I'm sorry to do this (again) when I know that what you're all really waiting for is the inevitable Sarah Palin Sex Tape but I thought that I'd allow myself to be sucked into the pre-VP Debate fenzy and have my say on what's going on.
On one side we have the Divine Ms Sarah Palin. She may not know much but she's a woman, she's standing by a somewhat troubled family, she's closer to trailer trash than any Veep in history and she does a lot for McCain when it comes to a Conservative base suspicious that he's worked too closely with 'those' Democrats in the past. In favor of forcing women to give birth even if conception was the result of rape by a syphilitic near relative she's Goldly enough for most on the right (that IS what Jesus would do - right?)
Okay so she's seen her numbers drop every time she's been on TV (down 15 points on 'is qualified to run the country) but she might be just stupid enough for Americans who feel that intelligence is elitism and that winning an argument is the same as belittling the dim-witted.
In the opposition corner Joe Biden (Obama : Joe Biden - I know) known for waffling on, occasionally being very funny and his tendancy to be condesending in the face of stupidity. He needs to not do that tonight. This is a popularity contest and you don't make yourself popula by talking down to the woman with the handicapped kiddy. Not in America.
The thing in his favor is that his ability to get things wrong, make the wrong joke, get the wrong name and generally fuck things up comes across as endearing. It shows that he's not a 'cue cards' and 'talking points' kind of guy and makes him more human. Plus he has the safety net of being widely known as somebody who, underneath the gaffes, knows his shit.
So she can be aggressive. But he has to tread carefully. Don't mock her, be worried about her ignorance. Don't attack her, attack the fact that she's just not ready (yet). He can make a mistake or two and laugh them off, but she can't.
It's gonna be a good one
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