Here is a clip of everyone on TV trying desperately to explain Sarah Palin's lousy, winky, over-rehearsed debate performance. All of them say she was "folksy," a useless term that means she drops her g's when she speaks. That is literally all it means. Well, that and "she is a little dumb and a very nice example of the kind of condescending to rural voters and poors that we always admonish in Democrats and always celebrate in Republicans." Hey, click on this and watch astute political analysis by people who are very secure in their high-paying jobs! (Thanks, Intern Chris Person!)

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