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October 2, 2008 9:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience!
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December 22, 2010 3:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much knowledge about this issue, and so much passion. You also know how to make people rally behind it, obviously from the responses. Youve got a design here thats not too flashy, but makes a statement as big as what youre saying. Great job,children health indeed.
January 21, 2011 8:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm nervous!
October 2, 2008 9:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it over yet?
October 2, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes
October 2, 2008 10:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
It makes me mad, why oh why should we feel this nervous when the opponent is an obvious idiot?
Joe, please...
October 2, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
it's over before it began
October 2, 2008 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm hoping for a train wreck. Is that unamerican?
October 2, 2008 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't watch. It's too awful.
October 2, 2008 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's American, we love tabloid blotter
October 2, 2008 9:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
For once I wish I had a TV. Just listening on NPR.
October 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can I call you Joe?
October 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Half a point for Palin.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's gonna call him Joe...
That's nice...
October 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
So it begins
October 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Introduced her as Governor Palin and then just "Joe" Biden. No slight there, am glad it wasn't the other way around.
October 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
kiss it Joe
October 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey guys, this is my 1st post, I am on here all the time. I feel like I know you guys.
October 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you have that twenty bucks you owe me?
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hello. I have been reading a long time too, even if I do not comment much. Anyway, nice to see you, Josh.
October 2, 2008 11:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Soccer?
October 2, 2008 9:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe was ready for the bailout question.
So is Palin -- soccer mom.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has this been a good time or a bad time in the economy? Good question if you don't know anything.
October 2, 2008 9:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, before all of this is over, her accent is going to drive me INSANE.
Should we start a "betcha" counter?
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Betcha" count indeed. How about a tally of these as well: "gosh darn," "up there," and "also, too." My beginning speech students know this stuff as garbage and filler. And don't even get me started about NUCULAR.
My first post, by the way. You regulars crack me up!
October 2, 2008 11:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
She already brought up the hockey rink.
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oversight? Seriously?
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
huh? Off on a tangent at the gates? Oversight from a repug?
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's quivering...and really not comfortable.
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh, I am too.
:/
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
They're both wearing flag pins!
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't let 'em hear you sigh, Joe!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh god, the soccer mom thing...
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
she is nervous
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
suspending his own campaign. . .I thought that was debunked. . .
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
"SUSPENDED HIS CAMPAIGN"... BIG "PERCEPTION" DROP AT THOSE WORDS.
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is she always going to begin with Biden? Better if Palin is first I think.
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe's being to techie
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
the joe line was good....
October 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
So far Biden focusing on McCain and Bush - that's good.
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Neither of them are looking at the other. Uh oh. Then again, they seem to have never met? How odd.
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
oh I'm a fundamental!
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG, she just winked at America.
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is Palin reading off index cards?
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
She WINKED at ME!
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I seriously can't deal, and watching the ballgame instead. Please let me know if it's safe to wade in.
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's spouting a script. Oh dear, oh dear.
October 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is that what it was? I thought maybe they had swapped her with a robot.
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not fair to Palin that she has to defend McCain's ridiculous "the fundamentals are the workers" statement.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why does this remind me of the Winona Ryder trial?
October 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Five minutes in, she's a different person from those interviews.
October 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's sorta true, but she also sounds to me like the "Disclaimer Voice" at the end of a radio spot, like she's trying to cram in a memorized line before the end of a 30-second cutoff...
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow! what a sexy answer!
October 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin appears to be well-scripted at this point...
October 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's really showing signs of being quite over-coached. She's already used her worn out cliches and catch-phrases. "soccer game" "you betcha" "darn right" (twice already!)...
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, this is not good - she is looking directly into the camera and coming off very sincere.
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
SLOW. MOVING. TRAIN. WRECK!
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe Sixpack count: 1
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ooooh she invokes "Joe Six-Pack"
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lila -
did you find any women economists yet?
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Am I at the wrong debate....sounds more like a PTA debate
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
When the hell was Palin ever exploited by predatory lenders, or wall street for that matter?
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden needs to loosen up. He seems tense. Don't overthink this thing.
October 2, 2008 9:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy shit...she's loaded for moose with slogans
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
When will Joe pull out, "I'd like to know what Gov. Palin thinks about that..."
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's been given rhyme and verse on this subject.
Darn right? Heck? Hurtin'? Downhome 6 pack lingo?
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
How can you have a "team of mavericks"? That's like the Union of Lone Gunmen.
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was thinking Clydesdales when she said that.
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOOK AT THE CAMERA, JOE!
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Simplistic answers to simplistic problems. Not real world. All make believe.
October 2, 2008 9:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's so over-practiced and stiff. Joe is flowing.
October 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden's doing a good job contrasting McCain and Obama... I just wish he's relax a bit.
October 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Christ did I choose the wrong drinking game word. Tomorrow will be difficult.
October 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think Biden's affect is intentional. Non-threatening, not letting himself get worked up.
October 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pop Quiz: Who wins in a fight, Joey Danko or Joe Six-Pack?
October 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
She seems a little nervous; she's speaking quickly, maybe a little too quickly.
Biden is a little slower in response, which I think is good.
So far Biden seems a little more specific.
Palin doing better than the Couric interview.
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's already won the debate. I'm just saying.
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's getting sarcastic and nasty already. It's only been 15 minutes!
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's got a real nasty attitude. That face she makes as she's talking scares me worse than Chucky.
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Unfortunately, I don't think it matters. Her sarcasm isn't as cutting as McCain's and doesn't come across as particularly nasty. Her folksy manner wears well too. She comes off as completely reasonable and not at all dumb.
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm drinking every time I see the Irish smile. Yeaaah, baby.
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why drink then? I find it totally intoxicating all on its own.....
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice switch from regulation to tax relief
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's not screwing up. So she's exceeding expectations. Joe needs to counter-punch these "facts" she's spewing.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
She has no clue what goes on in Washington and her resolutions are childish.
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now, she's lying. Damn, why do they keep repeating this lie!
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ooooh, someone called her out!
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
that's right Joey - call her out!
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you Joe!
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awesome gas tank anecdote...
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
477 times! Woo-hoo!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hit her on her track record...troopergate
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama and Biden voted for the highest tax increase in US history!!!!
I think I've officially drifted into La La Land.
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
They told her it doesn't matter if you answer the question.
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly.
She is supposed to answer next about taxing health benefits. What are the odds on that?
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not going to answer the questions like you want!
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gwen throws herself in front of the firehose, YES!
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Ifill defense rears its head! It's a vast left wing conspiracy.
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
SHE DIDN'T ANSWER - THIS WILL BE HER TACTIC (OR IS THAT A STRATEGY?)!!!
October 2, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's gettin' a bit fiesty. Interesting to watch the meter on CNN.
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ifill: Why is that not "class warfare"?
WTF?
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, the question now is can she play for 4 quarters? She may run out of cliche's before too long.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's not really working with cliches. She's working with prepared answers. I think she'll manage.
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agreed.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here it comes. The wheels are about to come off. Biden showing compassion, Palin starting to show signs of nervousness and defensiveness...
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Argh, I'm still trembling.
October 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's reading index cards
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
It doesn't matter if she's using index cards. It's working. She's coming off as credible.
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
We have a different value set" -- also nice.
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok his tax answer is good. He's very sincere on it.
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here it comes. The wheels are about to come off. Biden showing compassion, Palin starting to show signs of nervousness and defensiveness...
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
i may be biased, but Biden doing well...
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe pulls out Ronnie Reagan. Nice.
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait, did SP just say that "redistribution of wealth" is bad?
October 2, 2008 9:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
The American People are not Patriotic!
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is how it was in Alaska during the governor debate. She says whatever she wants, no matter the question.
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's calling him out now - isn't that against the rules???
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, Palin, because Trickle-Down has worked soooo well.
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who is she to define patriotism?
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sometimes, I speak to my government, too... I say "Government, what the fuck?"
