Biden / Palin VP Debate, Oct 2nd @ 9PM EST

[DaemonSeid]

the most dangerous VP in history

[DaemonSeid]

and I forgot...at the end she said:

I like being able to answer these tough questions without the filter, even, of the mainstream media kind of telling viewers what they've just heard. I'd rather be able to just speak to the American people like we just did.



UUummmmm

1. Whose campaign had her hiding out from the media for 3 weeks?

2. Who flubbed everytime she spoke and misspoke?


The MSM is gonna have a field day with this....

[pinksirfidel]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

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1. Whose campaign had her hiding out from the media for 3 weeks?

2. Who flubbed everytime she spoke and misspoke?


The MSM is gonna have a field day with this....

I thought the same thing.

[SWTXBelle]

Forget the juggling 5 kids and the campaign - if she can juggle the campaign AND plan a wedding as MOB - THAT is impressive.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Forget the juggling 5 kids and the campaign - if she can juggle the campaign AND plan a wedding as MOB - THAT is impressive.

Didn't really think it took that long to plan a shotgun wedding.

[APhi Sailorgirl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Forget the juggling 5 kids and the campaign - if she can juggle the campaign AND plan a wedding as MOB - THAT is impressive.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Didn't really think it took that long to plan a shotgun wedding.

Actually they're supposedly thinking next summer according to the baby daddy's mom. Wonder if she's hoping for a white house wedding

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by APhi Sailorgirl

Actually they're supposedly thinking next summer according to the baby daddy's mom. Wonder if she's hoping for a white house wedding

They're getting married *AFTER* the baby's born?

[pinksirfidel]

Watching "Fix" News (Fox )... Who won the debate "text" poll? 12% Palin, 86% Biden
Consistent with the rest of the text polls (as of now). Interesting.

[CrackerBarrel]

Good debate.

I'm not a Palin fan, so I'm cheering for her to not hurt McCain, not to further her political future.

BUT

She held her own. Neither person answered any of the questions tonight really, but that's okay because Ifill was kind of annoying, she kept interjecting herself where she wasn't needed. No big gaffes on either side, except talking about same sex couples Biden accidentally said that they would work to protect the rights of those in gay marriages (he clearly meant relationships based on the context and misspoke, everyone I was watching with, all Democrats aside from me, heard it and cringed). That one will be in an ad probably, but aside from Joe describing Bosnians as "Bosniaks" (which is apparently right, but I've always heard them referred to as Bosnians in the US) that was the only "what!?!" moment I heard from either side. No home runs in this one either (probably somewhere close to a tie, Palin started far stronger, Biden finished strong), but that's fine because very few people are basing their votes on how the VPs convinced them. McCain may gain a little because Palin held her own and thus looks less incompetent than she has recently and may reassure some people. But my overall opinion is that that debate was probably pretty damn close to meaningless in the race.

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Good debate.

I'm not a Palin fan, so I'm cheering for her to...not to further her political future.

I agree.

BUT

She held her own. Neither person answered any of the questions tonight....

I disagree. I think there were times when Biden was throwing her a rope and she was just too clueless to pick up on it. She could have done much better but she did not.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by sigmadiva

I disagree. I think there were times when Biden was throwing her a rope and she was just too clueless to pick up on it. She could have done much better but she did not.

Like when?

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Like when?

Through the whole thing. It seemed to me especially when she did not answer the question, Biden would go back to answer the question in a way that she could effectively offer her rebuttal, but she said, 'Hey, I'm going to go back and talk about what I know - ENERGY!!' And to me, she did not do that too well.

And her whole 'folksy' talk, that got real old quick. Once or twice, okay, I could stand it, but not all the way through!!!! The VP may not do much, but it is still an important position. She just did not come off too polished, imo.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Good debate.

I'm not a Palin fan, so I'm cheering for her to not hurt McCain, not to further her political future.

