Earth To Palin: Stop Going On CBS

It's just not going very well:

Gov. Palin at Monday’s event in Columbus, OH: I do look forward to Thursday night and debating Senator Joe Biden. We are going to talk about those new ideas, new energy for America. I’m looking forward to meet him too. I’ve never met him before. But, I’ve been hearing about his senate speeches since I was in like 2nd grade.

Katie Couric: You made a funny comment, you’ve said you have been listening to Joe Biden’s speeches since you were in second grade.

Gov. Palin: It’s been since like ‘72, yah.

Katie Couric: You have a 72-year-old running mate, is that kind of a risky thing to say, insinuating that Joe Biden’s been around awhile?

Gov. Palin: Oh no, it’s nothing negative at all. He’s got a lot of experience and just stating the fact there, that we’ve been hearing his speeches for all these years. So he’s got a tremendous amount of experience and, you know, I’m the new energy, the new face, the new ideas and he’s got the experience based on many many years in the Senate and voters are gonna have a choice there of what it is that they want in these next four years.

That's Governor Palin, arguing for Barack Obama's election.

The expectations are so low for Thursday night that as long as she doesn't gnaw at the podium and speak in tongues it'll be seen as a success, but I'm actually not sure she can get over that.

Incidentally, on Thursday night after the debate, I'll be on The Mike Malloy Show, anchored by guest host Brad Friedman of BradBlog, from 7:30-9:00pm (Nationally Syndicated via NovaM Radio, Sirius Ch. 146, XM Ch. 167, Call-In#: 800-989-1480). I think Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel) will be joining us too, so it should be fun.