Monday, October 6, 2008

Travellers’ Blog Entry No. 17

The Debate of Sarah Palin and Joe Biden is a topic in the German media, too.
During the last week, Sarah Palin had been described as a insecure and a shilly-shally person, who has hardly any experiences in politics. The parodies of her person in the late-night-shows had been the content of many German comments on to the presidential elections in the USA.
But now, after the dabate, all this changed. Sarah Palin isn't anylonger the "underdog" the "no-name politician from Alaska".
Joe Biden was expected to be competent and self-secure during the debate. No surprises. With his long years of experience in politics he succeeded, of course.
But the German media waited to see the downfall of Sarah Palin during the debate. But Sarah Palin does not act according to the expectations.
Palin showed her abandon ans self-confidence, which had made her become popular in the first days of her candidature. The charming "Hockey Mom" was relaxed, her voice sounded confirmed - the complete opposite to her interviews of the last days. She stand in for her and McCain's positions and the viewer could see and hear her confidence, while she was speaking to the American nation.
The German media demonstrates respect to the vice-presidential candidate Palin. "Palin conquers America, again" and other positively sounding headlines, could be read in the newspapers and online editions.
The debate was shown in TV - the viewer levels were higher than they had been during the Presidential debate with Obama and McCain.
The coverage gets more and more intense. That shows, that Germany is curious about who will be the next President of the USA and who will be in the leading and responsible position to solve the financial problems.

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