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I'm not the only one who thinks that Sarah Palin's performance at last night's debate was not only lack-luster, but a complete mockery of the office of VP (with all those winks and phony nods). I actually made a blog post and podcast episode about this here on my main blog. However, I wanted to share part of an article written by Michelle Goldberg of The Guardian UK:
And so she preceded, with an almost surreal disregard for the subjects she was supposed to be discussing, to unleash fusillades of scripted attack lines, platitudes, lies, gibberish and grating references to her own pseudo-folksy authenticity.
It was an appalling display. The only reason it was not widely described as much is that too many American pundits don't even try to judge the truth, wisdom or reasonableness of the political rhetoric they are paid to pronounce upon. Instead, they imagine themselves as interpreters of a mythical mass of "average Americans" who they both venerate and despise.
Source: Flirting her way to victory
This has to be one of the most spot on descriptions of Palin's performance that I've read today. The world is watching, and the last thing I want the world to think about the US is that our citizens are so apathetic and asleep at the wheel that we have sunk so low as to elect a clearly unqualified person to one of the highest offices in the nation. This simply cannot be allowed.
While surfing today, I found Zina Saunders, a political artist with some very compelling paintings. If you wanna check out her site you can find it here.
I actually thought Sarah Palin's response to this question was pretty good. She' just got to learn to stop rambling on. Just state it and state it plain please. The other issue is that I don't believe that for one moment she will actually respect the separation of church and state. Unfortuantely, if elected, I believe that she will do all that she can to attempt to impose her personal views on the rest of us.
Biden did a pretty good job of answering this question as well. His answer was quite practical and came across as genuine and believable. He's an old pro though, so this didn't surprise me a bit.
You know, for a network that claims to be "fair and balanced" we all know that Fox News is everything but. Watch this reporter ask a diner full of people who they plan to vote for. Unanimously they choose Obama,yet the reporter calls the votes "split."
See for yourself:
This episode covers a variety of topics related to Election 2008. We discussed everything from the real 
reason why we think McCain tried to delay the presidential debate to the economic bail-out and whether Palin is a viable substitute for Hillary Clinton voters.
