As a follow up to Kagro's excellent story here, I just want in this very short diary to point out some actual examples of Palin's Alaska-style debating prowess that we're supposed to be trembling in fear over. I haven't read the transcripts, but Katharine Seelye's article in the NYT has a couple Palin's roundhouse blows from the '06 Alaska governor debates, which you can see below the fold:
Here Sarah eviscerates her opponent with a powerful, coherent statement on how to address health care costs:
In response to Mr. Knowles, she mentioned “certificates of need” and said they had been inflexible, “creating an environment where a lot of folks are lacking the receiving of their health care that is needed in some of the areas, especially in some of our larger markets.” She added, “The State of Alaska needs to be looking specifically at that inflexibility that exists today in order to fill some of the market needs that are out there in Alaska in our larger markets.”
She then added, “I can’t tell you how much that will reduce monetarily our health care costs, but competition makes everyone better, it makes us work harder, it does allow reduction in costs, so addressing that is going to be a priority.”
She then shows her ruthless streak, delivering the fatal blow:
Mr. Halcro asked how she would pay for critical health care programs.
“Well, the point there, Andrew,” she said, “is that these are critical, and again it’s a matter of prioritizing and it’s a matter of government understanding its proper role in public safety, is health care, so it’s a matter of priorities.”
Anybody besides me see a lot of similarities between those quotes and the Couric interview?
It's exactly the same talking points/trigger phrase bullshit we saw in response to Couric's questions. She's worn those stripes for at least two years. Can she change them in time for tomorrow's debate?
Still afraid?
Edit--Forgot tip jar--it's down the thread.