And another thing :)
We all saw the bulge in the jacket of bush during the debate fueling the fire that he was getting assistance from others.
I am fully expecting Palin to have similar help.
And I think that she will be able to do so without anyone knowing. The number one telltale sign that someone is being prompted is the pregnant pause between the question and the answer. Palin, with her journalism degree and work on television, has had experience dealing with someone yakking in her ear while she presents information.
I would think that the one surefire way of detecting whether aid is being offered is her answers. We have all been subjected to the shakin', fixin' type language she uses. If someone is feeding her, she will not have time to shift their language into her own. If she says fixing...she's getting help.
Also, she has shown everyone that even with a sit down, softball throwing anchor, she talks in circles, repeats campaign points and has a decidedly moose in the headlights look when unsure which way to go. If she is being offered assistance, she will be straightforward, NOT repeat campaign slogans or resemble a moose.
No one, NO ONE, can recover that quickly. She might improve. She might have steeled up her resolve after days of being cajoled by all sides as to her preparedness but NO ONE can absorb the kind of information that she will need to absorb to look proficient in response to any and all of the questions put before her Thursday night. If she crams, she will get that blasted "day of test blank out" that so many of the procrastinating college students understand and have experienced. You simply cannot learn that much information in this short period of time and have command of it. Biden has years of not only expertise but INTEREST in the subjects that will be presented. Biden would do well to talk to the voters, steer clear of any altercation with Palin who will be working the angle of trying to get him to look arrogant, elitist, dismissive, patronizing, condescending. How do you do that when you are so clearly more informed, more knowledgeable, more involved with the information? It's going to be a thin line that he must walk.
Hopefully he'll be able to keep himself in check.
We all saw the bulge in the jacket of bush during the debate fueling the fire that he was getting assistance from others.
I am fully expecting Palin to have similar help.
And I think that she will be able to do so without anyone knowing. The number one telltale sign that someone is being prompted is the pregnant pause between the question and the answer. Palin, with her journalism degree and work on television, has had experience dealing with someone yakking in her ear while she presents information.
I would think that the one surefire way of detecting whether aid is being offered is her answers. We have all been subjected to the shakin', fixin' type language she uses. If someone is feeding her, she will not have time to shift their language into her own. If she says fixing...she's getting help.
Also, she has shown everyone that even with a sit down, softball throwing anchor, she talks in circles, repeats campaign points and has a decidedly moose in the headlights look when unsure which way to go. If she is being offered assistance, she will be straightforward, NOT repeat campaign slogans or resemble a moose.
No one, NO ONE, can recover that quickly. She might improve. She might have steeled up her resolve after days of being cajoled by all sides as to her preparedness but NO ONE can absorb the kind of information that she will need to absorb to look proficient in response to any and all of the questions put before her Thursday night. If she crams, she will get that blasted "day of test blank out" that so many of the procrastinating college students understand and have experienced. You simply cannot learn that much information in this short period of time and have command of it. Biden has years of not only expertise but INTEREST in the subjects that will be presented. Biden would do well to talk to the voters, steer clear of any altercation with Palin who will be working the angle of trying to get him to look arrogant, elitist, dismissive, patronizing, condescending. How do you do that when you are so clearly more informed, more knowledgeable, more involved with the information? It's going to be a thin line that he must walk.
Hopefully he'll be able to keep himself in check.
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