>>>>>>I am tired and going to bed. Just watched the debate and think they both did better than I expected. As an Obama supporter I am a lot more comfortable with Biden as VP than I was. He made his points without being strident or longwinded. And Palin, although she showed her inexperience at times, especially on foreign policy, was not as incompetent as I feared. Not sure it was any kind of game changer, just good to feel better about both candidates.
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>>>>>Personally, I thought it would have been nice if she'd answered a few more of the questions put to her instead of sidestepping into her 'hockey mom straight talk'.
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>>>>Oh, definitely. But she seemed to really be targeting blue collar voters who are fed up with Washington. That answer she gave Biden about "I may not answer questions the way you and the moderator want me to" (paraphrased) was a shot at Washington elites and media elites And from what I heard on a conservative talk radio station yesterday that line went over well.
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>>>Did they notice that, while true that she may not have answered the way the elite wanted, she in fact, didn't answer at all?
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>>>I can't recall who said it, that if I want a brain operation, I want a surgeon with the best skills. Same with a politician. If you just want somebody you can sit and have a beer with, get some friends instead.
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>>Here is another perspective:
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>>http://justsaynodeal.com/
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>I can't believe that people think she's so super human that she will be able to circumvent the entire system and do whatever she wants, however she wants and whenever she wants. Bottom line for me is that if people are happy with the idea that the fact that she's a hockey mom and can drink beer qualifies her to be Veep (or possible even President), then great. It's your country.
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>If it were me, I'd have preferred that she gave a few more straight answers to the political questions put to her in the debate so her other qualifications could be analysed. But then, I'm apparently biased.

I don't know what makes you think people assume she is qualified because she was a hockey mom? Perhaps because that is what the media is focusing on? I would think it would be because she has experience as a mayor and as a governor. Are you familiar with what she has done for Alaska and with her cleaning house (so to speak)?