Like I said in reply to Di, ‘tart’ may not be the correct word to convey my opinion or thoughts, but it was the best I had at the time on my mind.

Dave, you’re one of the smartest people I know. If you don’t know I judge people on substance rather than appearance, I just don’t know what to say.

I just never saw her substance.

That was your problem, not hers.

Sorry to pounce on you nephew, but you’re old enough to judge people by more than how they look, or talk.

I stand by Palin not being convincing. I do agree that McCain was doomed by the tip-toeing he kept doing down the middle to not make anyone angry. He needed to take a stand or two and didn’t.

Of course, McCain and Obama did a great job in their debate of not answering anything.

I don’t know why I bother, Chicago decided long ago that Obama would win Illinois. I have to say my vote truly didn’t matter.

As for Gov Palin. She blew O’Biden out of the water in her VP debate. She was dead-on with the facts. O’Biden had over a dozen factual errors (as reported by Fact-Check after the debate). I mean this was a man who said we and the UN had kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon… Never happened. O’biden is a daily gaft-machine.

Gov Palin was the only true conservative in the race. Her problem was that she was running with a moderate like McCain. Did you notice that he lost the moderate/independent AND the conservative vote in the election? He wouldn’t fight, wouldn’t take it to The One, even told a lady in a town hall meeting that she would have nothing to fear if The One was presdent, he’d do a fine job… Say What?

I hope you saw Greta’s interview with Gov Palin last night. None of that crap about the clothes issue, her not knowing about NAFTA, or thinking that Africa is a country was true. All lies and smears to harm Gov Palin’s political future. The lies are coming from the moderate Republican’s, McCain’s staff, and even from Romney’s staff who worked with Gov Paln. They are terrified by how she electrified the crowds and communicated with people (like Ronald Reagan did).

I also suspect you have a bigger problem with strong conservative women (and not just Gov Palin). But that’s another story.

Perhaps tart is the wrong word, but I can’t think of a good one.