Ed

What you say is true of all politicians to some degree. More in the case of some than others.

So how are we to decide which candidates we are more likely to agree with; or who we think are more likely to be up to the job?

If I was a relevant voter, and heard Palin being that unable to make a simple point in her mother tongue, there is no way I'd trust her with government. I'd think she doesn''t have the necessary level of abilities to be in high office.

This is not an anti-P. thing.I'm using Palin merely as representative of a level of ability and of competence.