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Is Sarah Palin just playing dumb?

A few hours before the V.P. debate, Democrats point reporters to 2006 clips showing a poised, confident Sarah Palin in previous encounters. Will she surprise the world tonight?
Mike Madden

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  • Thursday, October 2, 2008 04:26 PM

    Depends on the topic

    It seems pretty clear that Palin is articulate when she knows what she's talking about. It's just that the topics she knows about are rather limited, and none of them are particularly relevant to being vice president of the United States.

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