There was something jarring about GOP candidate Sarah Palin's appearance at the vice presidential debate, and it was not just her refusal to answer questions, or the mock Reagan-esque mannerisms of the "there you go again" kind. Nor was it the misrepresentations, like her campaign's mendacious insistence that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would raise taxes on those earning $42,000 a year. It was that come hither wink. Twice. It was the lowered voice. It was the seduction of speaking directly to the camera audience, as if there was no one else in each living room of America, as if...