The first time I saw the wink, I thought I was imagining it.  Maybe she got something in her eye.  And then it happened again, this time more emphatically, and it couldn't be denied.  She was winking at, flirting with, the audience!  By the time I noticed the third wink and it was obvious that she was fending off the questions with her blather on the McCain talking points, I began to picture her on the runway, in a bathing suit, or standing with the emcee answering some beauty pageant question with beauty pageant inanity.  From that point on, it wouldn't have surprised me if she had pulled her flute out from inside the lectern and treated us to some insipid tune.  To those who say that her performance at the VP debate redeemed her from the embarrassing Couric interviews, I say bullshit.  For all but those who choose to continue in their self-delusion, her performance must be seen a continuation and a confirmation of her stupidity and her utter, utter lack of qualification, not only to serve as Vice-President of the United States, but to serve as Governor of the State of Alaska.

He has Lowry as the worst person in the world.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#27015683

skills.  If she shows her real political passions, like those creepy videos of her in her church from THIS SUMMER, more people would WAKE UP as Arthur G likes to say.

That beauty pageant runner-up has-been routine is part of what turns me off so much and makes it so impossible to take her seriously. I simply cannot believe that so many people are so dazzled by it. Is this really what they want in their national leaders?!

Those little starbursts came right through the set and I breathed them in and they went into my heart filling it with love and compassion and a fighting spirit to defend America because there are people who wanna do us harm nod and wink and ya know, some people they don't get that and they want to wave the whiteflag of surrender.

you have been cracking me up with these posts.  that is all

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I apologize that I can not comment because my brain has not recovered from reading the Palin debate transcript today and this McCain laugh silenced me for good.
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Good lord.  You've got to be kidding me.  What little starbursts?  I saw no little starbursts.  

Oh wait.  Maybe because I'm a heterosexual woman.  I don't have the right chromosome.

I'll repeat what I said about her last night:

We women know Palin.  She's the chick that all the guys surround at a party drooling at her while she expounds complete nonsense and none of them notice.  

All that drivel coming out of her mouth?  With the confidential tone and the smile?  We've heard and seen it all before.

You feel sorry for Lowry?  This isn't a frat party it's a presidential election.  If you were so stunned that you couldn't hear what she was saying I suggest you find another line of work.  Really.  

Here's the thing, people. Those "little starbursts" were every bit as contrived as her canned responses were.

Oh - and the winks? It seems it was all on account of a hair malfunction. It seems her bangs on that side were getting tangled with her eyelashes, and the winks were involuntary reflexes. Apparently someone came out at one point and applied some double stick tape, which kept the bangs out of her eyes. And sure enough, it does look like a chunk of bangs did get moved part way through the evening. So, she wasn't flirting with you, guys. Sorry to disappoint you.

A scientific explanation?

Busted! The truth about male decision-making

I am looking at the results of a recent highly scientific study titled "Bikinis Instigate Generalized Impatience in Intertemporal Choice." After men were allowed to fondle lingerie and look at a video of hundreds of breathtakingly sexy women stampeding through a jungle in skimpy swimsuits, the study found, the men's judgment became impaired. Once aroused, they were less likely to cut shrewd deals in simple business negotiations.

Now, I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that these results are about as scientifically surprising as proving that when a person falls down, he goes boom.

But there is more to be discovered:

Gina: You might as well have been explaining the rules for icing the puck. No, you missed the headline. It was in the fine print. The scientists also discovered that the more highly sexed a man is, the more susceptible he will be to the bikini effect.

Gene: Stands to reason.

Gina: I'm not finished. What's really interesting is how the scientists measured which man was more highly sexed than the other. They did it by comparing the length of each man's pointer finger to the length of his ring finger.

Gene: What?

Gina: Apparently, this is valid science! A male with a comparatively longer ring finger was exposed to less estrogen in the womb, so, as an adult, he is more of a ticking testosterone bomb. These are the guys who most often lose their business acumen when confronted with a coquettishly elevated thigh.

Business - politics, is there a difference? Wink

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I love her looks but was immune to any sparks. Seeing her puppet strings turned off any charm she tried for for me.


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Palin's  whole adult life was in that debate. When she is in over her head she goes 'cute', and flirtatious. More trouble = more cute. Almost certainly she was told to 'go with her strengths'. She has the act down pat. Like was said in Kill Bill... 'This wasn't the work of a squirrelly amateur, this was the work of a salty dog.'

Now it's easy to see why McCain picked her. They were meeting and she did her routine on him. He was/ is smitten. In private she probably pulled out all the stops. He's a dirty old man and I bet he lapped it up. I bet his advisors FREAKED when he told them he was picking her.

I sure would have liked to be a 'fly on the wall' during the discussions with her husband before AND after the McCain meeting. I bet there was some serious planning going on.

She's no fluke, and I expect her to be a star in the Republican party for years. She's perfect for them.

nalbar

Way off topic:

OJ Simpson guilty on all counts as of about 15 minutes ago.

Maybe justice does happen sooner - or later.

It's the semi-desperate, "this is all I've got left and I'm afraid everybody will find out" plastered on synthetic smiley face that disturbs me most. It was well in evidence at the debate.

Regardless, she did come across as nominally more controlled, if not any more  impressive. One thing is for certain. Ideology aside, she did absolutely nothing to convince me that I should feel comfortable with her making any serious decisions, particularly on a Presidential level, regarding things like launch codes and Supreme Court appointments. Hopefully I'm not alone in that judgment.

Why is it so hot in here, and what am I doing in this handbasket?

I just felt like puking with the first wink.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

I suppose Mr. Lowry  and Peggy Noonan are telling their closest and more intelligent friends that writing such drivel about an index card reader and winker who depends on cable news shows for all her information is what they have to do to continue to feed at the right wing media and speaking circuit trough.

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For this 67-year old ex-sailor, Gov Palin's voice is shrill and grating.  I find her mannerisms and folksy way of speaking very similar to hearing and seeing Saint Ronnie speak, kind of making it up as she goes.

But we are 30 years past a Grade B actor, and I would've hoped that we'd gotten somewhat more sophisticated.

Does anybody think Lowry sprayed little starbursts all over the screen? Does anybody think it's way past time to ban perpetual 13-year-old boys from trying to seize power in America?

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

The last time I saw a woman wink like Sarah Palin did during the debate I was in a topless bar and the woman was dancing wearing nothing but bikini briefs. She was winking trying to get me to tip her for taking off her clothes.

Such coquetry might be somewhat appropriate in a topless bar where the rules are well known and most of the players are half drunk or more. I find it a great deal less appropriate to a person trying to win the job of Vice President.

Rich Lowery doesn't get out enough if he has that big a reaction to a woman trying to get him to part with his money.

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