Mark Halperin: Palin showed herself to be a great communicator, like Bill Clinton or Reagan!

[ErinBerin84]

This line from conservatives just kills me. ABC World New's version of "post-debate analysis" tonight was to interview Mark Halperin. Honestly, that's it. They would show him clips, and he would respond. The clips chosen really made Palin seem better than she had been...they pointed out Palin getting the General's name wrong, but almost seemed to fault Biden for not correcting her on it. Halperin said that Palin showed that she's not some great policy expert, but she's a GREAT communicator, like Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan! He also thought that Palin saying that any criticism of Bush was just "looking in the past" was a "BRILLIANT move!" Brillant move?! I thought it made her look absolutely ridiculous, but that's Halperin for ya I guess.

[LisaM]

1. What an insult to Bill Clinton, being compared to Reagan

I'll tell you, Ronald Reagan will never be dead as long as that woman lives.

[Skidmore]

2. Her only resemblance is

that her lips move.

No substance. No there there.

[FrenchieCat]

3. This is called desperate Post Debate Spin.

Personally, if Mark Halperin disappeared tomorrow, I would not notice.

[Schulzz]

4. Comments like this should motivate him to do more rallies like Tuesday's. nt

[childslibrarian]

5. She's a great communicator???

Like who????
Give me a break. I am surprised they don't sit there and giggle. They think people buy this nonsense?
When will people understand that they hold the vast majority of us in contempt?

[Jade Fox]

6. These old goats whose brains short circuit when an attractive woman...

winks at them, apparently have no idea how ridiculous they sound.

The old saw "great communicator" (first used to excuse Reagan's loose connection to factual political really) means "great performer" or more accurately "great media con artist".

[melody]

7. Halperin has clearly been smoking something n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

8. He must have been watching the Canadian debate...

[Marsala]

9. F*cking pundits!

Where the hell do they get this stuff? She was a total phony! How out of touch are these people?

[Hansel]

10. Or Gidget. n/t