Winx,

I am not suggesting that he hasn't been though for the record I'm not the best person to ask about his record in that I have not followed him carefully or closely enough to really give reasons why I agree or disagree. But his being a good Senator isn't what the post was about. It was started by a person (though I've no issue with her) that wanted to take a few shots at Palin. They were deserved and I've not defended her abysmal lack of basic knowledge but again, it seems like partisanism (sic) is akin to putting on blinders--making excuses for and on behalf of others who engage in the same behavior.

I lean to the right on a number of issues but I also have voted Democrat over the years as well. I used to participate in other communities (those that were politically driven) and was asked to leave a few Republican communities because I refused to toe the line on some behavior that was unacceptable.

My point is simply that when we ignore the mistakes of those with whom we line up with politically while at the same time bashing those we don't, it takes away any real high ground. I am actually harder on Republicans when they F-up than Democrats in that I want those people who represent my beliefs to behave in a way that makes me not regret aligning myself with them--regardless of party affiliation.

It appears however that there is a double standard. Palin's anti-intellectualism is driven home point by frightening point while Biden is let off the hook with unconvincing platitudes about being someone prone to gaffes and someone who has been a good Senator. Neither of those answers however address the real issue and I think that is a big part of what is wrong with US politics today.

When we defend behavior because of a shared ideology we are putting politics before the content of character.

You, Winx have been pretty good about answering posts and you've never hidden when things aren't going your way so I've got respect for that and for many others here. I'm not trying to be purposefully difficult, just mildly so. :)

-Drew

I can't dispute a double standard by a left-leaning media, but in terms of their knowledge of the issues, Palin and Biden are not comparable.

I can tell by the attacks and the rhetoric that the liberal media, and most of its liberal citizen lackeys, are really scared of Palin; I sense a deep fear of her, and what she stands for, in all of them. Or, perhaps, it is jealousy because she actually has some personal beliefs that she dares to enunciate.

Sorry, Willy, but that is far from the truth.

I see what you are saying. You do sound fair.

I am able to laugh at both sides when I find them funny.

I see a difference in Palin and Biden. I watched the Couric interviews and couldn't believe what I saw.

In the case of this thread, I find it disgraceful that a V.P candidate would not know the most basic of geography. I can relate to Biden forgetting some history. But...basic geography is basic 4th grade knowledge.

I see Biden as a man that may have a tendency to need to put his foot into his mouth on occasion.

JMO.

yes her persoanl beliefs involve talking in tounges and calling herself a maverick sorta creeped me out

The McCain people's hatchet job on Sarah Palin was unwarranted and completely disgusting. McCain should have gone with his buddy Joe Lieberman and lost the election with him, or lost it with Giuliani, Romney, Huckabee. Jindall, or Pawlinty. The GOP was a sinking ship this year and Mad Captain Ahab McCain wasn't going to take the GOP campaign anywhere but to the bottom of the sea. Palin didn't lose it for him. I was never impressed with her but I also don't believe the garbage that was dumped on her today. It's just more lies from an election season based on sham and deception. The McCain workers who leaked this information should never be trusted to work for a campaign again.