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| Published: September 25, 2008, 2:23 am |
| Tags: open thread, debate, ta nehisi coates |
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Ta-Nehisi Coates over at The Atlantic watched the Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin. He writes: Not as bad as Gibson, but good lord. This campaign is now officially surreal. If Palin is supposed to be the "ordinary American" she passed that test--she really does sound like an ordinary American. Her answers sound like the responses Couric would get if she interview[ed] one of my friends. At three A.M. After a night of drinking. I am torn between wanting to watch and parse every word of this deliciously telling interview and wanting to turn away in nearly sympathetic embarrassment for Palin. Yet 76% of Republicans still believe she is "prepared." Prepared for what, exactly? Not only does she not get it. She doesn't get that she doesn't get it. At this phase, with her running-mate trying to postpone Friday's debate so he can visit the Senate where he has not shown up to vote on dozens of crucial bills since April, it's hard to know who is having the worse effect on the [ Full article ] |
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