Sarah Palin's Hong Kong speech

How did Palin do in her first big international speech?

Sarah Palin still has the touch, said Dan Amira in New York magazine. In her first big international speech since resigning as Alaska's governor, the former Republican vice presidential candidate proved to be as polarizing as ever. Some of the financial types at a Hong Kong investment conference lapped up Palin's screed against the federal government, which she blamed for the financial crisis. Others found the speech "awful." (read Sarah Palin's 'Thoughts from Hong Kong' on Facebook)

Try disgusting, said Alan Colmes in Liberaland. Instead of offering insights to investors, Palin used her coming-out speech to attack President Obama. "'Bashing America on foreign soil' has been a meme of the Right, which has attacked Democrats whenever an ill word was spoken overseas, so I wonder if that same principle will apply to Sarah Palin."

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