Your Choice Of Vices
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Marilyn and I watched the Vice Presidential debates last night. No real fireworks and no major stumbles, I would say both of them did slightly better than was expected. Of course, more was expected of Biden than Palin, but then it could be argued that more should be expected of him. He has way more debate experience and is much smarter.
I have had this opinion pretty much since she was announced and last night just confirmed it: She is the epitomy of an average American. She is the distillation of all those hockey (soccer) moms and Joe Sixpacks around the country. I know dozens of women just like her. I wouldn’t vote for a single one of them.
Average isn’t good enough to run a country. I want smart people in charge. She’s not that person.
All her “You are darn right”s and “You betcha”s belie a certain shallowness of thought that this country can’t afford. Marilyn made the observation that it wouldn’t be all that surprising to get a note from Palin asking if you would vote for her. Check yes or no.
Biden was good. He met my expectations almost exactly without any of the flubs he is quite capable of.
One of the things I find really interesting is the word clouds of the debate. What’s up with “also” and “going” being her big words?