Posted on 09/15/2008 8:48:39 AM PDT by IrishMike
HERE is a titbit for you. I am sure you all heard the quip vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin made before the assembled multitudes at the Republican convention in Minnysooda last week. "You know the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?" she asked. Then she did a nice take, paused, pointed to her mouth without changing expression: "Lipstick."
Biggest laugh of the night. Maybe of the convention, though former senator Fred Thompson had them reaching for their inhalers the night before.
The titbit? That line was not in her speech. She stuck it in there when mentioning her start in politics as a hockey mom joining the parent-teacher association. It seems that she had told that joke a couple of times in Alaska when people called her a soccer mom. She wanted to point out the subtle differences between a sport where boys in shorts kick around a nice black-and-white ball versus guys wearing more armour than medieval swordslingers going at each other with hardwood sticks tipped with a hooked blade.
In fact she went off book so much, and so far, that the teleprompter operator went half mad trying to find out where he had messed up: national convention teleprompter operators who get lost are sometimes hanged from the rafters by irate speakers ... er ... readers. Finally, just before taking his cyanide capsule, he realised his text and her speech had the similarity of Saturn and a lawn chair, so I hear he just turned it off.
To Republicans, Palin, the little known Governor from big Alaska, was an inspired choice to run with John McCain. To many Democrats it was a pact with the Salem witches. If you look at my last name on the byline, you'll sorta get which way I lean.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
And the punch line is...?
And the bottom line is...?
With the headline of this posted article ...
Where is any information about the real barracuda? Doesn’t make much sense not to include a few lines in regard to Joe McCain when it teases the article is about him, does it?
For me, the funniest line in the article.
This should be an interesting administration.
I can't help wondering if this guy's an ex-patriate, or close enough to not matter?
The bottom line is that this person is lying or doesn’t know what really happened. The teleprompter was having problems and Sarah Palin had to fill in. The teleprompter didn’t stop when the crowds were applauding and they kept on rolling. Sarah did better than most and people know it.
It’s just a guy telling war stories. An interesting look inside....
The fact is she was ‘off script’ at the convention and brilliant is the point.
The MSM keeps banging that she is in a cocoon where her words are carefully scripted.... and that is false.
She's now out on her own and lighting up the place.
She is a natural...what a great VP pick.
I totally agree
SARAH IS GREAT. BRILLIANT.
Editors write headlines, not columnists. This editor must have been tipsy or something.
A titbit???? The word is “tidbit”.
No comment on their word.
Too little of referenced articles are being posted these days ... I know there are rules; however doesn't it seem to make sense to post enough to get the reader hooked ...?
Just my opinion.
Well he is runninng for First Brother, and is probably better prepared for the job than George is.
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