A new book reveals for the first time the drama that unfolded on election night 2008, when McCain campaign staff battled Sarah Palin over a concession speech she planned to deliver. An excerpt published in The Daily Beast includes both the victory and concession speeches Palin had prepared to give, depending on the election outcome. The McCain campaign insisted several times that she not give the speech, and even turned the lights out on her while she and her family took pictures, fearing that she would speak anyway.
The revelations offer little for those looking for more inside dirt on Palin; she apparently tried to "go rogue" by giving a concession speech on election night, an uncommon move for a vice presidential candidate, but eventually acquiesced to the campaign's wishes that she refrain from speaking. Her prepared speeches, drafted by former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully, were uncontroversial, both offering gracious compliments to her opponent and thanking the diverse group of people who supported the McCain campaign.
Both of Palin's pre-written speeches praised Barack Obama in mostly the same words, offering well wishes for his "beautiful family" and commemorating the historicity of the moment. In the victory speech, she planned to say that Obama's "extraordinary campaign" had "achieved a great thing, for himself and for our country." If she and McCain lost, she planned to express belief that Obama would be a good president despite their ideological differences. "If he governs America with the skill and grace we have often seen in him, and the greatness of which he is capable, we're gonna be just fine."
The speeches were full of the folksy style Palin had become famous for on the campaign trail, incorporating numerous references to her husband and children and home state. In the victory speech, Palin joked about her husband being demoted from "First Dude" of Alaska to "Second Dude" of the United States. Her concession speech included a joke about the "bright side" for Todd Palin being that he could now take time off to prepare for his next snow machine race.
Palin's concession speech also hinted at her resolution to keep a high profile in national politics, saying she was "neither bitter or vanquished." But she couldn't refrain from taking a parting shot at the media, with whom she had waged a tumultuous war throughout the campaign. "It would be a happier night if elections were a test of valor and merit alone," the speech said.
tl;dr - Palin was giving her concession speech the night of the election and the McCain Administration turned off the lights on her because they didnt want her to say some **** or somethin.
See women? You better watch yo ****in' mouth. ***** iz lucky she didn't get a black eye shiiieeeet
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This might be better in the politics forum, but I <3 Sarah Palin and will definitely vote for her if she runs for any office that I am able to vote in. She is a smart woman who has done more for Alaska than any Governor before her.
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Cause of McCain losing the election? Sarah Palin. Thank you ma'am.
Cause of Barack Obama being democratic candidate? Hilary crying for no reason and telling everyone snipers shot at her.
Clinton would have been so much better than Obama. I might have even considered voting Democrat for once considering the fact that I only voted for the McCain-Palin ticket because it wasn't the Obama-Biden ticket and third party candidates are a joke.
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