To bring this over from the Ukraine thread.

Hawk, part of the problem with Palin is that compared to many of her contemporaries she is dumb, or at the very least less learned. Palin has all the feelings of a pageant queen or news anchor, someone who's coached on a number of things.

But if you compare her to say Hildog.

Palin went to/enrolled in 5 different colleges and took 5 years to get her 4 year degree. After graduating college she went and worked as a sportscaster.

Hildog went to Wessley College, then to Yale Law, and then moved onto being an attorney.

I don't think Palin is dumb, but generally when you're dealing with politicians you're generally dealing with Lawyers etc. who're usually more educated. She isn't dumb by normal standards. She's probably above average intelligence, but when compared ot most of her contemporaries, she stuggles.