The Republican race for the presidential nomination started with a sizzle, but is simmering down quickly, following the rapid-fire retreat of high-profile personalities including reality TV mogul Donald Trump, evangelical Christian darling Mike Huckabee and conservative stalwart Mitch Daniels. What’s left is a lacklustre field of contenders who pollsters say would face a hard fight against incumbent Barack Obama. But Sarah Palin, a darling of the right, could be revving up her campaign. A natural sound AFPTV report. *Attention: Restrictions apply. See shotlist for details.*
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS VIDEO. On November 20, 2009, Sarah Palin visited Columbus, OH as part of her book signing tour for “Going Rogue.” When her supporters were asked broad questions about why they thought she should be president, the responses were vague: She’s “real.” She’ll “stick up for America.” THERE ARE UNINFORMED OBAMA SUPPORTERS, TOO It has been said in comments that we would find similarly talking point-driven, substance-less supporters at an Obama rally, and we agree. But no politician has emerged on the national stage as undefined and unqualified as Sarah Palin, and her public persona–which is anti-intellectual by definition–discourages substance. Instead, we get winking. One could hardly imagine her giving a complex speech about race in America, or speaking eloquently about our country’s relations with Islam. Not just because she couldn’t write such a speech (Obama has speech-writers, of course) but because she wouldn’t–such necessarily academic discussion is antithetical to the persona she’s created for herself and that her supporters have come to love. CHERRY-PICKING As for accusations of cherry picking, which are commonly thrown at interview-based videos, it simply isn’t what we did. We interviewed only a few more people than ended up in the video, not hundreds, and what was cut was done for time purposes. The people were selected at random–some offered to be interviewed–and we were only there for about 90 mins (it gets dark early and fast in Ohio …
Speech of Sarah Palin from C-SPAN coverage of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (4/9/10). Heres the link to the entire days session from the C-SPAN Video Library: www.c-spanvideo.org
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In Full: Former Alaskan Governor and Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin gives the keynote speech at the first national Tea Party convention.