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By Roger Kimball

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2008-10-13 04:53:10

Harold, I doubt your Darmouth degree very seriously.

Amadeus and others, the domestic drilling statement is point number 1 for my evidence that she’s an idiot. No one has defended the idea of a 1% supply increase reducing prices. Other points of evidence…debate performances and Kouric interviews. She lacks any ability to reason and has clearly not thought about issues beyond local Alaskan politics, which consists of “what do I do with my oil dollars?”. Alaska is perhaps the WORST barometer for governance.

She is a liar:
see bridge to nowhere,
she is not a reformer – thinks she did no wrong in TrooperGate (Please don’t make me correct you with direct quotes from the report) – increased debt in Wasilla.

Creationist:
In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, the soon-to-be governor of Alaska said of evolution and creation education, “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important, and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.”
If you believe in creationism you’re an idiot. If you believe man and dinosaur co-habited the Earth, you’re an idiot.

Debates: When she debated in Alaska, her Republican competitors noted how few facts and substance she brought to the debate. She was however adept at playing the religion card and the glittering generality card – all logical flaws and non-sequitors. She did the same in the VP debate and the televised interviews were just ridiculous.

Palin is a well-meaning, attractive idiot whom the Republican party believes it can control. That’s fine for a local judge or a spokesmodel like Tucker Bounds, but for VP? I think not.