… The biggest problem we have had in our interaction with China is that it has been very stilted, and very much in accordance with scripted talking points".
Along the way, another kind of Joe Joeoe Six-Pack, the average Joe — seemed to disappear, pushed into the background by crowds bearing scripted talking points and signs.
Gibbs speaks with assurance on a range of issues, and is less likely than many of his predecessors to read scripted talking points or answer a tough question with "I'll check with the President".
The two presidents have agreed to an informal format for their talks in California on Friday and Saturday that affords far more time for serious discussion — at least six hours — than is usual for such encounters, which tend to be limited to carefully scripted talking points.
In addition to the bread-and-butter fare of interviews, scripted talks and the rest, his programmes included a feature in which a youthful Anthony Hopkins portrayed a passionate, flawed Beethoven, and Icarus With an Oilcan (1975), about the early days of powered flight.
Gov. Sarah Palin used a steady grin, folksy manner and carefully scripted talking points to punch politely and persist politically at the vice-presidential debate on Thursday night, turning in a performance that her rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., sought to undermine with cordially delivered but pointed criticism.
More ideological heel-digging and scripted talking points from both parties in Congress.
You may not like the personality or the views they project, but at least you get the sense that they are not the products of scripted talking points.
And this summer, some Indiana cities withdrew LGBT rights proposals after a social conservative group distributed flyers to local churches with scripted talking points stating LGBT rights posed a public safety risk.
