{"id":5749,"date":"2008-09-09T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/palin-trounces-biden-in-a-stra.html"},"modified":"2008-09-09T13:30:02","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T13:30:02","slug":"palin-trounces-biden-in-a-stra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/palin-trounces-biden-in-a-stra.html","title":{"rendered":"Palin trounces Biden in a straight match-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So much for the inexperienced meme! She beats the experienced one on the Democrat ticket <a href=\"http:\/\/afp.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5iGUhuxZE4tp9-74zqxzO6EEaYW1w\">53 to 44<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/uselection2008\/johnmccain\/2705087\/Sarah-Palin-dolls-go-on-sale-as-John-McCains-running-mates-popularity-soars.html\">And even has her own action figure<\/a>!<br \/>\nI guess it&#8217;s clear to see that McCain&#8217;s pick actually brought something to the ticket: excitement, money, <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/TheNote\/story?id=3105288&amp;page=1\">women volunteers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/fishbowlDC\/news_notes\/are_you_noticing_a_shift_in_coverage_93957.asp\">press<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/Vote2008\/story?id=5755471&amp;page=1\">crowds and even cheerleaders<\/a>. What did Obama add to his ticket with his pick? A gabby senior citizen whose claim to fame in foreign policy experience was suggesting that we partition Iraq and isn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2008\/POLITICS\/09\/08\/biden.palin\/index.html\">really generating much press<\/a> or interest. Woo-hoo, can you feel the excitement?<br \/>\nAnd what&#8217;s worse (and ironic) is that Obama has the tough job of figuring out how to handle an <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/TheNote\/story?id=3105288&amp;page=1\">Obama-type candidate<\/a> who is in the number two position. How can he take her down without engaging her? (Oh how McCain must be crowing over the fact that the discussion has turned from his ability to lead to Palin&#8217;s and Obama&#8217;s ability \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much for the inexperienced meme! She beats the experienced one on the Democrat ticket 53 to 44 \ud83d\ude42 And even has her own action figure! I guess it&#8217;s clear to see that McCain&#8217;s pick actually brought something to the ticket: excitement, money, women volunteers, press and crowds and even cheerleaders. 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