Yep. I noticed that. He was awkwardly patting her on the head and like, huffing 'well, see, there. a fine woman, there. a fine woman'.
Ooon the other hand, it's not like he was going to convince anyone either way at this point, so the only value was to gain insight into how he thinks of her. In many ways I still don't know, 'cause he just talks in such a buzz-word heavy way, it's not as if he's honest. Is he genuinely pleased with her 'performance' and potential, if in a paternalistic way, or is he totally stone-cold calculating? His character doesn't lend itself to that, y'know. Obama's more the 'stone-cold' one, according to people, at least, haha. I think he simultaneously treats her as his own 'breath of fresh air' (for his own campaign-- energizing it, bringing him relevancy, exposure, etc, a 'partner') and tries to back down on that and put her in her place in viewing her as a bit of a showhorse. It must sting that she's almost overtaken him in terms of public/media interest and response; he can't be entirely comfortable with that. I wonder if he really thinks she can overcome the 'old boys network' in any way, shape or form. Somehow I think he's in fact counting on her being inefficient at that, just likely to put on a good show, because the whole paternalistic approach implies he justifies it by thinking she'll be 'under control' and basically harmless. This is a guess though; I just don't think he'd willingly put a serious wild-card into play so close to his own home fire, so to speak. He's reckless but not that stupid, in the sense that he must have justifications or ideas about 'safeguards' in place.
I'm pretty sure Palin doesn't know about any of those, though. I read an article somewhere that compared him to the tragedy of McBeth, and Palin to Lady McBeth, and haha it really is a good comparison. He's huffing and puffing, but it wouldn't be difficult for her to run circles around him 'cause he doesn't take her seriously (I think) and would want to please her to keep his 'edge'.
Really, I didn't even take anything he said personally, though to be honest I didn't quite hear the bit about 'women's health' and/or it didn't fully register. He really just don't 'hear' anything outside his own index card one-dimensional understanding, as I noted in my post; it doesn't matter if it's women's health as a reason or any other contextual implication, 'cause he consistently dismissed all of them. It's really hard to believe this guy has a history of bipartisanship. For real. The only thing I can imagine is that he simply ignores aspects of people and in fact relies on the 'good old boy' vibe (ie, 'I know you, you're a fine fellow, let's shake hands and be honorable men', or whatever, unless he feels threatened or displaced).
Well, I'm sure he's a good guy. I mean, he likes literature, he does seem to have a sense of humor, and he's not dumb. Still, he doesn't listen and projects his own ideas onto people (like Palin or Obama) or complex situations (like abortion), and to me, that's clear with everything he said in the debate.
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Ooon the other hand, it's not like he was going to convince anyone either way at this point, so the only value was to gain insight into how he thinks of her. In many ways I still don't know, 'cause he just talks in such a buzz-word heavy way, it's not as if he's honest. Is he genuinely pleased with her 'performance' and potential, if in a paternalistic way, or is he totally stone-cold calculating? His character doesn't lend itself to that, y'know. Obama's more the 'stone-cold' one, according to people, at least, haha. I think he simultaneously treats her as his own 'breath of fresh air' (for his own campaign-- energizing it, bringing him relevancy, exposure, etc, a 'partner') and tries to back down on that and put her in her place in viewing her as a bit of a showhorse. It must sting that she's almost overtaken him in terms of public/media interest and response; he can't be entirely comfortable with that. I wonder if he really thinks she can overcome the 'old boys network' in any way, shape or form. Somehow I think he's in fact counting on her being inefficient at that, just likely to put on a good show, because the whole paternalistic approach implies he justifies it by thinking she'll be 'under control' and basically harmless. This is a guess though; I just don't think he'd willingly put a serious wild-card into play so close to his own home fire, so to speak. He's reckless but not that stupid, in the sense that he must have justifications or ideas about 'safeguards' in place.
I'm pretty sure Palin doesn't know about any of those, though. I read an article somewhere that compared him to the tragedy of McBeth, and Palin to Lady McBeth, and haha it really is a good comparison. He's huffing and puffing, but it wouldn't be difficult for her to run circles around him 'cause he doesn't take her seriously (I think) and would want to please her to keep his 'edge'.
Really, I didn't even take anything he said personally, though to be honest I didn't quite hear the bit about 'women's health' and/or it didn't fully register. He really just don't 'hear' anything outside his own index card one-dimensional understanding, as I noted in my post; it doesn't matter if it's women's health as a reason or any other contextual implication, 'cause he consistently dismissed all of them. It's really hard to believe this guy has a history of bipartisanship. For real. The only thing I can imagine is that he simply ignores aspects of people and in fact relies on the 'good old boy' vibe (ie, 'I know you, you're a fine fellow, let's shake hands and be honorable men', or whatever, unless he feels threatened or displaced).
Well, I'm sure he's a good guy. I mean, he likes literature, he does seem to have a sense of humor, and he's not dumb. Still, he doesn't listen and projects his own ideas onto people (like Palin or Obama) or complex situations (like abortion), and to me, that's clear with everything he said in the debate.