Given Obama's resume, you'll note that I do not fault Palin for a lack of experience, although to be fair, there are certainly more people in Obama's Illinois constituency than in Palin's whole state. What I fault Palin on is HOW she's tended to behave, as mayor and as governor, and for the policies she embraces, and for her ignorance on a number of issues, which she made reverberatingly clear in her interview last night. I can't wait for the VP debate, although unfortunately I'm sure the inevitable annihilation of Palin at the hands of Biden will be interpreted by the right as a bully picking on a girl rather than what it will be, simply the more knowledgeable candidate blowing the doors off his opponent.

I do perceive the difference in saying "I pray that this war is God's will" and saying "This war is God's will." What I'm saying is that I believe Palin (and McCain and most of the conservative base in this country) MEAN the latter when they say the former, and to me that's not good.