LOL, alright, I'll bite. Sorry, I don't have a quantitative comparison to prove that she is more idiotic and more mean, but idiotic and mean in general, sure, I've got that covered.
The only fact I need to indicate that she is lacking a few lights upstairs is to tell you to watch the Couric interviews. We have seen that the woman can deliver a memorized speech, ala the RNC speech she gave and her acceptable performance in the debate last week, but when she has to be spontaneous, she completely falls apart. Her sentences were fragmented gibberish. She could not name a single Supreme Court Case she cared about. I also point to the fact that in the debate, there was a question that asked if the VP candidates have ever changed their minds on any political issue. She had nothing. I'm sorry, but someone who cannot learn and grow throughout their lives, who dogmatically sticks to their guns rather than assimilating new information, is in my book an idiot.
You can try to say about her interview manner that "Oh, she was just flustered". I'm sorry, as the potential president of the United States, you SHOULD NOT be easily flustered. You should be cool as a cucumber. This is an issue I also have with McCain, but you asked about Palin, so I'll stick to the subject. As president, you will be facing opponents who are far, far more antagonistic than Katie Couric, who would make her look like a fluffy little newborn kitten.
As for the mean... she called herself a pitbull with lipstick. She freaking called herself mean. I need do nothing more. However, with Troopergate on the horizon, there will be many a FACT indeed on her abuse of power and her vindictiveness.
And monsterbrain, I know you're stressed (ala tthe thread you started about drowning) I understand, I am a first year having to do some adjustments myself, but think happy thoughts hon. I did not write this to antagonize you. I think politics are interesting, and I am absolutely willing to have political discussions, I just think things shouldn't get personal, and I have tried not to attack you here. I hope I have succeeded.