Vanity Fair: Palin’s Resignation: The Edited Version

[babylonsister]

You really need to see this at the link to believe it! Four pages of it!

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/07/palin-speech-edit-200907?currentPage=1


Palin’s Resignation: The Edited Version
If you watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, you know one thing: her high-priced speechwriters moved back to the Beltway long ago. Just how poorly constructed was the governor’s holiday-weekend address? We asked V.F.’s red-pencil-wielding executive literary editor, Wayne Lawson, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the colorful result.
WEB EXCLUSIVE July 20, 2009










more, more, more...

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/07/palin-speech-edit-200907?currentPage=1

[theoldman]

1. How did she ever pass a course in college?

As I read this I noted that only her mistakes were edited. Even with these corrections it was not a good speech.

[The_Commonist]

2. A friend posted that to Facebook...

I laughed and laughed and laughed...