Editing Palin

Here's the URL for a pretty funny piece in Vanity Fair, dissecting Sarah Palin's resignation speech from a copyeditor's viewpoint:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/07/palin-speech-edit-200907?currentPage=1

Some of the mark-up was certainly justified. But in fairness, I have to say I've seen the same kind of red-pencil job done on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address ("Why say 'four score and seven years' ago, Mr. Lincoln? Readers don't have time for this flowery language. If you mean 87 years, just say 87.")