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Sarah Palin Debuts as Pundit on Fox News Channel
Posted by TJ Walker in Uncategorized on January 13, 2010
So Sarah was a paid pundit on Bill O’Reilly last night—how’d she do? There are obviously many ways of grading her. I leave the politics to others. From the standards of TV punditry, she actually did an excellent job. She was interesting, charming (or disgusting, depending on your political orientation), opinionated, and dynamic. While I haven’t yet seen the ratings of her appearance on Bill O’Reilly last night, I have to think they sky rocketed. Whether you love Palin or think she is a train wreck waiting to happen, she is riveting TV. For a fuller critique of her performance, please click the video below.
Pat Buchanan Slams Gays Better than any Other Conservative Pundit!
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Humor, Media, Politics, Professional Speakers, Public Speaking Skills, speech writing on December 21, 2010
“You are trying to impose the values of Fire Island on Parris Island. These are 19-year-old Marines, they’re very macho guys. Many of them are Christian traditionalists and you’ve got these secular values and you bring open homosexuals into the barracks with these guys, it’ll be hellish. One Marine commandant said very simply, ‘Would moving homosexuals into the barracks with my Marines enhance the fighting effectiveness, the cohesion and morale of our Marine units? I don’t believe it would.’ Why change something that is working. The Marine Corps is the finest unit in the world, or one of them, and it works. Why impose outside values on them? . . .”
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