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JackHammer2000 -> RE: Evolution of a beauty queen? (10/4/2008 7:22:33 AM)
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For the record, I've never voted for a Republican Presidential candidate, and until a few years ago, was literally a card-carrying Democrat. I've participated in formal debates since 6th grade, and graduated from a university with a Bachelor's degree in Speech Communications. As such, I watched the debates with a pure debate-enthusiast's objectivity.
That said, I think Sarah Palin did very well, considering she went toe-to-toe with arguably the best debater from the recent Democratic Primaries. She stumbled once or twice, but made up for it by stylistically being more interesting (less droll) than her opponent and substantively matching her opponent's arguments point-for-point.
On a side note, I find it INTERESTING that Sarah Palin has elicited such a hateful, spiteful, derogatory reaction when she seems to stand for what we need the most in government: a person with a track record of cleaning up the government, even if it means taking down members of her own political party. Then again, perhaps this is the reason why her opponents are so desperately trying to take her down.
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