Who Does the Speech Writing?

I wonder if the Republicans have realized, yet, that Sarah Palin and John McCain contradicted each other in their speeches to the GOP Convention. Or, perhaps they don't see it that way. However, I do.

On Wednesday night, Palin scorned Barack Obama's community organizer work. Oh, and she called her work as mayor in a town of 7,000+ people "community organizing."

Now, community organizing is one of those jobs that helps people pull themselves up by their bootstraps, in that fine conservative tradition, and help themselves get off of welfare, better themselves, and make a better life for their families, with little or no government assistance.

Barack Obama earned $10,000 a year, in Chicago, at a time when I was barely making ends meet in Minneapolis at double that salary. I assume that the cost of living index in Wasilla is more favorable than in Chicago, and that the mayor's salary goes farther in Wasilla than $10,000 did in Chicago.

So to recap, Sarah Palin mocked community organizing.

Thursday night John McCain stated, "I will stand by you, not in your way." This is the Republican way of saying pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and the federal government will stay out of it. You know, kind of like the work done by a community organizer.

Is it just me, or did they contradict each other?

Someone really needs to coordinate the speeches.