Comments on: Palin ‘Doggoned’ Biden in VP Debate

By: MarkButter in SoCal

MarkButter in SoCal — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:15:29 +0000

Joe Biden Experience:

Like when he said we and France kicked Hezbollah out of Labanon?

Or when he referred to Article 1 of the Constitution relating to the VP and it’s the legislative part?

Or was it when Joe “Scranton” Biden talked having a meal with him at the restuarant that’s been shuttered for nearly 20 years?

Yeah, you are all right. He’s got it going on with the experience thing. They don’t call him Slow Joe for nothing.

By: Real

Real — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:09:30 +0000

Palin is a decent human being. That’s more than can be said about any Washington politician.

By: Conservative Not NeoCon

Conservative Not NeoCon — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:17:20 +0000

Palin is Pure Cotton Candy. Watching that debate I saw Palin act like a junior high school student using her cute little nose to tease and wink at the audience while avoiding treating this as a real job. Her little “shout out” was like something out of American Idol. She never promoted McCain, even suggested she had her own agenda, what ever that was it was also vague and she didn’t even outline any plans, I mean she completely ignored the questions and continued this little junior high school girl tease. WTF? Biden however, connected with me. He was on the mark with the issues, the solutions, the direction of a prosperous America and as for personal connection, I didn’t know him before but he’s got my vote after this debate, he came across as a genuine caring father, a real person who’s been through some tough times, as a respected statesman who fights for the people, as someone who talks to me instead of down at me like McCain or an aloof Palin who treats me like I’m some Joe Sixpack frat boy in love with her. He knows. McCain you picked pure Cotton Candy for the VP position and what ever respect I once had for you is gone now.

By: Mel

Mel — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:43:39 +0000

What I don’t get is why anyone would equate “dumb as a brick” with “just like me”. Obama is considered an elitist for speaking in complete sentences? Palin is touted as a populist because she can’t pronounce “nuclear” or remember that her party’s own leader is working on a timetable for withdrawal from “eye-rack”? I have an accent. I’m from the South. When I say that Bush is dumber than a three day dead catfish, there’s a twang. But I can discuss climate change intelligently and I know about Hamas. Can I be Vice President?

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:18:19 +0000

Valerie Quote; “I don’t find Palin’s language during the debate a problem. I’m not sure why anyone in the USA would. So she has an accent and a youngish lingo. So what? (Kennedy had an accent on him.) And I just read at Newsbusters that her level of vocabulary was way above Biden’s and what newspapers aim for (!”
Palin isn’t from the deep south. “Youngish lingo?” Palin is 44 yrs old! Kennedy didn’t “shout out” or say “You betcha!” Palin isn’t a role model, she thinks she is a Model. McCain was right to choose her? McCain is going to lose the election because of picking Palin. You were correct about Palin needing more experience.

By: Eli

Eli — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:15:40 +0000

Senator Biden gave answers. Gov. Palin gave slogans and shout-outs. I can’t take this woman seriously. This was the Vice Presidental debate not open mic at the Improve.
Joe six-pack huh, I think Joe six-pack and Joe Dirt can’t afford six-packs anymore and they’re tinkerin’ and brewin’ the stuff at home, that is until it forecloses.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:00:35 +0000

I started watchin’ the debate through my fingers, like a horror film, but Palin’s performance was not cringeworthy at all, doggonit, and she didn’t spout off constant inaccuracies like Biden did.

If you compare her short history of gaffes/problems in hostile interviews with that of Biden/Obama, she’s still got a record that’s nothin’ to be ashamed of, fersure. LOL Obama waited how long to do an interview with O’Reilly on Fox? How long?

And did no one else find it unbelievable that Couric, herself an obvious lightweight in her job, had the nerve to make that interview with Palin all about that same thing, Palin’s alleged incompetence? LOL Couric has no self-awareness.

I don’t find Palin’s language during the debate a problem. I’m not sure why anyone in the USA would. So she has an accent and a youngish lingo. So what? (Kennedy had an accent on him.) And I just read at Newsbusters that her level of vocabulary was way above Biden’s and what newspapers aim for (!).

Yes, it would have been better for Palin to have had a few more years experience before running for VP but McCain was right to choose her. If he loses, he will have opened a new path for Republican politics for 2012. If he wins, he just might ensure 8 years of Republicans in the White House.

I think Biden should be the one being ridiculed. With all his experience, he still managed to be inaccurate and downright wrong about several things in the debate! How is that possible? The great politician can’t get things straight? Wow.

In any case, I’m grateful to Palin for introducing a role model for women in politics other than the hillary-cold-calculating model that we’ve been burdened with. Thank heavens!

Now, we just have to pray that 51% go Red in November…

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:23:58 +0000

Friday, Palin found out that McCain has pulled out of Michigan, so what? McCain did not tell her! LOL
Palin gave an interview saying that she was upset about the Katie Couric interviews. There was so much criticism and laughter afterward, that Palin blamed Couric. Palin is delusional! She actually thinks she is a Queen! She is very picky about who she grants interviews with. “Grants” Hey John! You blew it!

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:49:58 +0000

I just laughed every time that woman used vernacular speech during the debate. I assume her goal was to appeal to “Joe Six-Pack” but she came across as a hillbilly who doesn’t take these issues seriously. Whenever she prefaced a statement, with “Man,…” I cannot, and I can’t imagine others taking her seriously. She sounded like a Hippie high on dope trying to talk to her parents. The clearest difference between her and Joe Biden was that Joe was able to speak from experience, citing places, people, legislation that he had sponsored or been a part of, as an example of his experience on a given issue. Palin just reverted to talking points, memorized pseudo-facts and partial truths that had nothing to do with the question or topic of discussion. I also definitely noticed her past as a newscaster. She ended several of her statements with the inflection in her voice as if she was introducing a video clip or handing it over to her co-anchor. “Back to you, Sarah.” Her inexperience was evident, and if you paid attention to her body language, her knees were shaking, shuffling her feet, and breathing heavily. She’s lucky she didn’t have an anxiety attack on-stage. Joe spoke more down to earth than Palin did, I believe. He was calm, cool, collected, and spoke conversationally, while Palin seemed like she was reading from prepared responses. She mentioned several pseudo-facts that anyone who reads the news knows are distortions of the truth. And she kept coming back to them when she was confronted with the issues like a child saying, “I know you are, but what am I.” She did better than expected, but I was expecting her to just ramble and become a complete nasty bitch when she was cornered on an issue. She should go back to Alaska and be her kids soccer coach, because she’s great at giving a pep-talk, but not at formulating real strategy.

By: andie

andie — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:25:10 +0000

Thank you, LU, for remembering Shirley Chisolm . . . her intelligence, her wit . . .

I feel like I’m in a dumbed-down version of the future . . . oh, wait . . .

the future is now.

how sad and pathetic it’s all become …