tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post4387274751396711184..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Palin's voice coachMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-29143201974628124372008-10-28T11:19:00.000-05:002008-10-28T11:19:00.000-05:00Well, to be fair, we (at least I) have no idea wha...Well, to be fair, we (at least I) have no idea what she sounded like before. Not that I'm interested enough to go hunting for audio...The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-80480238325040860352008-10-28T11:15:00.000-05:002008-10-28T11:15:00.000-05:00Wow. Palin. Voice coaching. Did the coach teach he...Wow. Palin. Voice coaching. Did the coach teach her to sound like a folksy jackass? As the most recent SNL sketch with Tina Fey says, Palin "like[s] to think I'm one part practiced folksy, one part sassy and a little dash of high school bitchy." <BR/><BR/>Well done, strange vocal coach. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-3688179926554468422008-10-28T10:23:00.000-05:002008-10-28T10:23:00.000-05:00The list of things the NYT article notes as coacha...The list of things the NYT article notes as coachable are either a) things we heard in the veep talk (in which case the coaching failed) or b) things that the GOP identified as things the left didn't like about GWB's speech (in which case the coach and handlers were misguided). Seems like the RNC lost money on the coach otherwise why would the general public label Palin's veep debate speech patterns as vernacular and Upper Midwestern.<BR/><BR/>I say, let Mr. Verb give Palin some speech coaching!The Stranded Prepositionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108287418914073102noreply@blogger.com