I wanna see Sarah in a rematch with Perky Katy, and the other interviews, where mastery of basic geography and being clueless on the division of North Korea from South Korea was seen as not much of a resume maker.
Sarah has the cash for hiring the kingmakers now, and she’s hired them. With consultants and speech writers, she’s looking dang good, while preaching to the choir ...in the absence of a test and safely out of the line of fire from anyone. It’s my hope that she has been taken to school on basic foreign study and international politics since she is clearly not slow. Good luck to her, but a lot of us are waiting to see her field some issues that aren’t soundbites.
She was perfectly qualified in 2008, not just for the Vice Presidency but for the Presidency as well. Unlike Obama however, she was busy running a state. You know? Like actually accomplishing things. Being a LEADER. Doing things like holding Big Oil accountable, discussing trade with Canada, instituting ethics reform, and figuring out how the state was going to handle the Darfur/Sudan divestment. (I can't believe power-hungry insiders got away with the lie that Palin didn't know Africa was a continent *rolleyes.*)
So yes, Palin was busy LEADING, not rehearsing for a campaign and learning how to kiss up to the cameras.
That, plus being a beautiful, pro-life woman in the media world of envy-ridden liberals only adds to what she has against her. NOW that she understands this, she's able to be prepped and act accordingly.
In the case of the Katie Couric interview, her annoyance from the intuitive condescension she sensed from Katie definitely affected how she responded. Plus it was clearly edited and produced to show Palin unfavorably. I'm not going to excuse it. It was a bad interview, but honestly it was the Tina Fey impersonations that ultimately affected people's perceptions, the actual interview itself wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. Obama and Biden and McCain all had worse moments and gaffes.
So yes, your points are valid, don't get me wrong--but I encourage you to look beyond the surface and acutally measure her by her record and how she's actually LED. I read another post of yours in another thread and think you overestimate legislatures such as Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan. They may be good at writing Phd dissertations on the Constitution and voting "Yea" or "Nay" on the floor of the House--but they do not bring the executive qualifications, resume, and gravitas Palin has.
I heard Cantor has a coach to improve his poor public speaking qualities...He is NOT ready to go head to head with someone like Obama.