Big Debate Tomorrow: Gen X Know-Nothing vs. Maturity, Experience & Wisdom

Democrats & other such Obama-backing middle-of-the-roaders are anxious for Gov. Palin to totally, like, reveal herself as an example of why John McCain can't make a single good decision w/ his gut, or whatever it is he's using to conceptualize his campaign. We may not get the effect expected even when she gets completely lost in the third repetition of an answer that doesn't answer the question. Apparently the American cobra wants to be hypnotized by the mongoose. "We don't need no statistics, fuck the facts," say the masses, hoping for a decent, lower middle-class Britney Spears type to lead us out of the economic desert. The Beeb looks into Gov. P.'s Alaska debate experience & style. What to watch for?

"The one thing I found during the [2006] debates was no matter how knowledgeable her opponents were on the issues, it didn't matter," Mr Halcro told BBC News. "She has an amazing ability to turn a 45 second answer into a folksy story... she's never been forced to know the issues."

Ah, we do have another Ronald Reagan here, don't we? And a rather snotty, dare we say, rhymes w/ witchy type, at that.

Having studied at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School, in addition to being a lifelong Alaskan and lawmaker, Mr Halcro came to the debates armed with a wealth of knowledge and statistics.

Mrs Palin even said Mr Halcro would make "the awesomest statistician," when asked during a debate what position she would appoint Mr Halcro to if elected governor.

"Awesomest." It's occurred to us that Gov. Palin is the first "Gen X'er" to hit a major-party presidential ticket. You can quibble about the Baby Boom cut-off, & where Sen. Obama falls in the "Boom-X" continuum, but compared to Gov. Palin, the Senator from Illinois is completely Old School, w/ his education, law degree, & knowledge beyond Alaska. Now we'll see what the Boomers have wrought w/ their mutant idiot children.