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Am I paranoid or is this potentially a serious problem that will totally discredit her?

[SteveAustin]

All the pols repeat the cheesy lines over and over.....

How many times did you hear Al Gore prattle about “blowing a hole in the deficit” or talk about the “Fuzzy math” in 2000?

Or Clinton say “I feel your pain”

The reason we notice it more with Palin in because we don’t have anything else in our heads to associate her with. There is no history. No huge track record of other national interviews. And we want her to talk more right here, right now so we can satisfy our own curiousity about her.

The biography and thought patterns will fill in over time.

[LibertyRocks]

I see what you are saying, but Palin is keenly aware of today’s day and age of the soundbite. I think that is why it would appear that she is using the same “lines” over and over.

I don’t understand how this could discredit her, or lead to the opinion of being a “one-trick” pony though. What she is giving at these rallies are stump speeches, and they are invariably going to be similar if not almost identical in various places... Same with Obama, McCain, Biden, and many, many other politicians no matter what party they belong to.

[jwalsh07]

It’s called staying on message and the message is working. Counter attack on Bridge to Nowhere will be incorporated forthwith. Obama and Biden both supported it after Tom Coburn offered an amendment to send that money to Katrina victims. Yuck, yuck!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oh come on.

How many times have you heard the (exact) words:

“Change we can believe in”.

Seriously. Relax. She’s doing fine.

[svcw]

You are paranoid but that does not mean they are not after you.'->
It is called a stump speech. Stump speech - every politician uses them. It is an effective way to remember what you want to stress.
Reagan repeated his three or four things every speech rain or shine.
The difference here is that the media is all over her so you are hearing the same thing over and over.
Trust me Barry does this also but you will never hear it unless you personally go to his speeches because the MSM will cover only what makes him look good.
With Palin they will start point out the 25% she repeats not the other stuff.

[mass55th]

"Am I paranoid "

You're paranoid. At least she's not flip-flopping, stuttering, or stealing speeches from someone else. It's common practice to continue to use key phrases on the campaign trail. It's called reinforcement. She's added new comments along the way, and interspersed them with some from her acceptance speech. She's doing just fine.

[Retired Chemist]

I’ve noticed it and mumbled a bit about it.

[RochesterFan]

I, too, have noticed this. Before the Internet a candidate could use a standard stump speech. It wasn’t repetitious if you hadn’t heardit... Now with all the coverage shown on cable, YouTube, and the RNC and DNC web sites, a candidate needs to pay more attention and make sure there is a balance between the ‘favorites that work’ and new material. I think this a wonderful opportunity to outline some specifics of the platform and contrast them with failed liberal policies.

[tx_eggman]

Am I paranoid or is this potentially a serious problem that will totally discredit her?

It's called a stump speech and it's SOP.

Is this the first time you've been paying attention during a presidential campaign ...

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I kinda noticed that. Tey were talking a bit about that on the O’Reilly Show tonight.I geuss these politicians generally give the same speeches from town to town wherever they go. Of course back in the day you could get away with it I’m not so sure about now.

[Dawn531]

Two sites that might help you be less paranoid:

Definition of a stump speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_speech_(politics)

An analysis of Obama’s stump speech (which states he’s given the same speech 3 or 4 times a day for months and months)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/02/26/GR2008022600417.html

[Maelstorm]

Don’t worry. She is just using what has worked. Leave the over analysis to Obama. I do believe they should start letting her smack Obama even harder.

[Burkean]

She has her own ideas and is her own woman—but she is not the top of the ticket. She is spending time now learning McCain’s approach in detail so she can follow suit.

[bigbob]

Sheesh, give ‘em a break!

The lady HAS been a little busy lately...but I’m sure there will be new elements added to the stump speech as the issues emerge. Right now, I think they need to hone the message on the economy, as it’s #1 on the list of concerns.

But those who follow every appearance are bound to hear the same speech just like Deadheads hear the same tunes. So what? Maybe those pinhead leftie bloggers who think this is such a big deal will learn something.

[vox_freedom]

Those who should be paranoid are all those Democratic partisans who watched Ms. Hillary and Mr. Obama stating “change” over and over and over for 18 months and arguing about “change” over and over and over, without ever having an original thought on what ought to “change.”

[Bubba_Leroy]

Every national politician re-uses the same stump speech over and over and over again.

[Red Steel]

Stump speech material. She’ll vary and change it as she does more whistle stops.

[going hot]

"I Tells them what I am going to tells them

Then I tells them

Then I tells them what I told them"

[CurlyBill]

They do this all the time as they are in front of different audiences. How many times has B. Hussein Obama talked about more of the same from McCain and then promises change? These are just soundbites. The interviews and debates will overshadow this BIG TIME!

[ConservativeGreek]

They give the same stump speech every day.
When McCain was here last month the press didn’t even go inside. They had heard every word 100 times.