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ReeseDog · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Classified

She won.

He was a stuttering old man. She hit the mark.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

She did well, but the bar was set very low for her. Did she win? No, I thought it was pretty even between the two of them. Granted she will get quite a bit of credit for doing better then expected. My thoughts are that this is unlikely to make a huge change either way.

PBRstreetgang21 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject:

If by ruled you mean that she was succesful at dodging the questions and keeping on talking points, and not answering what was asked then yes-- she ruled.

Im watching in the States at present and all the focus groups seem to be indicating they didnt completely buy it either.

Biden came off as calm and collected, and SMART. When he choked up talking about the death of his wife and growing up poor I think he got somewhere far more authentic than anywhere she's ever thought she's been.

Her performance was one of the greatest acts of political showmanship since Richard Nixon's checkers speech.

The CNN poll I just saw of focus groups said Biden by 52% was more elikely to bring change.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

PBRstreetgang21 · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject:

blaseblasphemener · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Her constant smile drove me to distraction.

canuckistan · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject:

.....and those cutesy little nose scrunches. The constant smiling was inappropriate--serious topics....la la la la la la la la la la....

Expand the power of the Veep's office?

Hasn't Cheney been enough!!!!?

She's not there to answer the moderator's questions?!!!

How do debates work in Alaska?

Biden knew what he was talking about and was at ease talking about it, Palin stuck to the talking points crammed into her head the last 5 days. Still skipping the answers to hard questions.

"maverick"....how many times?

mises · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: retired

She won in the minds of the unwashed masses of idiots. She is an empty skirt with nothing but platitudes to say.

"They hate us for our freedom". Yes, you honkey *beep*. That and our torture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side

bangbayed · Joined: 01 Dec 2005 Location: Seoul

Palin didn't crash and burn, she did okay. I can't see this debate lifting their ticket anywhere near the amount her convention speech did, and that lasted only a few weeks. She dodged answers and did it pretty bluntly, I don't think people want to see that. Sure Biden fumbled a bit, but at least he offered substance and came across as far more honest. I'd give the nod to Biden, but most likely this debate will be inconsequential come election time.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I was at work talking to co-workers and caught the last 20 minutes or so, but could only tune into it randomly. I'll have to listen to the entire thing later this evening.

However, my brief assessment was that she did quite well with the little bit that I heard. She continously used the statements over and over that make Dems look bad, the 'they will raise your taxes' bit in particular. Of course the problem with the argument is that Republicans just blatantly spend and spend and spend to incredible levels of fiscal irresponsibility with no intention or plan to pay it back. But regardless, she did continue to hammer that over and over which Republicans LOVE to hear - 'dems will raise your taxes'. No one regardless of party likes to hear that.

I also tuned into a part where she kept talking about how Education is so important and implied we needed to focus taxpayer money on Education, etc. Even as a fiscal conservative, I STRONGLY agreed with that. But generally Republicans are a NO MONEY AVAILABLE for that kind of stuff Party, so it caught me a bit off-guard. The message of it resonated well with me however. I would never vote for McCain/Palin on that message, as domestic needs for regular people that cost taxpayer money are LOW LOW priority with that party.

I will have to listen to the entire thing later tonight, but those are two messages I heard of Palin that she hammered out, and they played well in general.

I missed about 90% of the debate, so will have to listen to it all in it's entirety later.

mithridates · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/02/politics/horserace/entry4497035.shtml

aka Dave · Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river

Palin was a TV sports reporter, so she is good at dealing with a camera.

However, I suggest you read the transcript. Her comments were uniformly moronic regurgitated talking points, and often utterly irrelevant to the questions asked.

People, it turns out that intelligence and wisdom actually matter in governance, or have you been living in a cave the last 7 plus years?

More than ever, if the USA elects McCain, I am never going back. If for no other reason that I don't want to live with a mass of drooling idiots.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

I'm glad she knows who McClellan was. But if she's referring to the commander-general in Afghanistan, that would be McKiernan.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I suspect the reason the name McClellan sticks in her mind is because he ran against Lincoln and would have allowed secession to succeed. I guess that would make him a hero in her household.