OK, I'll go there. As a public speaker, Palin's squeaky, nasal voice drives me up the igloo!

[librechik]

Yeeikes.

Can any Republican who ever complained about Hillary not be turned into a pillar of salt at that chalk on the blackboard honk?

She needs a voice coach along with all the other coaching she's going to be knocking back the next few weeks.

Now excuse me, I have to go have my eardrums resurfaced.

[beac]

1. Amen. Her voice is like battery acid mixed with lye. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

34. That Would Make It Salt Water

Sorry, this is what happens when a scientist sees a post like this! LOL!

Lye neutralizes battery acid.
The Professor

[beac]

41. Wow, I didn't know that. Weird that I picked those two out of a hat.

SO, what can I mix with battery acid to make it even more corrosive like Palin's voice? ;)

[FatDave]

46. Fundamentalist Christianity? (nt)

[beac]

50. .

:applause:

[Evoman]

43. Haha...I'm really impressed you caught that.

[TexasObserver]

2. She's like the Vancome Lady on MAD TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQxJuo0WJ8

[lib2DaBone]

10. LOL... eggs ...act..ly....

[ihavenobias]

48. I can kinda see that. BTW, did you mean to post *this* clip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAxLGaDbnw&feature=related

[PDJane]

3. I can't handle it either.

Can't they find a republican with a decent speaking voice? Is there no such thing? The chimp can't read a teleprompter properly, McCain always sounds either stilted or oily, the wives sound as though they're somewhere else most of the time.......Lord and Lady.

[Zookeeper]

4. Hey! I live in the upper midwest and even I couldn't stand her...

accent! (*Shudder*)

[SeattleGirl]

5. Same here. That's why I "listened" via closed captioning.

5 seconds of her voice was about all I could stand.

[AnnetteFun]

6. In Sarah's version of English....

Hockey Mom = Hawkey Mawm

God Bless America = God Bliss A-mair-ica

I could go on an on....she sounds like Frances McDormand in "Fargo".

[Zookeeper]

9. Worse than "Fargo." It had an additional weird West Coast...

blandness thrown in.

[jmondine]

35. More like the lead in Fargo recast with Fran Drescher

[Dulcinea]

42. Her voice makes my ears bleed.

Nasal, whiny, abrasive. Ugh.

And even worse, she came off as so snide! She completely turned me off. And she was actually voted "Miss Congeniality?" How?

That said, she'll make a GREAT Halloween costume! LOL

[Tutonic]

7. Thank you! And that will turn a lot of people off. Also that sneer like

thing that she did throughout the speech was just gawd awful. She really is not that exceptional of a speaker. And yes if most people were coached for three days endlessly, they'ed be able to sneer on que at a camera.

[jberryhill]

8. Northern Tier Accent

Not as bad as Wisconsin... but you can hear the "Fargo" in it.

[Odin2005]

23. Yep, my "Minnesota" accent sounds very similar to her's n/t.

[RadicalTexan]

11. I agree; if Barack is a "Muslim", she's a Canadian, at least.

As a Southerner, it REALLY grates on my ears. Even worse than Shrub, and I didn't think that was possible.

[amuse bouche]

12. wrong thread

[radfringe]

13. had to keep turning radio down

on the way to work this morning, station was playing excerpts from her skreetch speech... hurt my ears

[L. Coyote]

22. I had to turn it off, not for the voice but for the substance.

Turns out it was George Bush's speech, written by his speech writer, and she is just the sportscaster, erhh, person reading the text.

[Rockholm]

14. She reminded me of Roseanne Barr.

[MiniMe]

15. Her accent drove me crazy.

[MiniMe]

16. She says "Todd" like Lisa Lupner

[Carni]

36. OMG She does sound like Lisa Lupner

I was trying to figure out all morning what SNL character she sounded like...
I knew it was a Gilda Radner character but I could not for the life of me place which one it was. You nailed it! Thank you!

[TexasLady]

37. or the stuart's Mam

on MadTV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpRWT-YAZVE

[susu369]

17. The coaches need to address the weird nose twitching

IMHO.

[jhain]

28. nose twitching?

[MissB]

18. And she constantly pointed. Constantly.

Hello? Isn't that the first thing they teach politicians *not* to do? Not only does she sound shrill, her cadence is very odd (and her "accent" isn't typical Alaskan) and she points like she's nagging at you.

[slackmaster]

19. Her manner of speech sounds familiar to a lot of people in this country

She needs a voice coach along with all the other coaching she's going to be knocking back the next few weeks.

She's had plenty of voice coaching. Trust me on this.

Her speeches are not aimed at you.

[L. Coyote]

24. She has been mimicing Hillary and toning down the ya betcha darn tootin'isms

:rofl:

[rosesaylavee]

51. Yup. Yup.

Criminy, and she's kind a funny lookin' when she gets angry. Kinda funny lookin for sure.

