There are times I wish I were an agent with some industry connections…
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night nearly matched the record-setting numbers of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Palin pulled in 37.2 million viewers across broadcast and cable networks, according to Nielsen Media Research.
That’s 55% higher than Day 3 of the DNC, when her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, and President Clinton took the stage (24 million). It’s also up a sharp 99% from the Republican convention’s third day in 2004 (18.7 million). In fact, it came close to upsetting Obama’s historic address on Thursday — the most-watched convention speech in history (38.4 million viewers).
If John McCain loses and Sarah goes back to Alaska, when she’s not governing and mothering, she could be a hit on television. Whether it be reality in the Palin home, how to cook up that moose, or M16 safety tips, Sarah Palin could give The Oprah a run for her money.
The wife was just tellin’ me what goes on with the wimmen at beauty contests.
Brutal.
It seems that the beauty contest experience can really prepare a woman for situations such as teleprompters that keep rolling when they shouldn’t.
And, according to wifey, a whole lot of other things caused to go bump when they shouldn’t.
Man, evidently them wimmen is vicious backstage at the beauty pagent.
I did not realize how spontaneous the remark was guys. Thank Bob, Machine for pointing this out. It reinforces my belief she will demolish Biden.
The teleprompter kept spinning while the audience applauded.
That should not have happened, matter of fact, anyone in the bidness knows the only way it could have happened.
But she kept right on going, even though the teleprompter ended up way out in front of her.
So the pitbull/liptsick thing was an on-the-fly as was most of the speech.
Could UuuuhBama do that without the teleprompter?
(Obviously, someone on the crew thought they could make that moment happen and it backfired on ‘em… )
Ya gotta be able to read these folks, right between the lines.
Ralph,
Apparently her teleprompter went awry and she ad libbed that line.
Very smooth.
I agree it was a dynamite speech. This will also completely change the no. of viewers for the Vice Presidential debate. The line about hockey moms and pit bulls which was not in the original speech from what I read was classic both in timing and delivery.
This is a person, just like Reagan, who is comfortable with herself and believes in herself. The next 8 weeks, I believe, will be exciting.
>If John McCain loses and Sarah goes back to Alaska, when she’s not governing and mothering, she could be a hit on television. <
If McCain loses, how about Palin 2012? I am trying to remain objective, skeptical, etc … but that speech was dynamite. If this woman gets some more experience under her belt and continues to demonstrate clear-headed, down to earth conservatism … could she possibly be the next … Reagan?