Sarah Failin 2012

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First, she made a joke about not using a tele-prompter, ha! ha! ha! Then she segues into reading notes off the palm of her hand. What were those important, must not forget talking points written on her hand? Energy, tax cuts, and lift American spirits were the 3 must not forgets. Tax cuts originally said budget cuts but she crossed it off and replaced tax cuts. Note to self, Sarah: don’t bring up budget cuts because then there will be a follow up question of what programs specifically come to mind? And we know what that would be, but let’s hear it from her mouth: social security and medicare. Fortunately for Palin, not us, an advisor must have stopped her in the nick of time because she took the easy way out and replaced budget cuts with tax cuts. Surprise, surprise.

As Sam Seder twittered:

if Palin’s speech had aired & been covered like that on a weeknight- the generic democrat would have gained 5%

and

This has to be one of the least important most covered speeches in the history of american politics-

I’m sold. The best thing I can do for the democrats is to draft palin for every race in the country

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