[Bluenorthwest]

39. Umm

She's not had enough vocal coaching, if she's had any. It is clear. Not just the delivery of the speech, but the actual use of her vocal tools is untrained.
Her manner of speech has a dialect that is familiar to many, but she is also thin of timber, nasal, unsupported, and delivery wise, sing song the live long. And remember, those that are familiar with a dialect can suss out the nuances better than those who are not, so 'familiar' is not always helpful when it comes to a stident and twitchy delivery.
If she was my candidate, I'd be calling up and offering help, she needs it. But it is sweet to see you rush to her side with bull on so many threads. Chivalry is not dead, it just smells that way!

Your are filled with misinformation. Every dime I have ever earned was earned using my speaking voice, and I am not young. Just saying.

[peekaloo]

20. Mix Tina Fey (without the humor)+ Karen (from Will & Grace) + Marge Gunderson

shake well.

[JerseygirlCT]

21. She sounds like a comedian, and I can't think of her name

Not Rosanne, but someone around the same time. With a similar whiney voice.

[Mabus]

30. Fran Drescher?

She sounds like a cross between Lisa Loopner and Fran "The Nanny" Drescher.

[knitter4democracy]

25. I can handle the accent, but she needs to drop her voice down.

It's high and annoying. If she lowers her voice, even just a bit, it'll be closer to tolerable.

[ClarkUSA]

26. She looks and sounds like Sally Field's younger, obnoxious rightwingnut sister

She turned off more women than pundits will admit.

[mile18blister]

27. I couldn't take her accent.

And this is coming from someone who grew up in the Chicagoland area with a nasal twang so severe that all I was rendered mute everytime I got a bad head cold.

Her delievery sucks bigtime too.

[Tera Moran]

29. Palin

She sounds like Stuart's mom from "Beavis & Butt-head".

"Oh Stuart, that Obama is bad don't cha know?"

[goclark]

31. Morning Joe and Mika are praising her to the sky

Not one mention that I heard about the scandels ~ they received the Payola and their Marching Orders.

Sad.

[RufusTFirefly]

32. Ever listened to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr?

His voice has a medical explanation, at least.

That said, I think indictments of a person's voice or accent are out of line.

There's so much to be annoyed, depressed, and frightened of about Sarah Palin. Why must we wallow in the petty, tasteless stuff that has absolutely no bearing on her suitability to be Vice President? It is these kinds of shallow observations that are exactly the sort of things that have left us in the predicament we're in today. We elect stupid, telegenic people, who look and sound good.

Personally I'm not voting for her because I don't like her glasses.

[Bluenorthwest]

40. Huh?

When talking about a person's delivery of a speech, it is out of line to discuss their voice? That is one of the most insipid things I have ever heard foisted by anyone. This is a thread about the speech delivery, not the best reasons to send her back to AK.
So her voice should be off limits, when discussing her speaking. You betcha!

[Evoman]

45. Lol....jesus, how come we keep finding things about her that should be "off limits"?

We gotta attack her from any conceivable angle. Even stuff we might consider inane. Same with gramps.

Besides, the ability to speak is very important in a "leader". The last thing we need is Russia nuking North America because they can't stand her voice. :rofl:

[Kahlena]

33. Ashamed of my gender

I might get blasted for this comment but I have nothing to lose. Her cattiness and pot shots at her opponent just prove the point of how "bitchy" and unprofessional women with no substance can be. Those characteristics are exactly why men call us bitches and is very unbecoming of any woman let alone one who wants the job of VP. It was not necessary. The speech reminded me of a bad SNL skit. There is no need for such sarcasm if you have something worthwhile to say.

That type of behavior doesn't help her already failing credibility and is one of the reasons why women aren't taken seriously. As a women and I was embarrassed and refuse to have her represent me and my needs in Washington. Stick to the issues and what your plans are to make it right - oh yea..you don't have a plan you do whatever Big Daddy McShame does.

It was sickening. So to every woman out there...GO VOTE!

[ProfessorGAC]

38. Don't Be

Even in your own post there's nothing about her being a woman that's a problem. It's that she's a vacuous twit with no substance or intellecually gravity with a bad attitude.

That's not a woman thing, or a man thing. It's a bad person thing.
The Professor

[Rocknrule]

44. McCain may as well have nominated Dolores Umbridge as a VP candidate

[woo me with science]

47. I can't take four years of hearing about "AMEERKA"

and nukular weapons.

[mitchum]

49. I wonder how well that "yankee screech" will play with the repub base down south

[WhiteTara]

52. I agree. She sounds like chalk

on the blackboard. Then such hatefullness spews out