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Palin’s problems

by christina in September 3rd, 2008

Topics: Other posts Tags: negative, RNC, Sarah Palin, speech, syntax, Washington

After enduring a vigorous polish, Gov. Sarah Palin’s RNC acceptance speech still had a few rough spots.
Consider this statement: “We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.” It’s a clumsier way to word what could’ve been simple: “We tend to dislike candidates who [...]

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