One other observation about Palin, as I watched her speech. She knew how to deflect the experience issue and the no-international-sensibility issue for public display purposes. She did this by larding her talk with quickly gleaned references to international spots as though she understood them. She didn't--they were sucked up in a fast cram of the situation papers and talking points, and she peppered them into her speech to make it taste as though she had those ingredients. In fact, it was a transparent and disingenuous gimmick.

That's what I saw, anyway. Can't BS an ole BSer.

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