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Inchoate....Rage...RISING!! How can the governor of the #1 pork-per-person state say that GOVERNMENT IS THE PROBLEM??? :-X
October 2, 2008 9:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Men are rating her higher, and women giving higher points to Biden?!?
October 2, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's because she's SOOOOO gorgeous... just ask the President of Pakistan...
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
What the hell is 5K going to buy ANYONE!!! A co-pay?
October 2, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain' $5,000 health credit is half what it will cost.
October 2, 2008 9:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
She has ready answers.
Agree with you upthread. She's won, based on the expectations coming in.
Biden's doing fine. But that was already expected.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
On the contrary, she is clearly quoting her coached lines. That's not a win, that's regurgitating. And she is not winning on content and using her "down-home" talk.
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude (or dudette), all I'm saying is that the bar was set so low for McPalin that if she doesn't come out and drool all over herself tonight, she'll be declared the winner. (She's not convincing me, BTW.)
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Am I mistaken that Obama's health plan DOES NOT include a large nationalized plan?
October 2, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK I just logged on, but did anyone else notice SP responding to something while Joe was talking about Obama's tax plan...as though somebody else had spoken to her? Watching the split screen on CSPAN
October 2, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
isn't a debate where you have to answer or debate the questions? why does she get to use this as an infomercial?! WTF?
October 2, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hit 'em HARD on that tax on healthcare bennies, Joe!!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is a one-woman misinformation campaign.
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn, he's good.
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
OW! ULTIMATE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Boo ya, "straight to the insurance company," you tell 'em Joe! He is so good with the facts and figures, very Kitchen Table-y...
"Ultimate Bridge to Nowhere," sweet!!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
ultimate bridge to nowhere!!!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bridge to Nowhere! POW!!!!!!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
bitchslapped!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Ultimate bridge to nowhere..." good one!
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
'the ultimate bridge to nowhere'
audible laughter
nice.
October 2, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hahaha! The crowd couldn't keep the laughter inside.
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
He killed her on the health plan response. Great job!
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ultimate bridge to nowhere..now we see why McCain fought to limit the back and forth...
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is sooo much more engaging than the Presidential debates. Gotta say it.
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ok, Biden is relaxing now and he's getting much better.
I hope Palin falls apart when they get to foreign policy.
October 2, 2008 9:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
So far, everything Palin has said is general without specifics or details
October 2, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
CSPAN is the best way because of the split screen. She seems snarky, not confidant. He is stepping on his tongue a bit.
October 2, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
but the sound on cspan has reverb bouncing around all over the place...
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
She did not just say some runnin' with John McCain. Hick.
October 2, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's "running with John McCain"? Is she like Natalie Wood in "Rebel Without A Cause"?
October 2, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Canned responses from Palin. The vegetables are mushy.
October 2, 2008 9:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
wtf....?
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Arrrrgh (sorry, can't help shouting)
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's reading off index cards...look at her!
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's goin' off track and as an Alaskan, I can tell you she's lying about what she's done here.
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin struggles to not say "thanks, but no thanks" to that Oil Company tax break.
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seriously... why does the moose hunter get to just talk about whatever she wants?
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not one of your FAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNSSSSS
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is she not answering the questions? Going on to what ever she wants to say. Hope someone notices this in the MSM.
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
ExxonMobil...bless their hearts..."
Gee, that'll win over the dude who can't fill his gas tank...
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Interesting ... neither sex cares for her sarcastic bits.
October 2, 2008 9:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's trying to blind her with his teeth. Awkward times to smile, however.
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
my wife sez palin's just campaigning to keep her job as governor of alaska. ha.
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
True, her whole political career is in danger now.
October 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
She started out good, but she's going downhill fast.
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's Rah Ra'ing - Gwen has to cap that
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin says she's been at this for 5 weeks - not exactly the best way to answer the question.
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
PALIN-BOT, Kill it with fire!
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just called for "massive oversight"! Is she for big government or against it?
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Put government back on the side of people? I thought she earlier said to get government off the back of the people?
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
is anyone else sort of confused by the Biden grin?
"bless Exxon..." ??!!!
October 2, 2008 9:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hairplugs N Lipstick ...sound like a 80's hair metal band
October 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good Joe... call them on the facts But no!! Don't say "Agree with..." We DO NOT !
October 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe's good on the windfall profits tax -- says that's what Palin did up in Alaska. Strong.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice hit on the windfall tax lie...nice to call her out on supporting it in AK, why not convince McCain to do so...
October 2, 2008 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's flag pin is freaking huge.
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is she really reading off index cards?
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does she know how to answer any questions?
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Um, no
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Head rearin' count: 1
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Uh-oh....bleep bleep bleep!! Does not compute!! The talking points endless loop is stuck on repeat!
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I liked Biden's emphatic "SIX...HUNDRED...BILLION... DOLLARS"
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain is a one-man leader in the Senate.
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooh, she just got caught out with the bankruptcy bill question. Ha! She won't really answer problem.
AND MAIN ST. IS KILLING WALL ST? Reeeally?
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
"crisis on main st. affecting wall st." better send them the $700B quick.
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
All of her friends call her Alaska........Lou Reed ...anyone?
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Except when people ask what's in her mind, they're not laughing.
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
talk about a toxic mess...this woman is a giant oil spill...joe IS speaking more slowly, I like his style tonight...
October 2, 2008 9:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
did she just say the mess on main st hurting wall st...??!!!
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barack saw the glass as half full was not a good line.
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL.
She cannot answer questions.
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's crashing, more and more going off topic.
October 2, 2008 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think she's crashing, though she is occasionally losing focus in her eyes.
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG. Energy. crackwhore.
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe's playing the game well.
Getting his best shots in when he goes last, just before the change of topic.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barack saw the glass as half full was not a good line.
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
What is this a free for all? Is no one going to make her answer the question asked?
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
she keeps coming back to talking points that ARE NOT RELEVANT to the Q - do you think people get that!!??
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Notice the way she looks down as if reading. Especially when at the beginning of her answer
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
youtube moment!!!
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bring out Tina Fey ...now please
October 2, 2008 9:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too obvious that she's trying to avoid hard questions by changing the subject to the topics she's been coached on. That's not very Presidential.
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Energy...energy...pure energy...." WTF??
We have supplies of energy "all over this land"? Is that the missing fucking verse of "This Land is Your Land"? Is there some big pool of crude oil underneath Watertown, Mass. that I'm not aware of? Whuuuu??
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
East Cost Politicians! Those Bastards!
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Energy...energy...pure energy...." WTF??
We have supplies of energy "all over this land"? Is that the missing fucking verse of "This Land is Your Land"? Is there some big pool of crude oil underneath Watertown, Mass. that I'm not aware of? Whuuuu??
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a dingbat
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Those Evil East Coast politicians!
Does that include the ones in NH, PA, VA & NC & FL?
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
It must! After all, they are on the east coast.
October 2, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
It must! After all, they are on the east coast.
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Notice she keeps looking down as she talking directly at the camera...she's reading index cards
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's starting to crack. Biden's hitting his stride. Although, A. Sullivan doesn't seem to like him tonight. Ah, well.
October 2, 2008 9:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sullivan doesn't like populists and class warriors
Biden is staying right on McCain...perfect
October 2, 2008 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's calling him useless. Sigh.
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Andrew has a blind spot when it comes to Biden. Biden can do nothing right in his eyes.
I disagree. I think Biden is great.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin don't wanna argue about the causes of climate change...Obviously it's God huggin us closer, but she don't wanna say that.
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
So, no other state has a valid take on what is killing the environment? She doesn't want to argue about the causes? She knows better, I see...no answer from her on this, just talking points...again...
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Amazing. They've clearly told her not to worry about answering the questions. Just repeat the rote sound bites and don't sink this ship suzie...
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Climate change does not just affect the ARCTIC STATE!!!!!
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's CNN-o-meter drops deeper with every question dodge. Holding up fairly well for now though. Big dip on failing to acknowledge man made global warming.
