Those are the words of Doug A. Coulter, head of private equity for LGT Capital Partners when asked to describe Sarah Palin’s speech in Hong Kong which he attended.
The quote comes from a story about the speech in the New York Times:
“A number of people who heard the speech in a packed hotel ballroom, which was closed to the media, said Mrs. Palin spoke from notes for 90 minutes and that she was articulate, well-prepared and even compelling.”
“The speech was wide-ranging, very balanced, and she beat all expectations,” said Doug A. Coulter, head of private equity in the Asia-Pacific region for LGT Capital Partners.”
“She didn’t sound at all like a far-right-wing conservative. She seemed to be positioning herself as a libertarian or a small-c conservative,” he said, adding that she mentioned both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. “She brought up both those names.”
“Mrs. Palin said she was speaking as “someone from Main Street U.S.A.,” and she touched on her concerns about oversized federal bailouts and the unsustainable American government deficit.”
Something tells me Governor Palin has been following the Tea Parties in the news very closely.
File this in the department of “things that make you go, hmmm.”
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