Good grief.
Read those right off the cards, didn't you?
Palin was at least as well "prepared" as Obama, if you look at actual political experience. The difference was that Obama could talk foggy crap all day long and never get caught out on it. He just sounded so GOOD when he talked. And he didn't have that funny regional accent. And he was so smart! You could tell by all the coneheads pointing at him and saying "what a smart guy!"
It was carefully explained in short sentences and small words why wolves were shot from helicopters. Didn't take with some people. I bet you would have loved Teddy Roosevelt.