The vice presidential debate is now history and many of you may have missed the 90 minute exchange with moderator and PBS newswoman Gwen Ifill. Morning spin indicates Sarah Palin did what she needed to do, which was to restore confidence that she can string full sentences together and sound knowledgeable. CNN declared it one of Joe Biden‘s best showings ever.
Washington Post columnist Tom Shales said of Palin, “she twinkled and winked and piled on the perkiness with a ‘darn right’ here and an ‘I’ll betcha’ there. Biden got emotional when talking about the horrific accident that took his first wife and daughter and left his two young sons critically injured. His voice broke and he wiped away tears.
The only gaff for Palin is that she botched the name of our general in Afganistan David McKiernan – referring to him as General McClellan several times. There was also the hair thing…she had one long chunk of bangs that kept getting caught up in the eye lashes of one eye. Expect Tina Fey to have fun with that on SNL.
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