Sarah Palin seemed like a caricature of herself

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Last night in the debate Sarah Palin seemed like a caricature of herself

When preparing to watch the debate I was expecting to see a lot of car wreck moments with Sarah Palin. While I was disappointed that that didn't happen, there were a lot of cringe worthy moments.

Many of those cringe worthy moments were related to her so called "folksy", "down home" style. When she played up that image at the RNC convention, she seemed authentic.

 However, when she tried it again last night, it seemed BEYOND phony. I can't imagine any rural voters feeling swayed by that. In fact, I would imagine more would be insulted by the blatantly cheesy wool Palin tried to pull over there eyes.

 It led me to believe that a significant portion of her debate prep was Steve Schmidt handing her cue cards saying "Zippidy doo da, yeepie key ay, say it ain't so, Joe, you wappie zappy, ding dong flibberty gibbit, hootin an' a hollering yankee doodle dandee!"

She seemed like a parody of Tina Fey parodying Sarah Palin.

Then, afterwards, the "elite media" she readily criticized, decided to carry the water for her afterwards. Pat Buchanan, after being presented with polls saying voters, especially undecideds, swung heavily in Biden's favour, said that she "connected with the voters".....okay, lol wut. I've never seen someone disregard facts in favour of prepared talking points in such a manner since....well, the VP debate.

 

A point I felt did connect with voters was when Biden nearly lost his composure talking about being a single dad for a time and not knowing...*gulp* whether they're gonna make it! On CNN the little undecided trend lines at the bottom of the screen went sky high at that point.

 So I ask you, who connected with voters better? Biden or Palin?

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Who connected better with voters in the debate?
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Yosemite Sam in a dress 28%
Patrick Buchanan 0%

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The word "plastic" comes to my mind.

I kept getting an image of Caribou Barbie when I watched the debate.

Whoever told her to keep looking at the camera, and to WINK at the camera, is not her friend.

Was it Ariana Huffington who said that Palin looked like she was making a commercial for Viagra?

by rbruck on 10/03/2008 03:50:53 PM EST

I certainly got a boehner (none / 0)
when she did those winks. Talk about Nailin' Palin

by Perry on 10/03/2008 03:56:03 PM EST

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Palin (none / 0)
She had cue cards for speech #1, 2, 3, etc. and spewed out what she had memorized, no matter she didn't answer the question. It was a trained monkey. She never stopped for thought once, but cranked out the speech, talking points, at a frenetic pace, apparently afraid if she slowed down, she'd forget where she was. 

The first thing I learned about public speaking and teaching is that the information gets to the audience during the PAUSES. The listening brain needs the pause to absorb the material. After 30 seconds or so of her ranting, people could no longer really absorb it so I think most of her BS went into empty air. You'd think her handlers could have taught her that but then again, she can't really come up with thoughts on her own, only what she has memorized and practiced and it showed.   &n bsp;

by stanski on 10/03/2008 04:40:18 PM EST

Aptest analogy... (none / 0)
The remark that it was like watching the (stereotypic) Valedictorian and cheerleader on stage. HHMMM, and who should we vote into the WH?

by tifosies on 10/03/2008 10:14:55 PM EST

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