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“It should be noted: There was no clap response to Palin saying she doesn’t agree with gay marriage.”
Mr Poe,
you are in a room full of Log Cabinettes, aren’t you?
Glad JB brought up the Supremes talking about Bork. Nice reminder of the bullet we dodged on that one.
Reminder: you can’t win a national election being 100% pro-gay.
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Why was she fucking winking? Please, everyone, be embarrassed.
i missed every single wink. i was reading liveslog instead. thank GOD i recorded the debate.
The conservatives are already harping on Palin’s victory because she was so “folksy” and “attractive” and “didn’t screw up”.
The vice presidential debates brought the Internet to its knees! Site after site was down, or updating with huge lag times.
is the governor’s going for the paula abdul debate?
So, I seem to remember that Palin tried to portray the Obama healthcare plan as “universal coverage” and play into people’s distrust of the government – did Biden just let that go?
I couldn’t bear to watch all of it. She was babbling! Did she answer even one question? She was asked about her Achilles’ Heel; she obviously didn’t know what that meant, she just started ranting about – I don’t even know! And when they asked about the VP role and the Executive Branch, she wandered all over the place, even brought in her “executive” experience as governor!! She doesn’t understand ANYTHING!!! And the horrible part is that I know there are lots of people out there that thought she was awesome. *headdesk*
Is it just me or does Palin remind anyone else of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer?
“I’m just a Governor… I don’t understand your Big City DC ways…”
She pulled that over and over in the Debate.
I can’t decide what was the best part—when Palin said “betcha” and talked about soccer games in the first 30 seconds of her first answer, when she winked at the camera, or when Palin wrapped up a particularly nonsensical answer and Biden flashed that “are you fucking kidding me” smile. All so good.
Did anyone else notice who this celebrated mother didn’t mention any of her children by name, and didn’t even seem to acknowledge the one in the army?
And I really, truly wish that Biden had pointed out that there is absolutely no way the Palin family could buy insurance with little Trig as part of the equation.
That “folksy” “Joe Six-pack” “Hockey Mom” approach/words that she kept on giving is very insulting to me.
I think this was better than a Palin melt-down, because that’s already happened, and it might not have helped to repeat it. This way Biden had everyone watching for 90 mins while he pretty much systematically answered all of the McCain publicity points. So Palin showed she’s not such an incompetent parrot, while Biden had lots of very valuable airtime to really drive home the differences between Obama and McCain.
The Republicans made a bad decision to play Sarah as populist vs. Biden. He just exudes populism, but with a battle-weary wisdom I think will appeal to some of the older middle-of-the-road crowd.
“the hemorrhaging has stopped for now” Mark Shields/NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
It looked like she was at a high school debate and was more concerned with smiling, using folksy comments and making her daddy proud. Did she really say her achilles’s heel was education?