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder what would happen if Gwen said "anthropogenic"?
October 2, 2008 9:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
This chick really digs energy.
October 2, 2008 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
She sure likes the word impact
Joe: if you don't understand the cause, how can you come up with a solution?
You can always pray, god hater!
October 2, 2008 9:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin not scripted on climate change. abort mission!
She started fairly well but I think her attention is beginning to wander and the wheels will begin coming off.
October 2, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
CLEAN COAL BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
October 2, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
This chick really digs energy.
October 2, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Drill a fucking hole in my skull now baby now
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did she just chant "drill, baby, drill"? Wow...
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Drill, baby, drill." Time to drink, everyone!
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Subtle sexual innuendo? Wasn't she looking directly into the camera when she said that??
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Big loss for Palin on correcting Biden on the DBD chant.
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
According ot he uncommitted chart on CNN, Biden really hit a high note -- Men & Women -- talking about investing in alternative energy, clean coal as a means of creating new jobs and exports.
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
and If I read the chart right, support actually dipped when Palin said "Drill Baby Drill" - maybe people are sick of hearing that phrase even if they believe in the policy.
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin isn't providing fact to substantiate her and McCain's talking points whereas Biden is. Domestic sources will last only for a couple of years with our current consumption.
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Senator Obiden. Good one!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha ha! We noticed that one too!
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh nooOOOOOOooooOOOOOooooOOOO!! People are "hungry" for oil all over America?
RAPING THE CONTINENTAL SHELF!!! My brain hurts!
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did she just call him "Senator O-Biden?"
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
She says nucular just like George Bush!
October 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nucular count: 1
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
We've gone beyond class war to intellect war. She is directly appealing to fucking idiots who don't know any better.
October 2, 2008 9:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Todd Palin hears the Drill baby drill chant every darn night
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
We're raping the continental shelf? Well, let's just counsel it to choose life.
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
does the continental shelf's insurance provider cover rape kits?
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
palin thinks natural gas will solve global warming.
October 2, 2008 9:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
BITCH!
I'm so sick of it! I WANT TO GET MARRIED DAMMIT!
October 2, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Have you considered pharmacuticals?
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
or one man and one polar bear
October 2, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
A very diverse family?
October 2, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I am tolerant" -- LINE OF THE NIGHT
October 2, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sarah Palin: I'm not a homophobe, I have "interesting" friends.
October 2, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
She has a very diverse family, y'all! Hence why she's tolerate towards adults choosing their own partners. I'm comforted.
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is tolerant!?
Losing some of the wing-nuts?
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
HA! Want some salt with that same-sex foot, Bible Spice?
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
marriage is wicked gay anyway
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Some of my best friends a gay...
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
i have diverse friends: some of 'em even think gays are okay. diversity!
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOREIGN POLICY TIME!!!
October 2, 2008 9:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Noun and a verb and SURGE!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think we could expand our natural gas supply by hooking a pipeline to her mouth.
October 2, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
OOOH! Foreign Policy!
October 2, 2008 9:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brilliant . . . he got Palin to say she agrees with him on same-sex marriage. That completely kills that wedge issue for McCain-Palin.
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, Biden nailed her.
October 2, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has any candidate ever openly defied the moderator and said they would choose not to answer questions? Weird.
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Note use of word "choose".
BTW, how long does it take to learn to speak while smiling?
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a life skill from the beauty pageant circuit, I guess.
October 2, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
hit her with the truth of the surge...it was urban warfare that cleaned it up...not US troops
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
abstinence only or Early withdrawl.........?that is the question
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
"With all due respect, I didn't hear a plan" -- nice one.
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
I support gay marriage. DENNIS 2012.
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
biden called obama out on that?
she's good on her feet, as long as she's not changing horses in midstream
October 2, 2008 9:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
She has no command of the facts whatsoever.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's NOT EYE-RACK! She sounds like she heard about it for the first time 3 hours ago.
Pronounce it correctly, for the love of god!!!!
It's ih-raaq. Rhypmes with me-raaq.
Sigh. Anyone who pronounces it eye-rack just sounds clueless.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
What does it say about McCain that Palin understands and can express Shia v. Suni better than he can?
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin shall now be referred to as Bible Spice. So let it be written, so let it be done.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is she wired? I thought I just saw a little box on her back.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ditto, there is a lump
October 2, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
OOH! Didn't see the lump.
Looking for the lump... not seein' the lump. Not getting much of a chance to see it, though.
Is that what the huge flag pin is for? Maybe a speaker? (Not seeing anything in her ears.)
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooh the undecided Ohio voters are loving Biden on the Iraq issue... No movement on Palin's tirade -- 75% + at the moment Biden started talking.
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would really like to hear the definition of "Victory"
October 2, 2008 9:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Your plan is a white flag of surrender." Holy shit that ain't gonna go over well.
October 2, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
"A white flag of surrender"....why oh why are we still talking in terms of some sort of "victory" in Iraq??
October 2, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Surrender Dorothy
October 2, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is NOT pronounced "Eye-Rack."
God, that's annoying. I wonder if she says Eye-talian, too.
October 2, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hope, next time she says the surge worked, he says "I think it's a bit too early to raise the 'mission accomplished' banner again. I think we need to wait till we can get our troops home."
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just proved what Biden said...McCain will keep us there forever.
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just threw my slipper at the screen.
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
good thing you weren't wearing boots!
October 2, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
she's running out of index cards....
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Your plan is a white flag of surrender." Holy shit that ain't gonna go over well.
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Answer the question!
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's reading the names of Iraqi leaders off her notecards and mispronouncing them.
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's just let it out... she's a complete bitch, and it's coming through on this issue.
October 2, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
The CNN people do not like her Iraq position
October 2, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
John Mccain smells like "old People"
October 2, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
"John McCain voted to cut off funding for the troops." Thanks for saying that, Joe!
He's ready; he's winning.
But her expectations were set much lower...
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
"God love him but he's been dead wrong" -- YARR!
I love that Joe gets to make the buzzword point and then Gwen immed. changes to another question....
October 2, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I
October 2, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Big surprise of the night: Biden is winning on the war. Obvious that Palin has no further comeback when Biden calls out the "no vote" distortions.
October 2, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's a menace! I can't stand this woman!
October 2, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
The surge worked and Obama was WRONG on that! He was WROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!
Hear Sarah Palin roar her talking point on Iraq.
October 2, 2008 9:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMFG NUCULAR!
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nothing that will change the basic dynamic steady movement toward Obama...Dodgers 0 Cubs 0
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wish Joe could tie McC to Bush a bit more in his answers and comments.
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
'that leader of al qaeda'
his name is bin laden!!
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Al Quida in Iraq, not Afganistan?
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
DING -- NUCULER... 2. Take a shot.
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
ANSWER THE QUESTION, CLAIRE!!
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
nook lee er nooook leee errrrrr
she aint g-g-got a g-g-good b-b-brain
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is anybody going to make her ANSWER THE QUESTION
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just wish that someone would simply ask Sarah Palin or John McCain -- you've said we can't leave until we've won, what exactly does "victory" look like? Obviously it isn't when someone stands on an aircraft carrier and proclaims Mission Accomplished. So, what will it look like when we've won?
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nucular count: 2 -- no, 3. Wait, 5!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was close, but I think she went to 6 there.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
So interesting that men like her so much more than the women.
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is playing the Jew card
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just said Nuc- lair..
Everyone take a drink.
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
she said new-cyu-lar
let's parse her sentences. if we can.
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nucular count in this answer: 5
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
she makes me hot when she speaks French
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she is reading completely from 3 x 5" cards!
These comments all programmed.
Same old, same old.
Ah yes, she talked to Kissinger! We knew that would come up, eh?
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think they tied up Sarah Palin and sent George W. to this debate in drag...
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey check it out. I can say Ahmadinejad!! Coolio!
October 2, 2008 9:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm going to watch the Cubs - and get another glass of wine.
