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Sorry Glen,
I agree with you 95% of the time, but not this time. Palin did not help herself or McCain last night. She was mean-spirited, vicious, venal, angry, arrogant, condescending, mocking, smug, and rude. She had zero stature or credibility to make the kind of personal attacks that she did, and I think it will backfire. She forgot that she was supposed to be addressing the American public, NOT the Repub delegates. They lapped up her bile, but most people will be turned off. I read other political blogs, not just the progressive ones. The reaction from most posters (not bloggers) have been overwhelmingly negative. Almost everyone who watched Palin's speech was turned off for all the reasons I listed above. Even W had the good sense to try to pass himself as a compassionate conservative. Yeah, it was a lie and some people bought it for a while, but the point is that he at least tried to appear decent. Palin didn't bother. She thought she sounded tough, but her sneering came off as cruel. She was channeling Cheney. Someone forgot to tell her Cheney's numbers are even lower than Bush's.
P.S. Yes, Biden's reaction to her speech was idiotic.
