No wonder McCrater is trying to distract us.

She had a month to work on the talking points and still got them all jumbled in her head.

I despair that there is a chance, however small, that this woman can end up president. A month ago I was thinking, "anyone but Guiliani...he's nuts". Rudy? Where are you now?

That this country will have President Cariboo Barbie (she is only a 70-something heartbeat away, after all) to preserve us from witchcraft and Vladimir Putin.

Oh yeah, and the Canucks too.

Can someone explain her weird gestures that seem to have nothing to do with the garbled statements she's making? What is up with that? In their own way, they're as peculiar and off-putting as McCain's rictus that he seems to think is a smile, and Bush's smirk.

Every year, once only, on the full moon of harvest, a giant, balloon-like Putin rises up & hovers over the western isles of Alaska.

In such times, seals dive below the icy surface, and polar bears sing. Penguins also dance, which has been immortalized, of course, in film.

It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there.

What is she referring to when she says "those"? It's not apparent in the rest of the statement, either...

The fact that this woman has more than a legitimate chance of being our next VP, and because of McCain's advanced age and health concerns a more than legitimate chance of being President, is scarier than anything I have ever imagined.

How can any American with a functioning brain see this and think this woman belongs within 10,000 miles of the White House? It defies explanation.

Palin seems to have misinterpreted the question about her foreign policy experience with what does the word proximity mean. Her answer to "You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?" is just a statement that Alaska does in fact border both Russia and Canada. For once, she is correct.

I almost, almost felt sorry for Palin while watching her fumble around for an answer that made any sense what-so-ever. But I got over that quickly when I remembered that McCain wants to foist this person on the nation. I'd hate to see what would happen should she have to be involved in any high level negotiations for something really important, say nuclear proliferation or stemming the fall of the dollar.

It enhances her foreign policy credentials because . . . "It certainly does."

I tell you three times, and what I tell you three times is true!

It is often the case that reading a transcript doesn't provide you with all the context you need to evaluate an interaction. In most cases in my experience, the transcript falls far short of showing the participants in their best light; the conversational halts, pauses, body language, and so on are lost, and often important.

In Palin's case, the less you actually hear of her voice, the less you see of her, the better; she comes across far better in the transcript. And quite frankly, she comes across badly there, so that's really saying something.

Who on Earth, in their right mind, considers this woman qualified to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency? I would feel more confidence with Steven Colbert, or Rachel Maddow, or hell, Brad friggin' Pitt. It continues to astonish me that McCain isn't getting blown out.

Governor Palin, you more than doubled taxes on Alaskan oil production from $4 billion in 2005 to over $10 billion in 2007. This has resulted in a massive disinvestment in the Alaskan oil industry and a 16.5% decline in production since you took office.

Now that you are the Vice Presidential candidate, will you put the COUNTRY FIRST and repeal these taxes???????

I can't think of any other reason why he would put this woman so close to becoming the next President.

Should Russia decide to launch missles or strategic bombers against the United States, they won't fly across Alaska. They will fly over the North Pole and Canada, which is the shortest route to the US. That is why the US and Canada established the DEW line in the 1950's.

They would not bother to go near Alaska at all.

This reminds of an interview I once went on for a job I really wanted but was woefully unqualified for. I stumbled, hemmed, hawed, and stuttered through the interview. The interviewer was very kind but I could tell by the look on her face that she knew I was just treading water. I was totally humiliated. After the interview, I went home and wrote the interviewer a letter apologizing for taking up her time when she could have been interviewing more qualified candidates.

I wonder if Palin will write Katie a letter of apology for wasting her time?

O.K., that was really WEIRD!!!

The mayor of Detroit is automatically qualified to be president because he can see Windsor, ON across the river.

I'm not a very religious man, but still I cry: God Help Us!

McCain says Country First, but he chose Ms. Palin to be his running mate. Why does John McCain hate America?

And the most impressive thing about the penguins singing on that evening is that in fact there are no penguins in Alaska or the Northern hemisphere, for that matter (outside of zoos)...

And yet, what you say has at least as much plausibility as anything I have heard Sarah Palin utter since she reared her own head over the public consciousness just a few short (seems longer) weeks ago.

Sad

Are we sure it's not the BORSCHT BELT Palin sees from her window? Because she is one funny gal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpu8AJRYXDQ

This cannot really be happening. I'm stuck in a quaalude nightmare. That this woman could become the U.S. President is just beyond unreal.

This lady shouldn't even be allowed on a white house tour.

I never thought there would be another candidate as lightweight as Bush that could seriously aspire to the presidency. Bush came along at a time when, after 8 years of Clinton, they were ready to latch on to any candidate, and Bush had a famous name (the real Paris Hilton of politics), and the deep pockets, and an affable charm that the press corps was smitten by. Not to mention their general dislike of Gore, it was a perfect storm that allowed a complete empty suit to sneak into the white house, I thought it could never happen again.

I was wrong, we now have this vapid, lunatic woman that would make the Bush years seem like the good old days. Gee thanks John, I guess that country first thing really was nothing but an empty slogan...almost as empty as Palin.