BUT

She held her own. Neither person answered any of the questions tonight really, but that's okay because Ifill was kind of annoying, she kept interjecting herself where she wasn't needed. No big gaffes on either side, except talking about same sex couples Biden accidentally said that they would work to protect the rights of those in gay marriages (he clearly meant relationships based on the context and misspoke, everyone I was watching with, all Democrats aside from me, heard it and cringed). That one will be in an ad probably, but aside from Joe describing Bosnians as "Bosniaks" (which is apparently right, but I've always heard them referred to as Bosnians in the US) that was the only "what!?!" moment I heard from either side. No home runs in this one either (probably somewhere close to a tie, Palin started far stronger, Biden finished strong), but that's fine because very few people are basing their votes on how the VPs convinced them. McCain may gain a little because Palin held her own and thus looks less incompetent than she has recently and may reassure some people. But my overall opinion is that that debate was probably pretty damn close to meaningless in the race.

I actually agree. I also think that Palin was giving more of a pep talk than actually debating. Biden was making an effort to debate, but his energy and humor were noticeably lacking, presumably because he was trying not to say something stupid.

[nittanyalum]

I'll concede it won't necessarily cause a huge swing to either side, but I wouldn't call it "meaningless". I think it's important we get a look at who the #2s on the tickets are, particularly since one of them has basically been kept in a shroud for the better part of her candidacy. Biden saying Bosniacs was no worse than Palin calling the General in Afghanistan by the wrong name. Palin did flat out not answer several questions, though, and was a bit of a one-note Nellie. She was so controlled so as to not make gaffes, she had absolutely no depth or breadth to her answers. And I don't know who coached her to do that cutesy, "Aw, come on now, Joe" stuff, but good lord was that annoying. It felt like she was in the interview section of a pageant most of the time, the constant fake smiling, the goofy winks and folksy Fargo-like talk, it was just too over-the-top. One heartbeat away. Seriously. Bone-chillingly terrifying, that prospect. I always thought of Biden as kind of a quirky guy and wasn't prone to take him as a serious VP prospect, but his performance tonight actually gave me a great sense of confidence.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I'll concede it won't necessarily cause a huge swing to either side, but I wouldn't call it "meaningless". I think it's important we get a look at who the #2s on the tickets are, particularly since one of them has basically been kept in a shroud for the better part of her candidacy. Biden saying Bosniacs was no worse than Palin calling the General in Afghanistan by the wrong name. Palin did flat out not answer several questions, though, and was a bit of a one-note Nellie. She was so controlled so as to not make gaffes, she had absolutely no depth or breadth to her answers. And I don't know who coached her to do that cutesy, "Aw, come on now, Joe" stuff, but good lord was that annoying. It felt like she was in the interview section of a pageant most of the time, the constant fake smiling, the goofy winks and folksy Fargo-like talk, it was just too over-the-top. One heartbeat away. Seriously. Bone-chillingly terrifying, that prospect. I always thought of Biden as kind of a quirky guy and wasn't prone to take him as a serious VP prospect, but his performance tonight actually gave me a great sense of confidence.

Because you were already supporting Obama/Biden and expected Joe to win. To be honest, so did I, and I was pleasantly surprised that in my opinion it came out somewhere close to a tie. Time graded both of them as a B and I would tend to agree. She avoided specifics, but did it without coming across as just not answering. There were a number of cases where both of them either answered the question which was asked of the other or didn't answer the question at all - and I think at least part of that was Ifill's fault. Why was she, say, asking a question of Biden, then asking a different question of Palin before Biden had responded, so Joe had to talk and then Palin had to talk about a (at times completely) different question that was asked 5 minutes before and not repeated without having the chance to respond to Biden? Ifill did that both ways and it made no sense to me, just seemed like a pointless structure. The odd thing to me was the way the different sections came out. Palin outdid Biden on foreign policy (the entire reason he is the VP) while Biden won on energy and tax cuts (the two big Republican campaign platforms). Certainly didn't see that coming. Biden "out-facted" Palin, but using too many facts and statistics makes you harder to follow at times (which he sometimes was, particularly early in the debate). He seemed more knowledgable, but also kind of dispassionate. He seemed almost sad rather than angry at times when angry seemed like the correct emotion. Palin was impressive because I think the main reason people tuned in was to see her flop. She didn't and fought a 36 year Senate veteran to something at least pretty close to a tie and I think that may tilt the scales a little in her favor tonight simply because of how low the expectations were.

But in the end, people are going to remember this debate for about 48 hours. Palin seems like less of an irresponsible choice than she did before the debate, and if that lets her get back on the trail on the attack it could chage the race, but the debate itself isn't going to change many minds at all.