The Economist: Palin 'out of her depth'

Lord knows we've posted enough videos of Sarah Palin looking like a dipshit lately, but even The Economist - not what you'd call a liberal publication - calls a spade a spade:

I think what we're seeing is someone who thought she knew everything discover how little she actually knows, and it terrifies her...With Ms Couric, conversely, she rambled, she edited her own sentences recursively, she looked away from time to time, and her answers did not make sense—and I don't mean political sense; I mean they made no grammatical or logical sense.

There are some parts of America where vague answers to pointed questions will result in screams of "liberal media!" But can anyone argue that Palin gave no intelligent answers during the Couric interview? Being on the PTA does not qualify you to take on Russia, nor does being the governor of Alaska. And the economy? Not even McCain has his ducks in a row on that one. Friends, we're watching a flaming plane fall out of the sky right before our eyes. Only 40 more days...


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"I'll try to find ya some..."

Dipshit.

We'll help you out, Sarah. How about John McCain's position on torture (before he changed his mind), or his immigration bill (that he now doesn't support). Those are two recent examples off the top of my head. What do you know about your own running mate?

Platitudes don't qualify you to be the vice president.


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Palin running scared from debates.

See here at the New York Times.

McCain advisers said they had been concerned that a loose format could leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive...McCain advisers said they were only somewhat concerned about Ms. Palin’s debating skills compared with those of Mr. Biden, who has served six terms in the Senate, or about his chances of tripping her up. Instead, they say, they wanted Ms. Palin to have opportunities to present Mr. McCain’s positions, rather than spending time talking about her experience or playing defense.

"Inexperienced debater?" Are they serious? Couldn't it be she's just plain ol' inexperienced? Or doesn't know what the hell she's talking about?

And being a mouthpiece for the campaign is fine, but limiting your duties to just spouting the party line during a debate seems weak and cowardly. Can you imagine Hillary Clinton serving as simply a mouthpiece to the Obama campaign had she been picked for VP?

Something stinks to high heaven. Come out and fight, Palin, or go home.

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