Debates of all ilk

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Leaked footage of Sarah Palin's closing statement for tonight.

Thanks to you, the office keyboard is now totally ruined.

[Ghoulish Delight]

A behind-the-scenes look at Biden's debate prep:

http://www.236.com/news/2008/10/01/d...s_w_1_9211.php

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Dog-gone it!

[innerSpaceman]

I think the only question remaining is whether this will go down as more boring or less than the first presidential debate.


Snore, snore, zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I like how she answered the question about her flaws, by completing ignoring it or misunderstanding the question.

And then he pulled out the dead wife and child card...and got choked up. Day-um. That was less boring.

Her reaction? I am beginning to think she is a robot. I may have to revise my I [screw] Robots teacher to I [screw] Robots (except for the alin-bot).

[Andrew]

I scored two BINGO, one the hard way.

[scaeagles]

My quick thoughts -

First, Ifill was no factor and concerns about her book and potential bias were clearly unfounded.

Secondly, Palin came across very well, not the stupid Couric interviewee that's been deservedly portrayed. While she didn't answer a couple of questions, Biden was guilty of that as well. There was one question she sounded like an absolute idiot on, but otherwise did an exceptional job.

Biden was clearly the more experienced debater and I would say he technically won the debate, but Palin certainly was effective at changing the image that's out there, and in that way she won. I predict a small bounce for McCain because of that.

Biden was about the most likable I'd ever seen him. Not in the least condescending nor arrogant.

[bewitched]

Generally, I think Palin did a good job speaking. (I was kinda hoping for a bigger "entertainment" factor.) It would've been nice if she would've answered more the actual questions instead of giving snippits of a stump speech. Still...much better than most people expected, which was what she needed to do.

(BBC is saying, "She didn't do enough and Biden didn't make any mistakes" therefore, it changes nothing.)



As an aside, every time she winked at the camera and said things like, "Say it ain't so Joe," I would think of Tina Fey with her fingers in the air going, "Pew, pew, pew..."

and,

"John McCain has already tapped me..." is an SNL skit just waiting to be written.

[CoasterMatt]

You need to see the Bill & Ted's Halloween Adventure show at Universal Studios Hollywood (Halloween Horror Nights).

[Gemini Cricket]

Palin did not suck. But she wasn't good, either. A CNN political commentator said something afterward that hit home for me. She talked about how in a 9/11 situation that she could not picture Palin making the decision to shoot down aircraft that flew in a restricted area while the President circled in Air Force One. I can't picture that either.

Biden was great. I found myself being impressed with him. There's a reason he's been in the Senate since he was 30. He sounded presidential to me, she did not.

Palin's cutesy sh!t is wearing thin on me. I'm also glad that Biden called her and McCain on all the 'Maverick' talk.

I even found myself teary-eyed when he talked about his son in the military. I loved that he pointed out that she didn't corner the market on family life.

I think tonight Palin erased her Couric interview image. But it made invisible Biden look downright awesome, imho.