Originally Posted By: Dancing Dolphin
I just read in Newsweek that Sarah Palin's acceptance speech was already written for the chosen VP and when McCain chose her, they had to change it a little to add more feminity. I often wonder, on both sides of the fence, how many of these candidates ever say their own words in a speech?


My understanding is that Governor Palin helped to shape her speech and make it her own. Obviously her bio, her style of thinking and her winning delivery were very much her own.

Political speechwriting has been in vogue since the time of George Washington, whose farewell speech was written by others. Abraham Lincoln was one of very few who wrote his own speeches. Even the famous speeches we hear about (like JFK's "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech) were written by others. Obama is no exception, although his handlers would like you to think otherwise.

Resource: http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/09/04/bnewmark_0904/
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