“I can’t count the number of times the media has harped on “It was a prepared speech””
Isn’t it amazing that all the criticisms the media is levelling at Palin could have been made about Obama? These media folks don’t even realize what’s coming out of their mouths.
You cannot deliver a speech like she did without her having a lot of input — not going to happen especially if the teleprompter goes haywire even for a few minutes.
I had Rudy’s speech along with the others and he started deviating but I figured it was Rudy being Rudy who knows what he wants to say and could sense his hitting Obama was working so he went for more red meat. The ending he really changed up for the better. I watched him do it all last year making speeches WITHOUT a teleprompter and with few notes. Most of his notes were for when he had to recognize people. Big speeches always had a book with the written copy of the speech in it on the podium. Now we know why — teleprompters.
I worked up the talking point papers when Rudy came to Oklahoma last year and parts of those ended up in his speech as he read them on plane before his next stop. I believe Gov Palin has that same capability to read talking points, put them in the speech, and remember what she wants to say.
Now we learn that Gov Palin was the same way which makes me even prouder of her and the way she handled her speech which was fantastic. Not many people can do that so we have a smart, intelligent, gifted speaker who has the ability to adapt to the situation.