Interest in Pegler was revived when a line originally written by him appeared in Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin 's acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul , Minnesota . " We grow good people in our small towns , with honesty and sincerity and dignity " , she said , attributing it to " a writer . " The speech was written by Matthew Scully , a senior speech writer for George W. Bush
2008 Republican National Convention
2008 Republican National Convention
Westbrook Pegler