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David Shoup /p>

The issue last night is not whether Sarah Palin is an embarrassment. It has to do with whether she is qualified to be Vice President, and the most important issue there is her readiness to serve as President.

There are tens of millions of hockey moms and real Americans out there who could appear on stage and read cue cards or memorized notes, be charming and folksy, and show they are in touch with issues facing people every day.

That does not mean they are qualified to be Vice President.

Last evening Sarah Palin gave no indication, on any question, that she had more than surface knowledge from cramming. There was no nuance, no thoughtfulness, and any of her responses would have run into serious trouble given a modicum of follow-up questioning and discussion.

Joe Biden offered this. See his response to the role of the Vice President versus Sarah Palin's, and very simply ask yourself who grasps the position more clearly.

p>Otherwise, you are participating and contributing to the dumbing down of America, that turns elections into a Survivor Like reality show. br> -- Charles Baum /p>

You write: "It's puzzling to see, however, that the moment a person does walk onto the stage with that genuine, down-to-earth flair, she's dismissed as gimmicky and stupid."

She is dismissed as gimmicky and stupid because she is gimmicky and stupid. Down-to-earth flair can't conceal ignorance. You give the common man no credit.

p>Palin is gifted with phenomenal memorization and beauty pageant skills, but your use of the adjective "genuine" to describe Palin's "flair" is oxymoronic. br> --

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