I was amazed that anyone said Palin did okay after that debate.
I watched it and thought the whole time, she really blew it just like they were worried about. It was almost sad how poorly she did, how nervous she acted, and how little she knew. She actually pronounced nuclear like Bush...she said nucular more than once. My god!
I really was amazed when I heard commentators (some who I really like) say she did reasonably well and redeemed herself.
I know all she had to do was complete a sentence to impress compared to her interviews....but as far as I could tell that's about all she did.
I can see not being enthused about Obama, but to really think Palin would do well running this county really seems like some kind of insanity to me. I really don't understand it.
I know it's probably just that I'm biased or something. But, I really don't understand.
There really are complexities to these issues that need to be fully understood. You really have to be interested in politics and government...and the rest of the world to be a good president. It seems she really is not at all. She obviously hasn't read a newspaper or magazine regularly at all based on her interview answer when asked.
Do you really think the country can be run on personality alone? There's plenty of people in the country who are life long NRA members and anti-choice in every case (including life of the mother)....so couldn't McCain have picked someone with a little more interest in the world.
He obviously picked her to try to win. He obviously didn't think of all the people he could pick she's the best for our country. McCain hardly even knew her before choosing her. Country first, before his party or himself...that's complete bull.
I'm not trying to argue with any Palin fans out there. There's absolutely no sense at all. If you are really a Palin fan, there's really nothing left to say.
I feel saddest for those who have only been adults since Bush was in power. Believe it or not, there was a time before him when our leaders were smart and respected by the rest of the world. (See, even that statement is kind of funny.....I'm sure there's a lot of McCain/Bush fans who would argue that it's bad if the rest of the world respects you...that they are all on the other side fighting against us. So, saying we were respected wouldn't work to convice a Bush/McCain fan. So...why argue.)
When Bush was appointed for his first term, my wife was really upset. I remember telling her...he's an idiot, there's not much he can do. He'll be voted out in 4 years and will be unsuccessful until then because he's so dumb. That was the most wrong I've ever been! Things were really different before Bush drove the military, the economy, public education, and the supreme court into the depths that they have reached now. We had a surplus for crying out loud.
Aids used to talk about how they would give Clinton hundreds of pages of material and meet to brief him the following day, and he would know more than them after studying it all night. When will we have a president that we can respect as smarter than most of us. That's what I want, someone smarter...not someone self proclaimed hockey mom. But, I guess that's just not the way McCain/Palin voters think.
It really, truly perplexes me.
