aaaand who vetted that particular quote from her speech?

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"We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity", she said, a Pegler quote that also appeared in the book "Right From the Beginning" by Pat Buchanan.

She did not acknowledge Pegler by name, merely citing 'a writer'. The speech was written by Matthew Scully, a senior speech writer for George W. Bush.
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source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_Pegler

they couldn't have just stuck with the gipper or something? another old chestnut about 'the party of lincoln' instead? wow. hank hill would've been an improvement!

then they just refer to him as "a writer" in her speech?

Other books on her reading list:

- The Turner Diaries
- The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion
- Mein Kampf
- Little Black Sambo
- Mirror Of The Polish Crown
- The Cat In The Hat

"Following the Palin acceptance speech New York Times columnist Frank Rich elucidated the political significance of quoting Pegler.

Mr. Rich noted that "Pegler was a rabid Joe McCarthyite who loathed F.D.R. and Ike and tirelessly advanced the theory that American Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe ("geese", he called them) were all likely Communists."[6]

He pointed out that Palin's use of a quote from "once powerful right-wing Hearst columnist Westbrook Pegler" was intended to send a subtle but unmistakable signal to far right wing supporters."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbrook_Pegler


Interesting argument, though I don't think Palin has too much in common with the hate-filled breed of fundamentalists.