On Palin's interview, the one chord that struck me so wrong was the question that a lot of the media has latched onto to promote her inability to do the job: "Do you support the Bush Doctrine?" (Or something to that effect) What a loaded fucking question!! Give Obama that same question and he'd still stumble over it. the Bush doctrine? I couldn't tell you what it is. There was the pre- 9/11 doctrine. Post 9/11 doctrine. Iraq war doctrine, "Iraq quagmire" doctrine. I couldn't tell you what it is. And the refusal to explain exactly what he meant, which doctrine he was referring to, I found rude and uncalled for.
I thought the question was reasonable. Perhaps not if you're trying to become Ms. America, but it is if you're applying to become the 2nd most powerful person in the world.
I don't understand how calling her out on qualifications (and Obama too, for that matter) is automatically condescending.