Folks,
An insightful article (http://url.ie/qxw) in the Huffington Post
suggests that despite Sarah Palin's sketchy performance in situations
where knowledge and understanding of issues are required, she proves
to be a much more skilled debater because, as Andrew Halcro, 2006
Alaska gubernatorial candidate, writes:
I've debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. And
she's a master, not of facts, figures, or insightful policy
recommendations, but at the fine art of the nonanswer, the
glittering generality. Against such charms there is little
Senator Biden, or anyone, can do.
Perhaps Palin, like Bush before her, knows (instinctively or
intentionally) that you don't win elections by being smarter or more
prepared than the other guy, you win by being more appealing, by
seeming more _like_ the audience and wanting to be _liked by_ them.
Dave
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