[OldDeckHand]

"So, you prefer an Ivy League intellectual who spouts off $25 words over a woman who speaks just like the rest of us average main street Americans."

Do you want a surgeon, or a defense attorney or an accountant "who speaks like an average American"? Or, would you prefer to have someone who speaks much more eloquently and persuasively than the average American, especially considering how critical effective communication skills are in that job? I don't want an average American running the country. I want an exceptional American with exceptional skills and extraordinary abilities at the helm, especially while in stormy seas. I suspect I won't be alone in 2012.

We had a guy for eight years who couldn't get out of his own way in front of the camera. It worked out horribly for us. Let's not repeat that same mistake.

[SmokingJoe]

“Or, would you prefer to have someone who speaks much more eloquently and persuasively than the average American, “

We have a guy who has been hailed by the State Run Media as the “greatest orator ever” sitting in the White House right now, and how is he turning out for ya?
0bama is by far the biggest disaster ever to have hit this country, far worse than the 9/11 disaster. By the time this criminal 0bama is through, it's going to be near impossible to put the country back together. That's what voting for an empty suite who is "eloquent" and "persuasive" will get ya.

[Josephat]

I could care less how a President speaks, it is what he says that matters. It is if he is honest and moral that matters. Smooth talk got us the Communist in the White House. He speaks well but he lies everytime he opens his mouth. Much rather someone who speaks the truth and walks the walk. I think most Americans would agree.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I don't want an average American running the country. I want an exceptional American with exceptional skills and extraordinary abilities at the helm, especially while in stormy seas. I suspect I won't be alone in 2012.

You want Adlai Stevenson.

And my surgeon, lawyer and account are all average Americans and talk like me.

Elitism at its worst, right here on this very thread.

[ansel12]

Do you want a surgeon, or a defense attorney or an accountant "who speaks like an average American"?

I don't care how my accountant speaks, but if I am looking for a conservative leader then I want someone that has the charisma and speaking ability that can enable them to draw the voters to them and beat the entire media in a one on one game of head to head.

It is no wonder that Governor Palin was the most popular elected official in the nation and the most popular Governor in America, she persuades people to her side.

[Iscool]

Do you want a surgeon, or a defense attorney or an accountant "who speaks like an average American"? Or, would you prefer to have someone who speaks much more eloquently and persuasively than the average American

I am not impressed nor fooled by someone's 'eloquent' language...You can learn that in any school...And because you know the language, it doesn't make you any smarter...

My Surgeon and my Dentist may talk shop talk to each other but when they talk to me, it's in 'my' shop talk...And that's the way I like it...

[BigBobber]

Or, would you prefer to have someone who speaks much more eloquently and persuasively than the average American, especially considering how critical effective communication skills are in that job?

Just wondering if you saw Palin's speech at the Republican convention or her debate with Joe Biden? She has extraordinary communication skills. On par with Obama. Have you read her editorials in the Washinton Post, etc. Her writing is clear and logical.

Yes she has had some gaffes, but no more than Obama, Biden, Pelosi, etc. The MSM simply does not report those to the masses.