Yes, we can.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Tina Fey said it best on Letterman: You look at her and get the sense that she's just as smart as me...and that's just not good enough for VP damnit!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Just popping in to say that I want to carve a pumpkin. Wish we had more time to have a carving party.

How weird, I was thinking about this myself just this morning, for no reason. I'm a bit worried of pissing off my neighbors who already don't like us much, or ending up with a smashed pumpkin (which I'm not sure I could handle in a mature fashion). But, the idea did pop into my head and now I want to do it even more...

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Tina Fey said it best on Letterman: You look at her and get the sense that she's just as smart as me...and that's just not good enough for VP damnit!

I've never looked at her and thought she's just as smart as me. I'm surprised you did.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Tom

I've never looked at her and thought she's just as smart as me. I'm surprised you did.

Here's the thing.

1) It was the politest way to say it.
2) I am well aware that our perception of her is highly distorted. She was thrown into a world that was WAY out of her league and she floundered. She came out looking far dumber than she actually is. I can't imagine being sat down in front of Katie Couric with as little preparation time as they gave her and coming off looking particularly intelligent. It's like taking a college baseball player who was a walk on on his team, making him face Nolan Ryan in his prime, and pointing and laughing at him when he strikes out and nearly falls down swinging at a 100mph fastball.

I do not think she's a blathering moron. I think she possesses the attitude that is courted by the Republican party that values brashness and "gumption" over knowledge. That attitude earned her the governorship, so I don't blame her for holding on to it. But playing it by ear doesn't cut it in the majors. She got a very ugly, painful lesson in the difference between ability and skill, and the reality that just because you got a knack for something doesn't mean you don't also have to sit down and gather some knowledge to rise to the highest level.