October 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh god, she's bad. It's like high school.
October 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
They dont hate because of our freedom they hate us because of your accent
October 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
She is Bush in drag. I don't think American people are going to fall for this a third time.
October 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
God, please SHUT UP about "preconditions" with EYE-RAN..."I ran all the way hoooooome (doo wah, doo wah ohh), just to say I'm soooorryyyyy..."
October 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bush with ( ) ( )
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Andrew Sullivan is saying Biden is awful, I think he's doing pretty good- what do you guys think?
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
He's getting better, she's getting worse, though I think she still has the thing won.
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Also, Sullivan doesn't think much of Biden.
October 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
here comes the foreign policy SMACK down!
palin had better have brought a snorkel...
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think the timers are off. She is talking WAY more than Biden.
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
SPAIIINNN!!!!
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Left has totally underestimated Palin. She's "kickin' Biden's ass" right now.The format is working perfectly to her advantage. I knew this would happen! I need to run out right now and stock up on bottled water and canned beans. The end is truly near!! Tomorrow morning we'll wake up to a new reality: Palin wins debate; McCain surges to the lead. Guess what: the Rove-istas are doing us again! (6:50pm Pacific time -- maybe she'll still f#ck up big time )
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, you might want to breathe into a paper bag for a minute...
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice sarcasm! :-)
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wouldn't go that far. McCain is still on the ticket, after all...
October 2, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
You can't use Main Street logic to engage Iran
October 2, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
SPAIN!
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
"SPAINNNNNNN"!
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Spain is full of Mexicans ....isnt it
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
"McCain wouldn't sit down with the government of Spain" boo YAH
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Secretary Rice having met with some leaders on one side or the other"
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Left has totally underestimated Palin. She's "kickin' Biden's ass" right now.The format is working perfectly to her advantage. I knew this would happen! I need to run out right now and stock up on bottled water and canned beans. The end is truly near!! Tomorrow morning we'll wake up to a new reality: Palin wins debate; McCain surges to the lead. Guess what: the Rove-istas are doing us again! (6:50pm Pacific time -- maybe she'll still f#ck up big time )
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have HD TV and her make up looks awful. Looks like she was slapped real hard on both sides of her face
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
...and such as ... the Iran...and such as
October 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin on Israel: Rice had meetings with "one side or the other there".
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have HD TV and her make up looks awful. Looks like she was slapped real hard on both sides of her face
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
dont go third person joe ....
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden attempts to actually answer a question.
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
All this passion sharing is blowing my mind!
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
let's do a word count on Palin's use of "also"
October 2, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Words Palin should avoid:
"Again"---too much like Condi.
"Also"---too much like Palin
"Nukular"
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her voice just woke and scared my sleeping baby.
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Camco...put down the bong. 8:54 central time. The only ass that is getting kicked is Mrs. Palin's.
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
What an idea, having a president and vice president that can actually speak and have knowledge
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
comedy or reality?
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/sarahpalin/ig/Sarah-Palin-Cartoons/Palin-Interviews.-Vqw.htm
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
hey, she's heard of Castro!
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not fair of Biden to use complicated words like Hamas.
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, do you think Biden knows anything about the Middle East? She just got, and excuse me for this... pwned.
October 2, 2008 9:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait, is "loving Israel" a position?
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
BLAME GAME hoo boy
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
does she know the Jews killed her precious Jesus
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
The moderator should ask Gov. Palin if she believes Man walked with Dinosaurs. Please: we're desperate. Do something!!
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
The "independent" men that I know in Texas are typically pro-NRA and Sarah is a big time pin-up girl for them. The day it was announced that she was McCain's VP pick, a bunch of these guys at work were high-fiving that "the GILF" was on the slate. Made me sick...
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
What's that? There have been huge BLENDERS in the war?
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
make margaritas, not war!
October 2, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
There's been huge blunders in the war and this administrations - finally, I can agree with Palin on something!
October 2, 2008 9:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sweep everything under the carpet and forget what was done wrong and pretend it never happened
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
past is prologue, gwen.
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bush!
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Okay it is true. She is just spouting talking points and Joe is stating policies and facts. What the F???
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe ties McCain to Bush's policies----YESSSSSS
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
george bushes
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just don't see where she is kicking anyone's anything...and I can't understand why Sullivan was so down on Biden's performance in the early moments of the debate. I think Biden is more relaxed and much more substantive, while Palin is quoting talking points and not offering real answers here. She's not tanking but she's not winning me over, either...
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
There it goes: George Bush, George Bush, George Bush... watch the little meter go up.
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I haven't heard ....ANYTHING!!
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank god Joe is tying McCain to Bush, I think it just cuts through her rambling platitudes...
"the same as George Bush's"
"the same as George Bush's"
"the same as George Bush's"....new question
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
go joe, go joe
October 2, 2008 9:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nuke-u-lar!
October 2, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe ties McCain to Bush's policies----YESSSSSS
October 2, 2008 9:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy crap, nucular count: 11.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, Palin just clearly lost the debate with her very whiny comment about the Obama campaigning look back too often and her dismissive, flippant comment about the war "blunders". That was a huge mistake! Especially to those who have lost family members in the war.
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she thinks she's running for student council.
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
The generals in Afganistan has said the surge will not work there...stupid!
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
aren't we, as a people, just plain tired of other people who cannot speak clearly? I mean, aren't ya? huh? I'm gonna think on it some more and get back atcha...fucking morons...I hate them.
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think the Afghans won't agree with her comments about killing terrorists and not civilians!
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nukular weaponry is bad for bad people. Our NUKUlar weaponry is a deterrent, so that is good.
Palin: "Can we talk about my hair, or anything else other than the question?"
IFill: "Well sure Sarah, your hair is lovely"
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
it hard to go to school with no legs or eyes...bitch
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
blah.blah.perky.pander.sound bite.lie.
October 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a kept Obama impression she just did. I'm surprised she didnt' shuck and jive while doing it...
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
also. she said also again. also, she said also again
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Not Joe BIden, our commander on the ground in Afghanistan" -- nice. Humble and pointed.
"Three weeks in Iraq, seven years in Afghanistan"-- woah.
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
FACTS MATTER. Say that again and again and again. Facts matter. Go Joe.
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
The "independent" men that I know in Texas are typically pro-NRA and Sarah is a big time pin-up girl for them. The day it was announced that she was McCain's VP pick, a bunch of these guys at work were high-fiving that "the GILF" was on the slate. Made me sick...
October 2, 2008 9:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
You say "nuclear," and I say "nuk-you-ler..."
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Was that "irradiated" she was trying to say?
October 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, we all know her answers are canned and we all know that Biden speaks with a much deeper level of wisdom (to say the least).
HOWEVER, the fact that she hasn't fallen flat on her face -- the fact that she hasn't started stuttering incoherently -- will be seen by the commentariat as a "victory."
What do you all think?
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think he's doing a good job of attacking the other side without it seeming like he's bullying Palin personally.
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dick Lugar is a porn star name
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
"McCain's policy is the same as Bush's."
Again, Joe scores when he goes last. That was a good little rant!!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just doesn't have a clue - she doesn't answer anything about anything put to her. Joe needs to call her out...
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
also.
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
There have been huge blunders (in for policy) in this administration as in every administration...he's the maverick..he will bring reform to Washington
Heckuva job
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
reminder: I was 100% WRONG last debate. This one looks the same, Biden (old guy) looks like he is winning, but Palin is "proving" (urgh) she is vice presidential, so like Barack, she wins. Or so it seems
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
No vice-presidential debate has ever mattered and this one won't either
Biden has succeeded in keeping the focus on McCain ...the race continues to move to Obama
I was 100% right on the last debate
For what that's worth...ie about as much as a VP debate
October 2, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, KEEP THE SIGHING IN CHECK, Joe!!
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Word.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm liking Biden. He ain't half bad.
