Palin-Biden debate fallout

It's interesting to read some of the reactions. CNN and MSNBC came down most emphatically on Biden's side. They tried to be magnanimous towards the little woman, but one could see it cost them some severe internal injury. They admired Biden for restraining himself when Palin made a mistake about the commander in chief's name in Afghanistan (McKienan? McLellan?) but hastily moved on when someone mentioned Biden's "Bosniaks".

Knowledge of the Middle East was no body's strong suit. But Palin at least stuck to generalities while Biden, I guess, trying to look savvy and experienced, said the following:

"When we kicked - along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said and Barack said, "Move NATO forces in there. Fill the vacuum, because if you don't know -- if you don't, Hezbollah will control it."

I was unfamiliar with this particular event in history, unaware that Hezbollah had been kicked out of Lebanon by the Americans, or that NATO was under any obligation to intervene in Lebanon.

Simply Jews clarified the matter.

Thank the gods for SJ without whose vigilant astuteness we would be at sea here.

Anyway, personally I was unimpressed but very favourably inclined towards both VP hopefuls. They both expressed unconditional love for Israel and they both agreed that gay couples should not be disadvantaged by law. Very nice. Which to me suggested that essentially, they were both similar (except that he is a man and she is a woman of course). Oh, and I liked very much Sarah Palin's elegantly unconcerned hairdo. She had a sort of half a loose French braid. Very becoming. Her face seemed thinner than it was at the convention. The wages of being a victim to mass-media attention, I presume.