Palin Plays Nothing But The Hits
I know, I know -- I'm supposed to think Sarah Palin's Trump endorsement speech was an incoherent hot mess. But while she probably should never apply for a copyediting job at The New Yorker,she delivers precisely what her fans want, in a way that's clumsy, maybe, but not incomprehensible.
Ever watch an aging Top 40 group run through a medley of decades-old chart-toppers? No song gets played to the end. The lead vocalist asks the audience to sing half the words. The band just has to go through the motions.
That's Palin. She knows her audience spends every waking moment watching Fox, listening to talk radio, or watching the latest Trump interview on Morning Joe -- so she doesn't have to finish any of her thoughts. I know she has the attention span of a hyperactive seven-year-old and probably couldn't finish any of her thoughts, but she knows it's not necessary. The audience remembers all the words. In the fans' heads, Bill O'Reilly and Mark Levin are singing the choruses.
Here's the formula: Take half a dozen ten-minute Fox or talk radio segments. Boil each one down to the takeaway bullet point. String these multiple bullet points together. Now you've made one Sarah Palin sentence: