Speechifying matters…except when it doesn’t.
September 3rd, 2008 . by TomOK so Sarah Palin, aka Annie Oakley, comes out and delivers an eloquent assault on Barack Obama for his lack of experience (and when it comes to lack of experience she’s certainly familiar with the condition) and she does it with wit and eloquence (though the speech was written before she was even selected and only edited a bit to “feminize” it some) and now commenters are starting to tell us that it is a sure sign that she’s ready for the bigtime because she’s so poised and eloquent and called Barack Obama names.
Right.
And the Republicans, including their aged candidate, blow their collective gaskets hammering at us over and over again with the idea that eloquence and good speechifying aren’t enough to qualify someone for a position in the Executive Branch or for President (and make no mistake, a VP better be qualified for that job or not get selected).
I’m just sayin’.