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I love and respect Sarah Palin, and hope that when John McCain goes down to defeat she can be salvaged for future campaigns. She mopped the floor with Senator Biden last night. If anyone was on "talking points," it was Senator Biden with his tired Washington rhetoric, phony smile (doesn't he look like Charlie Tuna when he smiles?), and demonstrably false "facts."

p>That being said, Sarah (and all the pundits) missed Joe's most breathtaking debate gaffe. You may recall that at one point in the debate, Senator Biden pointed out that Senator Obama had also been concerned about sub-prime mortgages and the situation at Fannie and Freddie, so concerned that he expressed those concerns to the Secretary of the Treasury! What? A senator of the United States didn't warn the people, and work with his colleagues in the Senate to try to solve the problem. No, he had a chat with the principal. This was when Senator McCain was warning the people and was sponsoring a bill to rein in Fannie and Freddie. Sarah should have pointed out the differences, noted that in her neck of the woods people say you should lead or help or get out of the way, and ask who was the leader and who was the talker. br> -- Stephen Zierak br> Kansas City, Missouri /p>

The article by J. Peter Freire, "The Barracuda Bites Back," claiming that Gov. Palin was the winner of the debate flies in the face of every poll, including that conducted by Fox News Network, that shows that Sen. Biden won by a decisive majority. Oddly, much of the vapid discussion that filled cable news on the day following the debate was about the discrepancy between the take on the debate between "inside the beltway" journalists and other assorted talking heads and the rest of the American people. Considering that the "inside the beltway" gang has come up with such terms as "lunch bucket democrats" it is hardly a shock that Freire et al are totally clueless about the performance of Gov. Palin in the debate.

Gov. Palin's behavior during the debate only reinforces the notion that she is unprepared to serve as the Vice President. Her refusal to answer questions, her use of what were clearly memorized talking points, and what has been described as her cocktail waitress winking at the camera are not what anyone would expect of a potential leader of the free world. Can anyone imagine Margaret Thatcher or even Hillary Clinton winking at a camera. In addition, Gov. Palin's use of folksy language and the ongoing droppin' of the terminal "g" is a total sham. Review any of the debate videos of Gov. Palin in the Alaskan gubernatorial debates, and you will notice a total lack of folksiness and the consistent use of proper pronunciation. We saw similar at-will use of folksiness in then candidate George W. Bush.

p>Wake up, smell the fraud, and quit pretending that Gov. Palin is anything more than fully unqualified. Would the situation be different if a candidate of such limited abilities were Obama's running mate? br> -- David Smith br> Scottsdale, Arizona /p>

Liberal media say Palin is vague but what about Obama? Obama isn't only vague but evasive. What can be more vague than 'Change,' 'Yes We Can' (do what?), or 'Hope' -- or 'the audacity of hope?' What is so audacious about procrastination? Real audacity is about taking action based on strong action. But, the liberal media tag Palin with vagueness while Obama's much greater vagueness has been elevated by the liberal media as sacred wisdom. It's really nothing but New Age politics, a blend of Hollywood Kitsch, MTV, socialist agit-prop, and flaky spiritualism.

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