October 2, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damnit, Joe... no sighing into the microphone. I don't care if she says something stupid.
October 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where did she learn about the surge...hunting Moose?
October 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
She doesn't answer questions. She talks gobbledygook. She wrinkles her nose and winks.
Biden seriously tries to answer questions.
She wins. Big.
October 2, 2008 10:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
there aer no "lives" in iraq.... only drilling rights
October 2, 2008 10:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pop Quiz --> True or False: Sarah Palin can pinpoint Bosnia on a map.
October 2, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
On of map of Bosnia.
October 2, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden's rocking that mesmerizing poll line thingy...oooohhhh look at it go higher!!
October 2, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh geez, Margie, I'm just a regular Gal!
GAH!
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has anyone pointed out that approximately 9:25p.m. in a Vice-Presidential debate, Sarah Palin said, "I have been doing this for what, five weeks?" That ad writes itself, "Hi, I'm Sarah Palin. I've been doing this for five weeks!?!? So please trust me to be one heart beat away from a 72 year old president who has had a recurring bout with melannoma (sp) during an intense economic crisis while conducting two foreign wars?" Announcer: "Sarah Palin. Five weeks, for the next four years." ...You get the point.
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her mouth moves...SHE LIES
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Unless you listen carefully, it's all blah blah blah - both sides. So, Palin just needed not to wilt. She hasn't wilted. I really really really hate to say it...but it's a win for her.
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, she's getting creamed. With all the problems in this country, people want somebody competent. Setting the bar low won't save her at a time when people really want to see someone who can lead us over all the very high hurdles in our way.
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not at all. She is coming across as someone who is reading her crib notes. No depth to her comments at all. Very shallow. Biden is winning. She is just treading water and repeating worn out cliches.
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Has anyone pointed out that approximately 9:25p.m. in a Vice-Presidential debate, Sarah Palin said, "I have been doing this for what, five weeks?" That ad writes itself, "Hi, I'm Sarah Palin. I've been doing this for five weeks!?!? So please trust me to be one heart beat away from a 72 year old president who has had a recurring bout with melannoma (sp) during an intense economic crisis while conducting two foreign wars?" Announcer: "Sarah Palin. Five weeks, for the next four years." ...You get the point.
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it clear yet that Biden is winning? Palin is reverting to snark, not playing well with cnn-o-meter.
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Tell us about your support for troopergate...bitch!
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
well if the CNN brain tracker is to be believed, Biden is doing fine and palin is tanking... everyone remembers the mean cheerleader in high school
October 2, 2008 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please please please.
She may be looking charming to some people, but she is not answering questions. Hope many see that.
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm new to the forum, but old to TPM. Are my brain cells misfiring, or is Palin talking in circles and confusion? I honestly can't understand what she is talking about!
October 2, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's okay, neither can she.
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
When the phone rings at 3 am a stack of note cards is not going to help much.
October 2, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
the time limits are brutal in this debate.
definitely working in the idiot's favor...
October 2, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does she think saying "I don't understand Washington" and "I've only been at this five weeks" helps her?
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain = Cheney. nice
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh golly... wow... I am glad I am a washington outsider, though I am trying really hard to be an insider by the way, if I should be so priveleged. But, (smiles like a icky prom queen, I'm better than you way)...gee, and gee....
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't understand her....AT ALL.
She's got this squeaky voice, an "eat shit and die" grin, and she criticizes him with lies and distortions with this tone like he just tracked mud on the rug like a naughty wittle boy....and then, boom, "But yes, we can agree on Darfur, also."
W....T....F? Does anyone anywhere take this Elle Woods routine seriously?
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
you betcha. i'm joe six-pick
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I drank two of 'em before I came out here, donchaknow?
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
also, and again, also and also
October 2, 2008 10:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
We're over an hour into this debate, and Palin is cleaning his clock. The format stinks! Ask her if Man walked with Dinosaur! Seriously! Pose the question!!
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
you betcha. i'm joe six-pick
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can we please now make it a requirement that any president or vice president must know how to pronounce NUCLEAR?
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
For any points she is scoring looking "competent" (and I'm using that generously), Biden is scoring just as many by slamming McCain. One consequence of her refusal to answer questions is that he is slamming McCain without proper retort. Biden is pitch perfect tonight (though he needs to look up when he answers).
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
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October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
What war did McCain win?
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Evil is Live backwards
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's flailing and making silly, jingoistic comments. A mess.
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Filibustering Sarah...
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's get politics out of this war!
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can we please now make it a requirement that any president or vice president must know how to pronounce NUCLEAR?
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain "knows how to win a war"? Um, when did he win a war?
October 2, 2008 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
He wins a war every time he gets it up.
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
He crashed five planes, and that makes him a HERO!
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN tracker? What's that? Is it live onscreen on CNN (I don't have CNN).
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
"John McCain knows how to win a war"....really?
Against what? Logic? Sanity? Melanoma? THe Truth? Himself?
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's doing a lot better vs. Biden than McCain did against Obama! She's so damn folksy - sickening to me, but does the public eat it up?
She's repeating a lot of the lies that have been proven to be lies in the McCain campaign, but (of course) Biden can't call her out as a liar on the stage. I'm hoping enough interested people are listening who know they've been proven to be lies.
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too bad people started watching the ball game during the fp portion
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
1. "The past is prologue" is the best argument against McCain I've ever heard.
2. "McCain knows how to win a war." Let's fact check that one. What evidence do we have to support this claim?
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
What war did McCain win?
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
The war on sanity.
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain's new campaign slogan: "He knows what evil is".
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
"John McCain knows how to win a war"... but he won't tell anyone till he's president. LOL. Isn't that treason?
October 2, 2008 10:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just close your eyes and try to listen to her, she makes no sense at all
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
again with all these blenders! who's sending blenders to iraq??
you'd think the military could use more body armor and fewer pina coladas.
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good question, Gwen... now we have to imagine Palin as President!
October 2, 2008 10:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
She didn't say anything about how her administration would be. She went to...wait for it...ANWR? Argh!
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
STOP WINKING AT ME!
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
She has been told not to talk about a Palin Administration.
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
No mas Mavericks por favor
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
She winked! AAAArrrghghhaiiigh!
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did she just wink?
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
DID MAN WALK WITH DINOSAUR!! YES OR NO!! Ask the question!
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've been praying for the "Did Jesus ride around on a dinosaur?" question all week.
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bad answer to go off message if McCain kicks the bucket.
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wasilla also
October 2, 2008 10:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
do you want gov't out of the way or do you support more regulation?
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden is lurking in Home Depots!
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
A maverick is an unbranded range animal, especially a motherless calf
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
cnn-o-meter LOVES george Bush = McCain
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooh Biden just stole the Joe Six-Pack persona... he spends a lot of time at Home Depot. I love it!
October 2, 2008 10:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Folksy shit has to stop
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ooh, Reagan quote---"there you go again."
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
utahcarol,
You are correct, it is like watching a kid giving report in school after going on bender the night before. Random synapses firing, wordings bursting forth, must stay on point.
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm the one with the hangover after watching that train wreck.
October 2, 2008 10:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
How does McCain know how to win a war? Because he was a bad pilot in the last war we lost?
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wasilla Alaska is nothing but a single major road with some big box store...just what America needs...NOT!
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Say it ain't so, Joe. Doggone it.
I was waitin' for that one!
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's doing that "Joe... pointing backwards" thing again, he needs to turn that around on her!
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Corruption and greed" she repeats that over and over but it's it's just a self-descriptive mantra for Republicans...
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's starting to fall back on her "folksy" act.
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, getting into the 4th quarter now. Can she sustain it? (Nobody's watching anymore though. She didn't wipe out in the first 15 minutes and everybody switched to the baseball. Cubs getting crushed right now, BTW (picture in picture).)
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
There you go again-- oh no you di'nt
October 2, 2008 10:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I feel like I'm watching wheel of fortune
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
say it ain't so Joe?? who rammed that one into her feeble brain?
