Minor Slip? Or Precursor?

Palin defends McCain over comment

Sep 17, 6:58 PM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said Wednesday that Democrats were out of bounds for criticizing John McCain when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

In an interview with Fox News Channel, Palin said: "It was an unfair attack on the verbiage that Sen. McCain chose to use because the fundamentals, as he was having to explain afterwards, he means our work force, he means the ingenuity of the American people. And of course, that is strong and that is the foundation of our economy."

Source

Verbiage

noun [U] FORMAL DISAPPROVING

Language which is very complicated and which contains a lot of unnecessary words:

“His explanation was wrapped up in so much technical verbiage that I simply couldn't understand it.”

Cambridge OnLine Dictionary



My guess is that her quote speaks for itself. I'm not sure I'm ready for four years of this. On the other hand, Ms. Palin is often lauded for her candor. I assume that includes her recent reference to the "Palin-McCain" ticket, and the above insight about "verbiage."

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For my anonymous Clinton supporter and reader: I'm not sure if this qualifies as "criticism," "bashing," both, or neither.