Palin is not qualified to be Vice President. I keep coming back to this exchange from her interview with Katie Couric:

Couric: When President Bush ran for office, he opposed nation-building. But he has spent, as you know, much of his presidency promoting democracy around the world. What lessons have you learned from Iraq? And how specifically will you try to spread democracy throughout the world?

Palin: Specifically, we will make every effort possible to help spread democracy for those who desire freedom, independence, tolerance, respect for equality. That is the whole goal here in fighting terrorism also. It’s not just to keep the people safe, but to be able to usher in democratic values and ideals around this, around the world.

Specifically, I’m going to be very general. The problem is not this exchange by itself. The problem is that every question is answered this way. She has no credibility in foreign policy.

Honestly, her answers do more than reveal her inadequacy. They are an all-out assault on the English language. She strings together meaningless cliches and right-wing talking points. Read that answer again. It means absolutely nothing. The purpose of her words is to obscure the nothingness that lies behind them. Hideous.