Folksy Sarah!

Well, last night's VP debate was quite disappointment.

I did not really expect Sarah to go down in flames -- since I was sure she would come prepared and that the campaign staff forbade her to say again that she is a foreign policy expert because she can see Russia from her bedroom window -- but I certainly hoped she would commit more blunders. I even performed a little bit of witchcraft in my backyard to make her say that Canada should be attacked and invaded because they have nuclear -- by the way, I think she says that word the Bush way, "nukelar" or something like that -- weapons directed at Alaska.

No, she did not blunder too much, but she did not answer the questions either when the answers she learned by heart did not fit. The way she changed the topic of the questions asked was quite incredible. They all come up with rote answers to some extent, but I had never seen anyone ignore the questions like she did.

Towards the end, there was this beautiful moment when the moderator asked the debaters what were their "Achilles' heels." Her answer to that humbling question was to explain how prepared she was for the job, how much her experience as mayor would make her the perfect VP, etc., etc.
Joe Biden kind of did the same thing, but only after acknowledging the question with humility.
I think Sarah's answer there was not only the same technique of changing the topic. I think she did not understand the question, she does not know what Achilles' heel means!

Anyway, contentwise, the debate was relatively interesting. Joe Biden knows what he is talking about. Sarah Palin wants diplomacy but without sitting at the table with foreign leaders. To the question, Do you support same-sex marriage? they both answered The definition of marriage is between a man and a woman, but Joe Biden said he supports equal civil rights for gay couples. When Sarah was asked Do you support equal civil rights for gay couples? she answered the definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.
????

Are you gonna raise taxes? The definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.

Do you want to attack Pakistan? The definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.

Do you see Russia from your house? The definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.

In the end, what will be remembered of the debate is that Sarah is just like us, she is just like me "Joe Six-Pack" and you "Hockey Mom." And she talks like us. She is folksy, because that's just who she is, us. So, repeatedly, she said:

"I betcha"
"you're darn right"
"Joe Six-Pack"
"Hockey Mom"
"in Alaska up there" (a hundred times)
"also" (a million times)
"Obama, he" or "John and I, we"
"blessed their hearts"
"to tap into 'em"
"ready to back ye up"
"I tell ya"
"I can't wait to work with ya"

For the intonations and the face language that is just like ya, see video on the net.

Now, I want to tell my numerous American readers: Beware! Talking like the man in the street, sorry, like Joe Six-Pack or your regular "Hockey Mom," works. How do I know? Our dear French President Nicolas Sarkozy did it.

Never underestimate the power of language.

Anyway, I really look forward for this country to be governed by Joe Six-Pack and Hockey Mom, because really, what is so hard in governing a country that Joe Six-Pack and Hockey Mom can't do it. Those Liberals with all their Ph.Ds and expertise are not going to tell us how the world works. What do they know? They have spent their time learning stuff in libraries, how do they know how to look into foreign leaders' eyes and see their soul?