It's not your fault.

I am Shawn Liu. I weigh about 145 pounds.
I co-founded Harvest. I update this blog sometimes.
@mrshawnliu

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  Here’s the thing: no matter which of the 50 states you’re talking about, you don’t just become its governor by looking cute and batting your eyelashes in front of camera.  Sarah Palin does not come from a politician family, nor did she graduate from an Ivy League school with a poli-sci major, nor is she Bloomberg-rich.  As far as we know, she is really just some ‘hockey mom’, and two years ago she beat, not one, but two experienced politicians (an incumbent governor and a former two-term governor) and was elected as the governor of Alaska.  Prior to “Troopergate”, her approval rating was more than eighty-percent in Alaska.

  Sure, she is inexerpienced, and she might not even be well-informed - but I don’t think she’s stupid.  And Sarah Palin, right now, must be surrounded by advisors and consultants, people who are very well-informed and probably very smart.  Don’t you think that before going into an interview, these advisors would brief her on the big topics?  I have no political experience, and I have a bad memory - but if you give me one day and prepare me on the topics of the financial crisis, war in Iraq, and health care - you bet I’ll sound quasi-intelligent in front of Katie Couric, as long as I can avoid her incessant blinking.

  This is far-fetched, but then again her being here on national stage is as far-fetched as it gets: maybe it’s their tactic to have her play dumb, and then tomorrow night she’s gonna jump on an over-confident Joe Biden and make him look like a fool on national TV.  I sure hope that doesn’t happen.

  1 Oct 2008