Last night, Vice-Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin survived her one and only scheduled debate with Sen. Joe Biden, her Democratic rival. In so doing, she put on full display her formidable repertoire of statesperson-like talents: she can manage to be cutsie to the point of cloying ("Gosh Darn it America sure is great!") while spouting talking-points and delivering carefully coached one-liners. Of course, anyone who watched Palin's speech at the Republican convention knew what she is capable of. What would have been nice to see was Palin speaking off-the-cuff in response to Biden's assertions. This is probably something that she is incapable of doing (one suspects that, behind the lipstick and eyeshadow, she is decidedly vacuous) and, no doubt, she was coached to avoid any sort of engagement in the debate that might lead her astray into that treacherous territory known as "independent thought." [b/t/w, repeating the mantra, "John McCain and I are mavericks" is NOT equivalent to independent thinking; indeed, is not even evidence that one is in fact a maverick].
The most telling part of last night's debate was watching the Alaska Governor resist every attempt on the part of moderator Gwen Ifill to force her to think on her feet. Palin would say, "Well, the answer to that is [yes/no, fill-in-the-blank], but I want to get back to talkingpointtalkingpointtalkingpointtalkingpoint..."
Also, her claim to the effect that our "Founding Fathers in their infinite wisdom" built in a great deal of flexibility in the role of Vice-President makes one wonder if she has ever actually bothered to read the US Constitution or if she has simply been content to genuflect before it.
Wow. I never thought I'd miss Hillary Clinton.
In my view, the attempt to install this bimbo in high office is tantamount to treason.
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