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As an American who happens to be highly educated, this whole thing about Palin being a dope offends me on so many levels I can barely contain myself. People on this thread and in the Party need to get their heads out of their @sses and understand that Palin's image has been manipulated from Day One by people who absolutely hate our guts; and yet for some reason we're supposed to believe their portrayal of Palin is a faithful rendition.

I agree. I think she was set-up to fail with her first couple of interviews (I suspect that they tried to cram a bunch of do's and don't down her throat to the point that she wasn't comfortable speaking honestly.) I also got sick of her having to call McCain a "Maverick" all the time.

I'm of above-average intelligence and pretty well-read, and I can say that I have never felt that I was superior to her in any way. (And she has way more energy and grace than I do!) However, McCain said a few things in his debates that made me cringe...

Actually, Palin, who has approximately 1/1000th of McCain's aggregate campaign experience had much better message discipline than he did. Everybody in this campaign said things that made everybody cringe. Palin was no worse than anyone else. I don't think we saw enough of unedited (or unscripted) Palin to actually have much idea of her capabilities and limitations. Except that she could deliver oratorically; about that, there is no doubt.

By all accounts FDR was a lightweight. Harry Truman was no genius. But our Party allows the other side to get away with calling Reagan "an amiable dunce," and I think there are some on this thread who would agree with that assessment if they'd been politically active in the 1970's and 1980's.

It's part of the liberal narrative: We're dumb. They're smart. They're sophisticated urbanites. We're naive hillbillies. It's crap. It's time our side stopped aiding and abetting.