She displayed this tendency early and often, answering a question about the so-called predatory lending that helped contribute to the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US housing market: "Everyday American people -- Joe Six-Pack, hockey moms across the nation -- I think we need to band together and say, never again."
Governor Palin also worked to head off talk of her inexperience, by early on referencing it herself: "How long have I been at this? Like five weeks," she said, when asked what promises she might not be able to keep, given the economic downturn.
"So there hasn't been a whole lot I have promised, except to do what is right for the American people, put government back on the side of the American people, stop the greed and corruption on Wall Street, and the rescue plan has got to include that massive oversight that Americans are expecting and deserving. I don't think that John McCain has made any promise that he would not be able to keep, either," she said.
But veiled behind her charm were pointed barbs at US Senator and presidential nominee of the Democratic Party Barack Obama, including accusations that he had voted against funding for US troops in Iraq and had undermined the US war effort by voting against the troop surge.
She also took on Senator Biden, telling him that, on issues of national security, he had in the past supported US Senator and Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain and been critical of Senator Obama's history on the Iraq issue.
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