With the notable exception of FOX News, it seems like the media and the country has seen a very different side of Sarah Palin this past week, and not a good one. In St. Paul, we saw a fiery, energetic, gung-ho Alaskan governor who seemed ready for the job at hand (even if you ignore the lie about the bridge to nowhere, the craziness about her being right next to Russia as though that proximity allows her to "absorb" foreign policy experience through the pores in her skin, and if you let her get away with those heartless attacks on community organizers).
But now, with the few media appearances she's made without a teleprompter, we're starting to see a very different side to Sarah Palin: one that shows us that she doesn't seem to know what she's talking about and probably is way too inexperienced to be one heartbeat away from the presidency.
Here's two clips from her Katie Couric interview, for example: her on John McCain's "pro-regulation" record, and her trying to explain the whole Russia talking point. (Anytime I hear anyone mention that Russia thing in seriousness, I imitate Jon Stewart's act of coughing and saying "You're a moron!" at the same time.)
Could this be the beginning of a bunch of bad news for Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign? Or will she be able to turn things around at next Thursday's vice presidential debate?
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Palin does seem to be loosing it and the Wall Street Journal reported today that Palin is going to spend the next few days before the campaign preparing for the debate with John McCain's special debate counselor. The article even remarked on how those inside the McCain campaign thought that her answers were to scripted and not quite genuine sounding. Will Palin be able to pull it together by the debate? Both for the sake of humor and the country i would have to say i hope not.
Sarah Palin has nothing to worry about. Palin's comment about seeing Russia is nothing compared to Joe Biden's gaffes such as his infamous "clean and articulate" comment about Obama, his historically inaccurate "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the prices of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened" comment and the "You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.... I'm not joking" comment.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIT3jUrNTX0
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