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shout out? ROFLMAO
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Holy crap, was that just a shout out?
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do I get extra credit for watching you ramble, Sarah?
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
platitudes platitudes but i didn't hear a single policy...
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Extra credit" for the kiddies -- gag me!
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to say, I didn't have much of an opinion on Joe before this debate, mostly due to lack of exposure, but man.. I'm feeling the Joementum now baby!
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
10:13 Palin wheels come off on education.
October 2, 2008 10:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
platitudes platitudes but i didn't hear a single policy...
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden is lurking in Home Depots!
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
cnn-o-meter LOVES george Bush = McCain
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's joke just backfired!
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's wearing a BIG Flag pin set with ? rhinestones? To make up for McCain not wearing one last week?
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
She talks in run on sentences.
October 2, 2008 10:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just tried to smackdown Gwen Ifil... please, please please ask her this: When you said that humans and dinosaurs existed at the same time -- was that also a lame attempt at a joke?
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
She wants to take over the Senate. She could have used an education.
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she's promoting the Cheney Doctrine of souped up Veep power...I guess she inherits the (wo)man sized safe...
"I discussed it with John McCain" -- yeah, when she met him that one time.
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't stand listening to her anymore... this is pure torture. Wink, wink - oh, help us all! Nil her Joe in the finale!
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another word I hope not to hear more of from Palin: "Ya", instead of "You".
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
dog gonnit gee whilekers joe six packing whoop ede doo daa darnit all....i'm gonna puke!!!
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
From the sounds of it McCain doesn't know how to win wars all he knows is how to start them. Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran!
October 2, 2008 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since when did someone with a bachelor's degree in communications qualify as an Energy Czar?
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
The lame attempt thing was just plain weird. He kicked her ass with the what would you do as VP. Sums it up right there.
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sarah Palin just said that John McCain tapped her. LOL! OK, I'm a five year old.
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
me too.
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought the same thing.
There's an arrested adolescent trapped within a lotta us.
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Asking her about Cheney - love it!
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder how Scalia feels about the constitution having much flexibility?
October 2, 2008 10:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joementum!!!
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
jibberish....more jibberish!!!
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
She agrees with Cheney ... lot's of flexibility! Need we say any more. Uh-ha!
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
"The Founding Fathers were very wise, there, putting a lotta flexibility in the Constitution" -- yeah, they're flexible all right, they're spinning in their graves right about now...
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
in der ya in der ya darn it todd.....! bristols water just broke get the darn snow cat
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
She agrees with Cheney ... lot's of flexibility! Need we say any more. Uh-ha!
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
She's nothing but an empty-headed beauty queen.
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're one of my new favorite posters, mmeetoilenoir. Well played tonight.
Bible Spice, indeed.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
CNN tracker LOVES that Cheney is the most dangerous VP.
October 2, 2008 10:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Extra credit? Kids deserve a Purple Heart for watching this woman on their TV for an hour and half.
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gotta love Joe for his understanding of the Constitution rather than Palin's shoot from the hip experience as mayor/governor
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
'his or her'
nice.
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Con Law Prof will educate the Eye-witness News nit wit.
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn Biden is destroying Cheney...I like.
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ooh, potential meltdown? Not prep'd on whether the VP is in the Executive branch?! Falling back to various and sundry prepared remarks?? Sounding like she's being interviewed by KAHY-tee?
Joe's ready for this one. Score one for Joe!
Not that it'll matter. She didn't fall apart completely, so she exceeded expectations.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good catch.
She's a wannabe Cheney.
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it me or does Ifil's nerves show?
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
She really can't string together words in grammatically correct order can she?
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she said "equal rice"
Must be the Japanese equivalent of a chicken in every pot
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
She frequently switches the object with the subject in her sentences, sometimes saying the opposite of what she means.
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sarah Palin is a wall of sound.
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually Joe, the Executive Branch is in Article II, not Article I - oh well
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're right, Joe basically blew that part of the answer. But I think what he meant to say is that the VP is first mentioned in Article I only because that's the first Article. And, in that context, the only duty of the VP is to break ties in the Senate.
Article II is clearly the "home" of the VP in the Constitution.
I still think Joe won this point (and Palin fumbled badly, basically saying she wants to somehow expand the authority of the VP's office.)
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 11:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
one and a half years doesn't make her an expert on energy
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
She sure doesn't answer a question - she grabs a topic with a left turn relation and runs with it!
She's running at the mouth now! Sounding more like one of her Couric interviews right now!
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
"How're we gonna pay those tuition bills" -- at least they don't have to worry about Bristol's anymore, huh? Oops, sorry, too soon?
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just my opinion, she sounds stupid.
October 2, 2008 10:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she just went of the rails on the VP stuff. You could tell she knew it too. She looked over left shoulder at Gwen, not at the camera. She looked lost for just second.
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
The constitutional scholar vs. the rambling bromide-flinger
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Special needs child count: 2
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Answer the question.
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Answer the question: what is your weakest trait?
Oh heck I guess she is answering the question: she doesn't answer questions.
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, god, make her stop. OMG make her stop.
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Question: What's your greatest weakness.
Palin: My experience will be put to good use.
October 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
if Palin and Mccain win I will move to Alaska, I mean canada dontcha know??!!
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
shiny city on a hill...religious reference...not good
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
THREE HANKIE MOMENT!!!! :-O
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
her kids are cute...little Twig...Bark, Moss and branch
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Governor Palin clearly has no idea what she was just asked about the Legislative vs. Executive branch. You could see it in her eyes.
I'm sure she didn't want to say she agreed with Cheney on his ideas about the role of Vice-President.
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
shining city on a hill?
for one brief shining moment, it was known as Camelot.
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. Surely this is a record-breaker for posts on a single thread at TPM.
Anybody who has read down this far on Friday morning -- WTF?! don't you have something better to do??
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
wow nic choke up!
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
joe just got choked up talking about his family. wow.
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe just choked up. There's the money shot, people!
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe is really showing he has HEART!
That was a great speech ---
Do we have to hear the damn word MAVERICK one more time!!??
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
OH MY GOD....MAVERICK....AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN.....PRESS PLAY ON THE TAPE PLAYER!!!!
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Were those tears? Biden swinging on the heartstrings.
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think I just fell in love with Joe Biden all over again.
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
troopergate, gwen??
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain has been the consummate maverick x 30?
October 2, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden sheds a tear. Wins on sincerity. Story over.
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe teared-up a little talking about raising his kids after his wife died - based on the CNN Uncommitted meter, people seemed to appreciate that.
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's right leave...not lead
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe managed a verklempt moment.
Death to maverick talk!
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, Joe choking up the people meter went off the chart. She is rambling again
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin on McCain: "He is the man that we need to leave..."
She said it right the first time.
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I keep hearing this come up with McCain- "He knows how to win a war!" Exactly what war has John McCain won?
October 2, 2008 10:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
She just lost it for a second.
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Knocked it out of the park with the choke up. Perfect. Spot on. He get's it. God Bless. That will count. That will resonate. God Bless you. Go Joe!
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe, stop saying you love McCain. Sheesh.
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe's gettin fired up!
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
He is really closing well.
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
no maverick! go joe go!!!
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Taking on the Maverick label - great going Joe!
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Call out teh maverick!! bam bam bam bam bam
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, Joe Biden IS FUCKING CRYING over his departed loved ones and she is yammering on about maverickness??
"How are we gonna get Mom's MRI?" Boom. Joe just locked up the high ground of reality here...she looks more and more like Fembot Queen up there...
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh give me a break...
Maverick count: what, 23 now?
Oh, baby!! Joe's counter-punching on the maverick meme!!
Go, Joe! Go, Joe!!
Again, timing is everything. Joe wins. MSM will spin a win for McPalin. Expectations.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
KAPOW!!! maverick he is NOT!
October 2, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin says there you go again joe, focusing on the past." Biden should say, that knowing history, helps you avoid making the same mistakes in the future. A McCain administration would be more of the same; we would be repeating the mistakes of the past 8 years.
