The problem was that [Biden's performance] sounded drearily senatorial. Mention any global crisis — civil war in Bosnia, genocide in Darfur, Russian aggression in Georgia, the lack of five-star restaurants in Wales — and Biden has been there, usually within the last two weeks, and always at public expense. What the American taxpayer gets for the Emir of Delaware’s frequent-flyer miles is harder to discern. Biden was doing his best to turn in a decent karaoke version of Lloyd Bentsen, but, unfortunately, Governor Palin declined to play Dan Quayle. That left Joe sounding like an ancient pol being generically vice-presidential. Sarah, at her best, sounded like the citizen-politician this country’s Founders intended. She hasn’t voted 397 times against this or that in the U.S. Senate, because she’s been running a state, and a town, and a commercial fishing operation. She’s a doer, not a talker, which is why so many of my fellow professional talkers disdain her.
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Unfortunately Governor Palin did not answer one question, nor did she debate. The male media was hoodwinked by her looking good and her energy, but the people are worried about their country,and though she did no harm to herself( vindicated herself after her abysmal one on one with Katie Couric), she clearly showed her talking points are just that, and the substance is just not there.
Perhaps, Olivia, but I'm not sure you represent the average voter.
I've said elsewhere that she is not as effective a debater as Biden . . . but debating is merely a skill, and the substance of her governing principles matters. Thankfully, the substance of her policies surpasses that of Biden, and of you.
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