The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

They managed to set her expectations so low that you would have to dig them out of the ground to find them. So I guess if “winning” meant that she didn’t drool on herself then the McBush campaign should be very happy tonight. But after all the spin has been spun, it will be clear that she didn’t do her ticket any favors.

To me she came across as the Stepford VP. Her robotic recitation of Steve Schmidt's talking points was her only role. She didn’t bother listening to any questions because she was too busy trying to stay on script to risk any sort of spontaneity or glimmer of independent thought. After her disastrous Couric interview she certainly couldn’t risk losing her place on her note cards or saying something outrageously stupid for SNL to mock.

Even still she did have a few outrageous moments that should give everyone pause. Like the fact that she stated that she would not answer the questions that were being asked! What the hell! Like the fact that she thinks that she would be able to grab even more executive power than Cheney stole! I don’t know of I will be able to sleep tonight!

She also has the nerve to talk about a 'second Holocaust'. You do NOT politicize the Holocaust. Doing so is an insult to the Jewish people. To make it even more insulting, was her implication is that an attack on Israel is exactly the same as years of oppression, being forced into ghettos and camps, being tortured and experimented upon and then being exterminated by the millions. I’m sure those polls numbers in Florida will keep going south for McBush after that blunder.

Her worst moment…her “Dukakis” moment was towards the end. Palin tried a snarky attack on Joe by claiming that he did not understanding what it's like to raise a family. It was a pretty shitty thing to say to Joe. Apparently no one clued her in on what this man had gone through. After Joe set her straight about losing his wife and daughter and raising his surviving children on his own her response was to not even acknowledge his very authentic, very painful experience. Can you imagine losing a child? Do you think it is something that you ever get over? As a mother I can’t even wrap my mind around it. As I mother I can’t understand Palin’s response. There was no, "I'm so sorry for your loss" or any humanity of any kind. Rather, she talked about how she and McCain were mavericks. So instead of playing the part of the compassionate conservative she acted like the valley girl teenager she speaks like. Cold, obnoxious, empty-headed, blatant, and stupid. And I wouldn't have blamed Joe if he had walked across the stage and punch her in the face. And she surely deserved it.
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The woman is horrible and her grating, “folksy” voice gives me a headache. But (luckily) now that the debate is over they can put her back in a box only to be propped up when they need her to give her stump speech. I’m sure I don’t have to worry about listening to her giving any more press interviews (Fox doesn’t count) until after Election Night.