October 2, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
October 2, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ask her what sort of society she wants her child with Down Syndrome to grow up in. How will her ticket's policy positions ensure a future for her child? Ask her about the government's responsibility to fully fund the IDEA.
Time is running out!
Or just ask her: DID Man walked with Dinosaur?
October 2, 2008 10:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's not a maverick -- Biden's best series of (very truthful) attacks...
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ask her what sort of society she wants her child with Down Syndrome to grow up in. How will her ticket's policy positions ensure a future for her child? Ask her about the government's responsibility to fully fund the IDEA.
Time is running out!
Or just ask her: DID Man walked with Dinosaur?
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank goodness Joe can keep focused. It's really hard to stay grounded when she talks. It's all a blur with her.
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh GOOD!! He's bringing up the Supremes!!
Great final point.
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
roe v wade!
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Major difference: Joe Biden could run for president and actually win. Palin wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
quasi-caved-in-if-you-will
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Cohen Bros must be really pissed. They spent all that money on actors for Fargo when they could have just followed Palin around.
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
QUASI-CAVED-IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 2, 2008 10:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
..such as the Iraq and such as...
October 2, 2008 10:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
WEll, Gee... Sarah has no achilles heel and she has No Regrets about anything she's ever done.
How lovely!
October 2, 2008 10:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I've never had to compromise because I've been bipartisan...." In a state monopolized by Republican politicians, right.
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Consummate maverick"? WTF? Is that even possible? She's been flailing for the last 30 minutes, and I think Biden is now winning. I think she'll still be declared the "clear winner" by the punditry due to the strong start.
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
she has a blackberry
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Home Depot stock +3.241/4
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
she has a blackberry
October 2, 2008 10:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, it took a long time to load, but did Palin just list Lieberman, Giuliani and RANGLE as the multi-party supporters of McCain??
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
EEESSSS Gonna B OK!
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
wow nic choke up!
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK, it took a long time to load, but did Palin just list Lieberman, Giuliani and RANGLE as the multi-party supporters of McCain??
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought it was Romney
October 2, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
I heard "Lingle" ???????
October 2, 2008 11:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
OK... I wasn't sure about the Rangle inclusion--TV sound too fuzzy. CNN has it as Lingle (I did not mention Romney, but, yes, he was on the list too). Still, Palin claims that Giuliani, Romney and Lingle, essentially, are all mavericks but very different from her, McCain and Lieberman. It's all horseshit of a different color. The line does not work no matter what she intended.
I am glad, at least, that she did NOT say "Rangle". That would be shocking.
The scary thing about Palin is that she appears to have a compulsion to lie. Whenever she did not have a solid on-the-facts response to Biden, she just made stuff up, as she did, for example, with "General McClellan". She got the name wrong, but, more importantly, she just accused Biden of lying about what the general said when Biden was exactly right.
Remember that W appealed to people who don't read--not even something as rudimentary as local newspapers. So they get all their news from TV. And, according to a recent survey, most of McCain supporters are TV watchers, while Obama supporters get their news from a variety of media. So if a TV spot lies outright, it cannot be debunked on TV right away, the probability of catching a TV show debunking it is low and, if you don't use other sources of information, the point sticks. So, for McCain (and Republicans, in general), it pays to lie in their campaign spots and stump speeches because they will never be called on it in the medium that their supporters partake in.
October 3, 2008 12:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
SHUT UP! No one gives a shit about your family! we care about your knowledge of the issues.
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who is she to claim the high road with the way she ran Wasilla and the governor's office?
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yea, my husband wants Alaska to leave the Union.
October 2, 2008 10:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Toss in Arizona and you'll have my vote
October 2, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
also and again...also and again...also and again...
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
The anti-Ifill strategy works well. She has been terrible, probably because she is afraid to to look one-sided. It's terrible that she hasn't pushed back to the non-answers.
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ohhh that evil main stream media
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
"the filter of the mainstream media" -- i have to say, i'm WISHING for a little filtering right now...
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
She still sounds stupid in real time
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh no she didnt
October 2, 2008 10:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shining City on a Hill - why do I feel that Palin has no idea who John Winthrop is?
Is that unfair?
October 2, 2008 10:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Her closing statement is pure beauty pageant fluff, complete with twinkles and winks.
October 2, 2008 10:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh my god, I've heard high-school graduation speeches better than her closing statement.
October 2, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn. Joe is good.
"I've always been proud to be an American." Subtle. She's talking in code here.
Good debate. Like two prize fighters landing punches and a split decision. Which means Palin wins.
But then, VP debates never matter in the end.
Cubs trail 5-0, but it's only the 3rd inning.
Peace out.
-- ARG
October 2, 2008 10:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama-Biden just won.
And Biden even thanked the troops, which Palin didn't!
October 2, 2008 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
thanks livebloggers, you were great
October 2, 2008 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe finished strong, she still seemed lightweight...I think the people meter favored Joe most of the time
October 2, 2008 10:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden = A
Palin = D
October 2, 2008 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooh! There's Bristol with Trig in tow to hide her belly!
October 2, 2008 10:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
She did what she had to do...
Said twice already on CNN... Campbell Brown"... a little out of her depth."
October 2, 2008 10:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin-McCain "won" in the sense that she was coherent and never embarrassed herself. (Although they're still talking as I write, so I could still be wrong.)
October 2, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obviously you were listening to another debate.
October 2, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
coherent?? really???
October 2, 2008 10:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
The MSM has also noted palin going off on tangent to questions and going off subject.
October 2, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Ohio undecideds favored Biden throughout. Biden spoke in specifics, Palin wasn't able (again) to give any specific policy points.
Biden win, although Palin exceeded expectations.
October 2, 2008 10:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, that's great to hear.
October 2, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mark Shields on PBS just said SP was "relentlessly colloquial," something new in presidential debating. I think that's generous...I felt like she came off as relentlessly fake. Gimme a break with the "gosh darns" -- but then again, I'm an Eastern elite.
October 2, 2008 10:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Schneider: Palin's answers
Posted: 10:24 PM ET
From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider
ST LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — Palin's answers do not lack confidence, they lack coherence
October 2, 2008 10:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
David Gergen: "Joe Biden gave the debate performance of his life".
October 2, 2008 10:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
CBS's Bob Schieffer said Biden had a very good night.
NBC's post-debate line-up was unbelievably biased -- Geraldine Ferraro (hates Obama, praised Palin) Peggy Noonan (R), Jane Swift (R), and Michelle Norris (not a Dem).
WTF?
October 2, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's funny. Jane Swift might be one of the few politicians who is shallower than Palin. Unlike Palin, who does appear to have a brain (although it's clearly not firing on all cylinders), Swift is dumb as a stump.
Palin's folksiness is fake. Look at her Alaska debates--none of that gosh-darn nonsense. There are two possibilities as to why she was coached to use it. First, she's the female version of W--clueless, but likable. Second, it's all code to the pro-lifers and other assorted religious nuts. Her folksiness had a particular flavor--and religious overtones (ok, "you betcha!"--no, but "gosh-darn it!" and "bless your heart!"--no doubt, and she used far more of those).
October 3, 2008 12:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
Now the repubs are blabbering already...GREAT JOB.....are you kidding me...are we all supposed to be blabbering idiots and such as and such...ahhh say it aint so joe, forget our MISERABLE MISERABLE BUSH 8 YEAR PAST!!!!
October 2, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Way to go, Joe!
October 2, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG, David Brooks just said BIDEN was the one who seemed coached!! Except for the choke-up moment....that was the only moment he showed the "real Joe Biden"?? WHAAAA???
October 2, 2008 10:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brooks is a piece of work.
October 2, 2008 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG, the multiple winks killed me.
