I, like many of you, watched the VP debates last night, thinking Sarah would fall on her face. Essentially, she did many times, but thanks to the "soft bigotry of low expectations", she seems to have survived well enough to stay on the ticket for now.
There were the gaffes everyone pointed out already. There was the winking. (WTF??? WINKING? Is she making a pass at every person watching? Did they actually COACH HER TO DO THAT?)
Still, one of the things that really struck me as downright scary, is the way she answered one question. I will try to paraphrase as accurately as I can, and if anyone wants to correct my interpretation, please do so.
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