At 08:33 PM Wednesday 10/1/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: >On Oct 1, 2008, at 8:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > > > On 1 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Dave Land wrote: > > > >> 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. > > > > > > > > People who know stuff are boring. > > > > Like school Maru > >I can't help but picture a talking Sarah Palin doll, in the same vein >as the Barbie "Math is hard!!" doll, with the same quote but in that >nasal Alaska twang of hers ..
Missed _Doonesbury_ all last week, did you? <http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2008/09/23/?campid=0&ssns=9&;> (the thread runs from Monday the 22nd (the day before the one in the link) through Saturday the 27th) Great Minds Think Alike Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
