obama folks; she is not to be criticized. ..) 'Sara is perfect and you do not want ANY changes'.
Even Margaret Thatcher was advised to 'grow' her voice; and she so advised Sarah to do same. /Think she was not listening, however/;^)/
Also consider the people who came to hear you.
In MN, based on the video from Fox, the people got the “honor” of standing up for 2hrs and looking at the back of Hannity’s head as he talked to the camera.
Unfortunately your wise advice will fall on deaf ears. Too many people will call you a Romney supporter or a secret mormon for making a simple reasoned suggestion.
I agree! Both need voice lessosn and coaches to lower the pitch and tone of their voices.
If Sarah knocked her tone and pitch down several notches, it would make a world of differnce in public perception of her intelligence and gravitas- bias against her for this is way undeserved, but bias nonethleless.
And if Sarah would throw in a speech coach for timing an modulation and slow down her delivery, she would be perfect and so much more powerful. She already has natural instincts for timing and delivery.
I sure cannot figure out why she hasnt donw this already. Hubris?
I have been saying this all along....LEARN your tools and use them properly.....I invited Madam President to my show, both to interview her properly and to educate her in broadcast basics from a friend not an enemy...
I agree. I am a fan of both ladies and they need to keep this in mind.
The two must be Panamanians.
Panamanian politicians love to shout whether with or without a mike.
The present president never shouts or raises his voice. He must not be Panamanian. I have never seen a certified copy of his birth certificate.
Sarah needs lessons on how to lower the pitch of her screechy/running the fingernails over a slate blackboard voice.
The systems are probably just fine.
They need better sound engineers.
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