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VP Debate: Part 19 - Achilles Heel (video)
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VP Debate: Part 19 - Achilles Heel (video)
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October 2, 2008. Washington University in St. Louis

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It’s Official: GOP Ticket Now “Winky and Wrinkly”
Firedoglake — Sarah Palin proved last night she's more qualified to host a game show than be Vice President of the United States. She looked directly into the camera and delivered one canned line after another with nary an "um" or an "uh," but her complete inability to do ...

Jane Hamsher: It's Official: GOP Ticket Now "Winky and Wrinkly"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Sarah Palin proved last night she's more qualified to host a game show than be Vice President of the United States. She looked directly into the camera and delivered one canned line after another with nary an "um" or an "uh," but her complete inability to do anything other than insert prepared speeches into more or less appropriate places became clear when Gwen Ifil asked the candidates about their personal limitations: IFILL: Let's talk conventional wisdom for a moment. The conventional wisdom, Gov. Palin with you, is that your Achilles heel is ...

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