some concise commentary from James Fallows
Bob Herbert:
If Governor Palin didn't like a question, or didn't know the answer, she responded as though some other question had been asked. She made no bones about this, saying early in the debate: "I may not answer the questions the way that either the moderator or you want to hear."
The problem with Ms. Palin's candidacy is that John McCain might actually win this election, and then if something terrible happened, the country could be left with little more than an exclamation point as president.
After Ms. Palin had woven one of her particularly impenetrable linguistic webs, Joe Biden turned to the debate's moderator, Gwen Ifill, and said: "Gwen, I don't know where to start."
Of course he didn't know where to start because Ms. Palin's words don't mean anything. She's all punctuation.
Nat'l Review editor Rich Lowry had a different impression:
I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.
just, wow.
classy
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