Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version
(Graphic) 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, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the colorful result. Full Story »
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Thinking about the journalistic merit of this humorous exercise left a sick feeling in my stomach. Palin is certainly a figure to criticize, but the editing for her speech smacks of the liberal elitism that brought so many Republican supporters to her side in the first place.