I don't know who won the debate, or at least I don't know how the press is going to play it and how that is going to affect the eventual common wisdom (Biden did win all of the post-debate pols, but so did Al Gore after the first debate in 2000. It wasn't until after the press and SNL got through with him that he"lost"). But I do know a couple of things.
First, that cutesy "I am just a regular joe six pack look at me wink at you!" nonsense Palin reveled in was a real turn off for me. And it infuriated my wife. She said she was reminded her of every woman she had ever met who tried to impress the men around her with her boobs instead of her brain. If the little dial things at the bottom of CNN's screen were any indication, my wife was not alone. Time and time again, the women's line plunged when Palin went into her "little ol' me?" routine.
Second, I really think Palin is a bad person.
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