Palin's Great Achievement: She Didn't Stink Up the Joint

Well that was fun.

It's sad that "Hey, she didn't stink up the joint" is considered a great achievement.

Gov. Palin was certainly well-prepped and spookily confident on her feet. And when she needed them, she had more than enough down-home, "aw shucks" hockey-mom-isms to get off the ropes.

"I guess I'm really not a Washington insider... I just don't know how y'all work.. y'say one thing and then do another."

Really, Sarah? Cuz' it kind of looks like you got it down pretty good.

I thought Biden was fantastic. He's obviously more than qualified to be vice president. And president. And more than several hundred times more qualified than his opponent.

I thought he was clear, passionate, accessible, real... I can't think of anything I wish he had done better.

I thought the moment where Senator Biden talked about the death of his wife and child, and raising his sons himself was tremendously moving and genuine. It was a bold -- and very relevant -- point to make; that just because she's a mom and drives a van to soccer games doesn't mean she's cornered the market on real life. I thought he was superb.

So everyone who was inclined to like Palin will like her more. Everyone who was prepared to like Biden likes him more.

Aren't we blessed to have so many likeable people running for office? Now let's get serious, get Obama/Biden in the White House and get to work.

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Comments

[nobozos]

I also thought Biden was superb. Undeniably. He shined.

[ahornick]

But...but.­...but.... she has opposable thumbs! That should count for something!

[BStanleyWA]

Biden was a true Gentleman. He could have knocked her out in the first round.

Now I read where she is not going to give any more interviews until after the election... Oh, GREEEAAAATTT!

What a joke. I hope this election turns out to be a major landslide!!!!

[sonshine]

My sentiments exactly. I am looking forward to returning to a time when all Americans aspire to be as smart as possible and certainly want their leaders to be the best we have to offer. I almost feel like intellect, curiousity and academic accomplishment are under attack. I do not recognize this nation who my parents struggled to bring myself and my siblings to so we could have a better life. Still my cousins back in Panama love this place from afar and it can seem strange that while they consider the U.S. the "promised land" I remind them of her failings. I am thoroughly proud to be an American but the shine has lost a bit of its luster over these past ten years. I do have faith that things will be as they once were. We can be the best again!

[ckt]

lol...well Paul (can I call you Paul?) this post was a real hoot. Had to put on my Palin specs so's I could take it all in. You just keep doin' them posts cuz' I think America's got a bit of a boo-boo and needs some laughter to fix 'er up. I'll be lookin' forward to some more buzz from ya'. wink-wink, wink, wink-wink-wink, wink, wink, ....., wink-wink, wink-wink-wink, wink.... Well doggone it doncha' know my dadgum winker's on the fritz.

[MayaPapaya]

Thanks Paul. That's exactly what i said about Biden after the debate: superb.

[MPCarr]

Palin's main accomplishment was showing Biden to be the dull Washington insider that he is. He is not "change."

[KayDGee]

Keep passin' the Koolaid - You betcha! What - specifically - is "change"? Palin didn't define it last night. except for adding a tax on employer provided health care.

[dolphy]

Yeah! Victory against Al-Qaeda! Yeah! Spread democracy! Yeah!....What are the other talking points?

[scrutiny1]

Palin's main accomplishment was highlighting Biden's great assets as a Vice President as well as her own ignorance, lack of substance and total lack of any qualification to be VP.

[flatus]

Understandable, MP It gets hard not to fall asleep when the words make more than one sound each,

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[cheerleaderBush]

OH you betcha Paul, great post!

[boomerville]

Oh and I almost forgot, the pundits are all getting so used to her word goulash that they think she is making sense! God help us.

[boomerville]

Nope she did not stink up the joint and I guess that what being authentic means these days. Not that you have an authentic grasp of facts, history, or the U.S. constitution. That would be so East Coast elite doncha know. Earth to Gov. Palin: Gosh darn, it is Palinfully obvious that you have only been at this 5 weeks.

[Marcospinelli]

Let's be real: She laid a smelly.

She was hypermanic. Like on 12 Americanos from Starbucks. She read off the copy scrolling on the inside of her forehead that she had memorized that had no relationship to the questions asks - If the question included a subject word from the flashcards that she had trained to, "Good enough".

This debate set a new low bar for US elections. This really can't be the standard of the greatest democracy in the world. I loathe Republicans for doing this to the gift left to us by America's founders.

[GoCards1978]

There's nothing quite like appealing to the lowest common denominator to supress voter turnout. It's the standard Rethuglican tactic but it's not going to work this year. They've screwed the country so badly that it'll produce the opposite outcome.

[Wendie33]

I agree. She is stinking up America. You know why......because there are still people out there dowsing themselves with the smelly parfum de Hocky Mom she trying to sell. Yuck.

[Julie02]

Hillarious headline (doggonit)!

[shel3364]

yaah..... doggone it, let's get that Obama guy in the White House...youbetcha


She made me want to punch the TV.

AND WHAT WAS WITH THE WINKING???

"I know evertthing about energy" *wink* ..........it was like that Seinfeld episode where George got grapefruit juice in his eye and would wink and the most inappropriate moments.

[gd h]

Someone once said that when a person looks you in the eye that directly and that long, theres either going to be a fight or sex. Wonder which? Tell ya what, it like totally creeped me out...

[KayDGee]

Thanks for a very entertaining post. You summed it up great. About the down-home-isms... I live in the South and have always figured that Alaska is pretty far north of the "Y'all" line. Do they REALLY use that phrase there, or is it just another one of her winking affectations?

[sclucie]

this woman was raised by school teachers? i want to see footage from her beauty contest and she is she talked that way back then - before someone decided she would be "every woman" - except "every woman: doesn't talk that way - except in really bad movies.

[anncoulter]

Great post Paul - On a related rant, what is up with Bay Buchanan? I watch her on ABC and notice two things. First, put a pair of Palin peepers on her and presto-chango, you see what Gov. Palin will look like in 15 or 20 years. Kinda freaky really. Secondly, Ms. Buchanan must be getting paid by the pound of rah-rah she bloviates about Ms. Palin. She is Ms. Palin's most vocal fan and not even part of the campaign; using comments like "knocking it out of the park". What is it when you exaggerate an exaggeration? Come on Bay, your not really helping the Governor and helping yourself even less.

[SeriousBlack]

Well apparently the apples don't fall far from the tree in the Buchanan family. Her bro Pat Buchanan was virtually frothing at the mouth screaming at anybody who would listen how Palin cleaned Biden's clock.

Makes one wonder what their mom and dad are/were like (not sure if they're still around...). Must have been an interesting upbringing.

[shel3364]

What's up with Bay???

She's Pat's sister. Can you imagine what kind of childhood resulted in THAT pair?

[CabaretArtist]

oh, the horror