Camille Pagila on Sarah Palin (hat tip: Neil).

NathaniaJohnson at Thanks to Palin has a great post, making the argument to judge candidates on their records and actions, not their speaking abilities.

Biden is told to ignore Sarah Palin at the VP debate.   I found the entire article to be amusing, from the notion that Biden is a “common man” (despite the fact that Palin is both more in touch with people and more of a man than is Biden), and that Palin’s experience for the VP position will be a problem, while Obama’s lack thereof for the Presidency will not be.

Sarah Palin/rape kit myth thoroughly debunked.  Turns out, it was the hospitals that refused to send the bill to the police station, not the police that billed the women for it.  Of course, the whole thing didn’t pass the sniff test to begin with.

Check out this headline from the NY Daily News: “John McCain: Sarah Palin’s the best, forget the critics.”  More from the LA Times:

“You know, they can complain all they want to. I’ll rely on the American people. The American people have responded to her in a way that’s been wonderful. And I’ve had — what  wonderful person, a great leader, and the most popular governor in America.”

Yes - in the Palin-trashing, everyone seems to forget that she had the highest approval ratings of any governor in the country.

As if we’re supposed to be upset.  A video of Sarah Palin, competing in a beauty pageant in 1984, surfaced and is making its way around the interwebs.   She competed in that beauty pageant to get scholarship money to pay for college; as the third of four children of parents who were both elementary-school teachers, Sarah was not born into the type of family that could pay for her education.  Good one, liberals: make fun of Sarah, and, by extension, every single woman who has been a cocktail waitress or a bartender - who has used her looks and youth to put herself through school, pay the rent, and make ends meet in the only way open to her.  Way to go.

Gov. Mike Rounds (R-SD) on mentoring Sarah Palin in ‘06.  Hit the ground running?  Didn’t need the help that newbie governors needed?  That’s our gal!

Sarah Palin stumping in Philly - while ordering cheesesteaks for herself and Willow.

One undecided voter at Saturday’s stop said she was charmed after a brief talk with Palin, and more inclined to vote for McCain. Shannon Sampere, 24, of Newark, Del., said she and Palin talked about good bakeries in the area, adding that she found her to be very down to earth.”She’s a very genuine person,” Sampere said.

Time Magazine on Pakistan President Zardari’s meeting with Sarah Palin.  He’s charmed; he flirts; Pakistani feminists and conservatives are outraged.

Ohio’s Republicans are selling out (yes, selling - they cost $5, unlike the other, free version) of yard signs with just one word on them: Sarah!

Ohio farmer (those Ohioans love Sarah!) created a Sarah Palin crop circle.  (Here, the farmer describes how he did it.  Be still, my nerd heart!)