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By Charlie Sykes

Sarah Palin had to deal with a faulty teleprompter while giving the most important speech of her life in front of 37 million people. guess, the MSM will have drop the meme about how she was just reading a speech written by someone else...

 

Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention Wednesday, all the while reading off a faulty teleprompter and an outdated draft, John McCain officials told FOX News on Thursday.

The Alaska governor overcame several glitches and technical problems to deliver her speech without getting flustered, impressing McCain and his staff and allowing them to breathe a sigh of relief.

Foremost of the obstacles, Palin’s teleprompter was not working properly. When she took the podium, the machine rolled so quickly, it often skipped the first line or two of every paragraph on screen. The operator said he had new equipment and wasn’t sure how it would work.

However, Palin also went on stage with a slightly outdated hard copy of her speech. For various unexplained reasons, she and her closest advisers had an old draft on hand, and even had a hard time furnishing one of those for her to use. Several of the drafts were scribbled on, so one aide gave Palin a wrinkled, folded copy out of his pocket.

Saturday, Sep 6 at 8:36 AM Ryan wrote ...

Peter,that is one thing I can't believe,is how bad he is without one.You don't even have to look at the tv,just hear,and you can tell if he has one or not.

Friday, Sep 5 at 4:55 PM Frannie wrote ...

Sounds like there are a lot of conflicting reports of the saga of the teleprompter. Did it work or didn't it... ? America wants to know! My vote hinges on knowing if the woman can ad lib as well as, or better than, a man. I guess we'll have to wait until the campaign allows her to talk to the media....

Friday, Sep 5 at 11:31 AM Peter THEB wrote ...

We've all seen how well the Chocolate Jesus works without a teleprompter. "Uh ... uh ... uh ... And, uh, ... you know ..." Makes GWB seem Reaganesque by comparison.

Thursday, Sep 4 at 5:30 PM Karliots wrote ...

...and the legend continues...

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