July 20th, 2009, 7:26 pm
Palins Resignation: The Edited Version"If you watched Sarah Palins resignation speech, you know one thing: her high-priced speechwriters moved back to the Beltway long ago. Just how poorly constructed was the governors holiday-weekend address? We asked V.F.s red-pencil-wielding executive literary editor, Wayne Lawson, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the colorful result."