VP Debate
October 3, 2008
Photo from CNNPolitics.com
Tonight’s debate was a true test for the vice presidential nominees. In particular, a test to see whether or not Gov. Sarah Palin could keep up with Sen. Joe Biden. Was Palin’s performance on the podium passable?
Palin’s track record with the media has been far from pristine:
Although there were some improvements, Palin added yet another media mishap to her list. This time, she obliterated the name of a top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan. She screwed up a name belonging to a commander who is leading our troops in a war that our country is currently in up to its knees. And she wants to be second in command?
The proximity of Alaska to Russia is clearly not enough foreign policy experience for some one who could literally be a “heart-beat” away from the Presidency.
Dodging questions is not a way to get my vote either. When Biden claimed that the McCain policy offered nothing different from that of the Bush policy that has “dug the economy and international relations of our country into a hole”, Palin offered no feedback. She had no answer other than to criticize Biden for “pointing fingers” to the past to blame for our current problems. However, she made it clear that she and McCain will “give the government back to the people.” Can a Bush-like policy give anything to the middle class, the “engine” of America?
Palin also mentioned how she is a Washington outsider who does not know how things work. Is that someone that needs to be fixing our government? This is no beauty contest. However, some may think it to be otherwise.
HOT CHICK: Button courtesy of the McCain/Palin Official Campaign. PHOTO BY NICK WOOD
