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Sarah Palin

I watched the televised debate with Joe Biden expecting that Ms Palin would be hilariously lost for words, but I was disappointed. There was a lot of down-home folksy verbiage from Ms Palin, acres of it that included the buzz words “change” and “maverick” at every conceivable opportunity, but very little of substance. I was also amazed that on several occasions she refused to answer the questions of the moderator, but went off on her own track – noticeable because Joe Biden actually did answer directly.

However my first reaction was that she had seemed a competent performer, at ease with speaking “directly to the American people” or rather, directly to the camera. On reflection though, since learning that the candidates had prior knowledge of the questions, I realise that she had been well coached to do this when the going got a little tough. So I now think that her selection was a cynical move by the Republicans to appeal to those voters who would have voted for Hilary Clinton, or just for a bit of totty.

Somehow I don’t think it will work with the former, the latter is anyone’s guess.

A selection of comments on the net – my favourite is the first one below!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/talkingamerica/2008/10/st_louis_mo_you_can.html#commentsanchor

1. Sarah Palin is very familiar to me, as there are thousands just like her here in Texas. She is the type who would hire a hit man if her daughter didn’t get to be cheerleader.
2. I am an American mom that wants my children to grow up in a country that values intelligence, education, equality, and our constitution. Shouldn’t the people that lead us also be people that we look up to and that emulate the best of us? Shouldn’t we be employing the sharpest and the brightest to lead us? If the choice is “folksy or intelligent”. I want my kids to be intelligent.

   I am not completely thrilled with either Presidential candidate, but I was impressed with Joe Biden’s performance. Palin played her mom at the dinner table routine and Biden showed a side of him, (that I have not seen) a caring father that also has had to worry about the needs of his children. He is clearly a well rounded, well read, intelligent, articulate person that is WAY more ready to lead this nation if need be. I am glad that he is in Obama’s corner and that he will be his confidant. He is a definate asset to the Obama campaign.

   Sarah Palin is way out of her league. Yes she held her own at last nights debate, but the bar was set so low what does that mean? Are we supposed to applaud her for not making a complete fool out of herself. Why am I not hearing more about her comment on the power of the Vice President? Where was she going with that?
   Joe Biden did a great job setting her straight. There are checks and balances in place so that no one person has too much power. Leadership is not about grabbing more power it is about using the power that you do have wisely for the good of the people. A leaders needs should NEVER come before the needs of their people.

   I will be terrified if McCain wins the election. If something were to happen to him, and it could, we would be in serious trouble. In choosing Sarah Palin he made an extremely poor judgement call.

3. As for the person that asked why it around the world care about the VP, because if McCain wins, he’s old and has numerous health problems. There’s greater than 1 in 3 chance that he will die before his first term is up and then this bimbo will be president.
4. These two “hockey moms” are what we are constantly bombarded with by our media in the USA, now the BBC too has joined them. Immediately after the “debate” (which Palin refused from the start to participate in, by not answering questions, that was great) the pundits and such on public and commercial tv just swooned over the fact that Palin wasn’t as bad as expected and Republicans must be so elated. She’s fine if she is well rehearsed, I guess. If you call that fine. Her “colloquialisms” as one put it were so endearing to us – the ignorant masses. Well, we’ve been pushed to be as stupid as possible by the corporate owned and controlled media, but Americans don’t want a president or vice president stupider and more backward than themselves. We don’t want to have a beer with them or identify our lives with them, we want leadership, intelligence, compassion, and yes, someone we can trust to make our lives and the world better. That would not be McCain-Palin. As a woman I am insulted the Republicans nominated her – it’s a joke on us, but not very funny.

If you want to know what women think of Sarah Palin check out http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/

“I am a 53-year-old white woman who supported Hilary Clinton in her run but switched to Obama when I felt he could unite this country better than Hilary. Now we have Sarah Palin as a potential VP. Her lack of grasp on issues is of great concern to me, as evident in her unscripted interview with Katie Couric. I am dismayed the VP debate scheduled this week is allowing the questions to be submitted in advance to the candidates. I don’t believe it’s fair to try and catch them off guard, but they should both be well versed and have a firm understanding of today’s issues. I want to know what their gut feeling is, not what their handlers tell them to say. It’s an insult to the intelligence of women to have someone as qualified as Hilary Clinton a potential President and move on to the possibility of Sarah Palin as a representative of our nation. She doesn’t represent anything I believe in, mainly, true democracy and freedom from big government, education based on fact not faith based, uniting all races and cultures, securing our country through diplomacy, and making the US become something more than “arrogant” in the world’s eyes. Count me in as someone who is truly scared by the prospect of Sarah as VP. How could we continue to go so low after eight years of Bush?”
-Elizabeth B., 53

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