Comments on: Most Polls Agree: Biden Beat Palin In Debate

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:27:27 +0000

Let's see, gushing generalities, reading from a script (literally), winking and BS-ing, avoiding answering the actual questions (which Ifill allowd for some reason) and pandering to what she imagines the middle class to be. That, in a nutshell, is your GOP recipe for the next VP.

By: Appalled_with_Palin

Appalled_with_Palin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:21:07 +0000

Palin needed an Extreme MakeOver intellectually to even stand there in this debate. Biden needed stylistic prep, which is typical. But with Palin: I'm supposed to be impressed that she can cram her head with facts, look at her notes, and deliver cutesy sounbites like “Say it ain't so Joe” or “darn it…” or God help us, wink**

I do not want a VP in office who needs such intellectual cosmetic surgery to function.

By: Lit3Bolt

Lit3Bolt — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:48:20 +0000

Remember, the CW rules teh nation.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:14:29 +0000

OK, nobody is totally fair and pure. But Sarah Palin is, we can all agree, a babe in the woods when it comes to the immense shrewd and mechanical soulessness of the GOP spin machine. And she is in grave danger of losing her soul like most of them have.

It's like we're all flawed but career democrats are flawed but for the most part with souls still intact and career republicans are flawed but for the most part with souls absent; replaced by a singular reptilian agenda: deceive in the name of greed while wearing the cloak of innocence.

It's just sad to see Palin fully commit to that path without giving a thought to where it will ultimately lead.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:52:18 +0000

DLS,
I suppose if you ignore things like the polls, and basic questions of honest and competence, then you're 100% Exactly Correct!

By: DLS

DLS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:42:02 +0000

The pundits (I haven't made a determination yet about lefties on this lefty site) are just engaging in wishful political-conformist thinking. It was a draw. If we _have_ to name a winner, it was Biden, but not to any meaningful extent (those claiming it is reveal their wishful thinking).

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:33:00 +0000

Sil,
Fair and pure? She did some questionable things before being selected by McCain.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:29:58 +0000

So you're saying she's a more qualified empty-suit in a pinch?

Careful, empty suits being manipulated by strong and evil personalities is exactly the combo we have in Dubya/Cheney.

We are seeing the fair and pure Palin being corrupted right before our very eyes. It makes me sick to my stomach to watch how the GOP machine gobbles up souls and spits out empty suits with talking points.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:14:42 +0000

It's pretty easy to tell when someone is bullsh***ing, and my guess is that most Americans could tell that's all Sarah Palin did for the 99% of the debate.

Think about it this way. When prepping for the debate, Biden had to learn how to articulate his views in a way that would effectively reach the national audience.

On the other hand, Palin had to learn what to actually think about the vast majority of the issues that came up last night, not merely how to properly talk about them.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:44:34 +0000

It seemed overall like a draw. But Biden is ahead in the polls so I guess it goes to him right now.

He can of course accentuate that lead by doing regular interviews with the press to be ultra-availible to the People while Palin's wilfull sequestering will paint her as negligent of the People in comparison. Comparisons between her hiding and Cheney's hiding might draw a "four more years" argument out of the mothballs that the GOP keeps trying to shove it back into.

Just some thoughts..