My wife and I had the same conversation. She does need to slow down more when she speaks. She’s not going to be interrupted.
Truthfully, she could use some speech training. But then again....
Have you ever listened to General George Patton? Actually the General, not George C. Scott. He had a southern twang, and a falsetto voice. If he had had to read a paragraph about say....the weather....and you couldn't see who was reading it, you'd have never, ever guessed that this was probably the absolute best combat general in all of WWII.
And so it is with Governor Palin. Perhaps I would wish for a better voice with more "training" behind it to satisfy my own "image" of what a President should sound like (President Reagan spoiled me)....but I know this. Governor Palin means what she says and says what she means. What you hear is the Governor, not a trained speaker...a real person. I've begun to concentrate on the message, and have tried to downplay my own personal bias for a "better voice".
I'll take Governor Palin...and her critical stands on the issues, over anyone else currently running or deciding to run on the Republican ticket.
Voice or no voice.