As a long-time fight-fan, I score tonight's 10-round bout 5-4,
one even. (This is mostly on style of course, because both of them
were prone to talking-point gibberish, over-simplifying, and
occasionally borderline incoherence on issues -- as in Palin's
response to the global warming question -- though this is
understandable as McCain's position on "climate change" is
incoherent.) Their discourses were too prone to the standard
election-time, "My low-life opponent voted 99 times to snatch food
from the mouths of widows and orphans" nonsense that people
listening in can't make head nor tail of.
Sarah won at least
partly, perhaps largely, because she didn't lose. Didn't look
foolish. Other than the brain-numbing response to the "is global
warming real?" question, she was not noticeably incoherent.
Other than
mis-identifying General McClellan, she made no mistakes that I saw.
So she didn't turn out to be the boob that Democrats wanted to see
tonight. She wasn't Dan Quayle in drag. She showed there's no
reason to be embarrassed about her.
The people who like
her folksy demeanor and straight-forward style
(count me in) still like her. The folks who can't stand her because
she loves her country, loves her family, loves her God, and packs
heat, still can't stand her. I doubt the debate moved the vote
meter much either way. She's a smart, energetic, patriotic woman
who will learn fast in office. Folks who are willing to see that
saw it tonight.
P.S. Biden really looked like a
stiff tonight. I suspect he and Dick Clark use the same
taxidermist.
topics:
Global Warming
