Sometimes, you just gotta do it yourself.
Posted on 10/04/2008 9:13:23 PM PDT by markomalley
In the hours before Sarah Palin and Joseph Biden took the stage here at Washington University, Barack Obama’s top advisers went out of their way to talk up Palin’s debating skills. “I expect that Gov. Palin is going to be very effective tonight,” chief strategist David Axelrod told reporters. “She’s been working hard at this.” David Plouffe, the campaign manager, upped the ante when he called Palin “one of the best debaters in American politics.”
Maybe they were just trying to raise expectations, set about a millimeter off the ground after Palin’s interview with CBS’s Katie Couric. Maybe they really thought Palin would do well. In any event, their statements before the debate allowed them to stride into the Spin Room after the session and say, See? — I told you she was good.
“Everybody thinks I was joking about it,” Axelrod said after the debate ended. “I was not joking about it. Sarah Palin is a good performer.”
No argument there. Despite a few weak moments, Palin delivered a strong and sure performance Thursday night. After enduring weeks of derision, Palin didn’t just beat the low expectations for her performance; she ran all over them.
But how? Superior debating ability? Commanding logic? A winning manner? No, not at all. If you listened to Team Obama after the debate late Thursday, you learned Palin accomplished her impressive performance by . . . winking.
“Don’t sell the American people short,” Axelrod told reporters after the debate. “I’m sure they liked Gov. Palin, but they need more than a wink and a smile.” Axelrod also said Biden gave people hope, “rather than offering them a wink and a smile.” And he added that, “The American people are asking for more — they want more than a wink and a nod...
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I thought the winks were HYsterical and brilliant. I’ve seen a lot of democrats complaining because she was “using her femininity.” Lol.
Hey, if you got, work it.
They hate her because she's pretty (unlike them), normal (unlike them), from a Western state (unlike them), and NOT a lawyer (unlike them).
They're not very DIVERSE, are they?
Hillary used her femininity to great effect as well./sarc.
When does she wink ? I don’t remember her doing that. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
There it is...and besides, I don’t think Home Depot Joe could wink, his face would have cracked..
I only remember one wink, and that was to her father after she had pointed out that he was in the audience. What kind of a-hole do you have to be to object to a daughter winking to her father from the stage of THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE!
NO PICTURES??????
His comment...That's your Sarah Palin imitation, right??
Where are our standards?
Pictures, man, pictures!
Sometimes, you just gotta do it yourself.
Sen. Biden lost the debate but probably thinks he can win on the replay.
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Her son is currently serving in Iraq with the Alaska National Guard. That is her Blue Star Mother pin she wears for him.
I believe that’s a “Parent of a Serviceman” pin, usually worn when the offspring is in harms’ way. At least that’s how I’ve seen it worn and posted on doors.
Thanks for the info.
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