October 2, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
pat buchanan: she wiped the floor with biden!
hahahahahahahahaha
October 2, 2008 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Schneider: Palin's answers
Posted: 10:24 PM ET
From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider
ST LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — Palin's answers do not lack confidence, they lack coherence
October 2, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Buchanan: Palin wiped the floor with Biden....OH MY GOD I'M ABOUT TO GIVE UP ON POLITICS, DO THEY HONESTLY THINK WE ARE THAT DUMB....REALLY???
October 2, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Some people are.
October 2, 2008 10:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Some of the CNN commentators are saying she "connected with middle class voters." That's because they think middle class voters are stupid and therefore someone who sounds stupid will connect with us.
We're not that stupid. She didn't connect. The polls will show that tomorrow.
October 2, 2008 10:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
When is Palin resigning?
October 2, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Schneider: Palin's answers
Posted: 10:24 PM ET
From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider
ST LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — Palin's answers do not lack confidence, they lack coherence
October 2, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
when did an interviewer become a fucking 'filter'???
what is this bullshit talking point?
October 2, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Schneider: Palin's answers
Posted: 10:24 PM ET
From CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider
ST LOUIS, Missouri (CNN) — Palin's answers do not lack confidence, they lack coherence
October 2, 2008 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
all i have to say is if this country votes those two yokels into the White House, I would be referring to Mccain and Palin, wink wink, GOD HELP THIS COUNTRY!!!
October 2, 2008 10:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden won the debate but Palin established she is not a cartoon character.
Biden brutalized the GOP on the darth cheney issue and abuse of power of that office.
Biden clearly won.
October 2, 2008 10:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes. But she still's not Presidential material.
October 2, 2008 10:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe, stop saying you love McCain. Sheesh.
October 2, 2008 10:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's eagerness was grating and got to be annoying, over time. I enjoyed watching the CNN crowd-o-meter respond more to Biden than to Palin. Biden didn't so much clean her clock: she did. I came off liking her more personally, but also more convinced than ever that she shouldn't be in the White House. Biden won this. Hands down.
October 2, 2008 10:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Biden comes from behind and wins it in a squeaker, is my guess. But like I said, I was 100% (OK
October 2, 2008 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is where MSNBC shoots themselves in the foot.
Anybody who appreciates Pat Buchanan's responses is already watching Fox.
It's simply unbelievable that they'd waste a huge market opportunity to collect the liberal and sane audience to watch them.
I had to switch to PBS till Countdown came on.
October 2, 2008 11:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin's conclusion, imagining our future selves "in our sunset years," lamenting the error of our ways and reminiscing about the "days when men and women were free" would have been just schlocky if it weren't a near-quote of Ronald Reagan's infamous prediction of the catastrophic consequences of the creation of Medicare. As such, I found it chillingly ironic.
October 2, 2008 11:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I dont like being referred to as Joe six pack...
October 2, 2008 11:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
It all comes down to how many people will take script and poise and, er, "perkiness" for substance. When the question didn't match her coaching and cards, she was a fish out of water -- she didn't know about Cheyney's 'bizzare' definition of the vice presidency and apparently doesn't know what "Achilles heel" means.
Joe -- I'm as biased as can be, I'll admit, but I'm also PROUD AS HELL!!! I think he did wonderfully ................ AND he didn't need any damn index cards!!! Way to go, Joe!
October 2, 2008 11:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin came across as a baloon filled with talking points. She was able to hold enough air to last for ninety minutes. At no time did an original thought or anything that might pass as a personally formative experience get past the lipstick.
Biden did well. He came across as experienced not just as a politician but as a mature person who had the capacity to integrate his experience into a philosophy of life. He had obviously come a long way but not lost his roots.
His comment that the past is prologue to the future probably resonated well with the humans that were watching, but it may not register the typical American moron. A better response would have been to note that that experience was not as important as the ability to learn from experience. Palin and McCain want us to ignore the past and focus on change, but they continue to support a disasterous war policy and spout discredited talking points regarding the role of Government in the economy. Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result is the working definition of insanity.
The real truth about Sarah Palin is that she is a couple of years away from being totally nuts.
October 2, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe it was just me but seems like she didn't make a complete fool of herself. The beauty of low expectations?
At least she was better at "answering" questions at the very least by not answering them. Instead of just making something up.
October 2, 2008 11:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe, stop saying you love McCain. Sheesh.
October 2, 2008 11:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The debate loser here was the moderator. She let Palin tromp around anywhere she wanted. How was Biden supposed to respond? To the moderator's questions, or to Palin's side-tracks?
October 2, 2008 11:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._McClellan
George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885
General McClellan also failed to maintain the trust of Lincoln, and proved to be frustratingly insubordinate to the commander-in-chief. After he was relieved of command,
October 2, 2008 11:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
The line that sticks in my mind is the one Palin recited (I don't give her any credit for any original thoughts) after Biden described McCain's voting history, because Palin said, "There you go again, looking backwards."
The biggest challenge of the McCain campaign is that is must distance itself from both the past and the present. The past is the record of the Republican party, which has controlled Congress for 10 0f the last 12 years, the record of John McCain, who has been in the Senate for the last 26 years, and the record of George W. Bush, who has been President for the last 7 years. The present is the platform of John McCain, which is a platform of increasing tax breaks for the wealthy, continued dependence on fossil fuels, and the continuation of a unilateral foreign policy based on military force.
The promise of the McCain-Palin campaign is that we didn't really mean what we did in the past, we don't mean what we say about the present, and we're going to do something different in the future. Just trust us.
And Joe Biden had the correct response, which is that the past is prologue.
October 2, 2008 11:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, at least it was refreshing to see them civil to each other. Reminds me of the good ol' days when politicians disagreed but still talked to each other.
October 2, 2008 11:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
They were civil to each other after the debate. How refreshing.
October 2, 2008 11:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joe worked the kitchen table. Put the meat and potatoes on that table. Health care is on the kitchen table. Education is/was the kitchen table. Biden put Foreign Policy on the kitchen table (see cost of Irag War). He threw the kitchen table at George Bush, Dick Cheney and John McCain.
October 2, 2008 11:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a motormouth- spewing out a bunch of canned slogans and platitudes. Is she capable of a coherent chain of thought? How many times did she say "diverse"? Why did she wink? This wasn't middle school. Is it just me or were most of her answers totally unresponsive? I hope I never have to listen to her again.....
October 2, 2008 11:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
"It's 'Drill Baby, Drill!' We are sooooo BLESSED to have such a dingbat running for Vice President!
October 3, 2008 12:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Have I heard Palin right. For the second time, I think I've heard her reverse the cause-and-effect about global warming:
"...I don't attribute all of man's actions to global warming..."
I don't either, in fact, I think far too little of human action is guided by global warming (slowing/reversing it, preparing for its implication). That is entirely beside the point though.
October 3, 2008 12:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
that would be "strategery"
October 3, 2008 12:35 AM | Reply | Permalink
I expected a stumbling Palin and forceful Biden, but came away with a feeling of creepiness about Palin and warmth towards Biden.
She put on a hardened smile throughout, even while talking about what she would do if McCain died in office.
Biden moved me with his self-effacing comment about his admitted faults, when he choked up talking about losing a child, and as he kept his head slightly bowed while summarizing his position. I kinda like this guy.
October 3, 2008 1:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
"...rear that head of abuse....'
~Ahem~ The woman has a thing for heads bobbing up. Do you think she might be deliberately trying to be subliminally sexually suggestive?
October 3, 2008 1:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Josh mentioned that there were no Couric-interview-style stammering moments. May I offer up this for consideration?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3bLQSH57uM&feature=PlayList&p=52407E026C86F3B9&index=5
From :45 to 2:00.
Whaaaaaaa?
October 3, 2008 10:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Am I the only one who noticed that Gov. Palin kept prounouncing the word nuclear as "nucular". She probably learned that this was proper from Bush.
October 3, 2008 10:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
I connect that pronunciation to Bush, Elder and Junior, but I seem to remember Jimmy Carter doing it, too? Yes, no?
October 4, 2008 1:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
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