I hate to say I told you so ...

This article on the New York Times ends with a very interesting set of paragraphs:

"For now, the preparation for the debate and the sessions with Mr. Gibson are one and the same. Aides have developed a set of presumed questions and answers that they are walking Ms. Palin through.

Aides traveling with Ms. Palin have reported back to associates that she is a fast study — asking few questions of her policy briefers but quickly repeating back their main points — who already has considerable ease and experience before cameras.

A former aide in Alaska who had helped prepare Ms. Palin for her campaign debates there said she had a talent for distilling information into digestible sound bites. The aide said she generally prefers light preparatory materials to heavy briefing books, and prefers walking through potential questions and answers with aides to holding mock sessions."

Will she be able to play the part after three weeks plus of practice? Yes. Will Biden annhilate her? No. Will the Republicans declare she is qualified? Yes. Is this proof she is qualified? Not unless acting was high on the list of Presidential or Vice Presidential pre-requisite qualifications.

I hate to say it ... but I told you so.