Fish out of water.

[icarus]

Typed as I watched Palin's speech:

Welcome to amateur hour. She's totally out of her league. She's not used to being on camera and keeps twitching her hands in a weak sort of hammer motion. Her voice is nasal and strangled. She's not very dramatic as a speaker and has the pedantic manner of a first grade teacher. Her hair is in her eyes. She keeps smirking at her own jokes.

She can deliver a cutting remark. But falls apart when it's supposed to be inspiring. How is she able to kill a section on McCain's torture and survival?

A well-written, should-be-stirring, but poorly delivered speech. She knows it's dying. Her manner is scared and growing dispirited. She's not able to hide it either, she just doesn't have the experience. The audience seems more professional than her.

Ah. They've trotted out her family. That works. What a cute baby.

McCain just came out. Oh, what a relief to see him. Here is a pro who belongs at this level.

Palin is a fish out of water, more like a city council member than a governor. I guess Alaska is pretty low-key and local. There's no way this woman could handle beltway politics.


ETA: Republican bloggers say that she seemed off-balance because her teleprompter broke. That story is bullcrap.

Comments

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

That community organizer line really annoyed me. SO. MUCH.

The whole thing was so, so negative - and I do get the need for 'red meat'. Still bothered me.

[bramble-rose.livejournal.com]

So how do you think she'll come across in the vp debate w/ Senator Biden?

[rabidfan.livejournal.com]

I missed the speech...but from her interviews I didn't figure she'd hold up well against Biden. They'll have to give her a real crash-course in debate. Pity. They had so much good will going for them after the whole Hillary snafu with the Dems. They could have really made up some ground. I'm not at all political, but it is annoying when really smart people do really stupid things.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

I wish one person who I trusted to do a competent job was running.

[meniscus-lexie.livejournal.com]

We saw this speech on the news all the way in Australia!
She is a lot more exciting than our Detputy Prime Minister! But thats not very hard!

[sarcastic-irony.livejournal.com]

I just got a very interesting email about Palin from a citizen in Alaska who knows an awful lot about her career. I can send it to you if you want, but the woman requested to not have it posted online.

[reedfem.livejournal.com]

The moms at the bus stop this morning were going on and on (and on) about what a wonderful speech it was and what a powerful speaker she is and what a wonderful job she will do... I might have thrown up a little in my mouth.

[mad_maudlin]

The Washington Post reported yesterday that the reason Palin's not been facing up to the media much is because McCain's campaign has had her locked up in a hotel room for days, coaching her on this speech and on the platform. That doesn't reassure me about her preparedness.

I just hope she knows how to spell "potato."

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

I have a sneaking suspicion that, between the new SNL season about to start up and Baby Mama just now coming out on DVD, Tina Fey is looking skyward and mouthing "thank you!" every time Palin appears on television.