TYRANNY OF LOWERED EXPECTATIONS

OK, this is the United States of America. You can't say that someone avoiding questions, reading from cue cards, and repeating "Maverick" everytime she hit an intellectual cul de sac had a good night. This pretty much explains Palin's "success" last night ...



Republicans should be embarrassed. They've lowered standards to such a degree that Sarah Palin's debate performance makes her "presidential" material in their eyes.

How does not falling on your face make you qualified to be vice-president? How does winking like a school girl and forcing out "Say it ain't so Joe" on cue elevate discussion? That's not folksy, it's pandering and demeaning to the office she aspires too. And what's with her not doing any more public interviews?

Sarah Palin is now John McCain's campaign prop. And conservative women are fine with this?

- Mark