[Deb]

She would never speak to a group that required an approval of her speech. In fact she doesn’t even work from prepared speeches.

[dmz]

In fact she doesn’t even work from prepared speeches.

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Which is the mark of a good public speaker, but to think that she has not prepared, ahead of time, a mental outline of what she is going to say is questionable, IMHO.

I speak in front of groups for a living, and I have never held a piece of paper in front of me, had a teleprompter, or the notes pages of a powerpoint presentation in front of me. But trust me, I’m prepared.

[KC Burke]

I remember Churchill deep in the early war being castigated for making alliances with Stalin (with the Soviets his bitter enenmies in the past) against Germany when Hitler moved east, he stated:

If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Ann is involved and out front. Like you, she is not one to stay back trying to look pure for political posturing. She has guts.