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  • Wednesday, January 14, 2009 07:16 AM

    Palin defenders

    If you have to "rework" her sentences to make her understandable, then Palin is not communicating well. Why do so many people have trouble grasping this point? It is not acceptable that she cannot fulfill one of the basic requirements of public office, i.e. communicating clearly and effectively to everyone who understands standard English (not just the few with the gift of divining what Palin is trying to say).

    How many sentences will she need to have corrected in order for the public to understand her? How many interviews will need to be "reworked" and interpreted? Sounds like she needs a full-time translator. Maybe Blaine Walgren can take the job.

    I continue to find the willful blindness of this woman's apologists amazing.

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