9:10 Palin wants Joe 6-Pack and Hockey Moms to band together and say — “never again will we be able to taken advantage of.” Well. . . this is kind of bizarre from the party of personal responsibility. I could be approved for a $175K house. I was approved at my rate for $150K. I bought one for $130K. I can afford my mortgage. This is not 3-card monty here.
9:11 AAAAAAand there goes Biden, starting up again with Obama this, McCain that. Dear God. Make me a cheat sheet/spreadsheet.
9:12 Biden with the first Joe-6Pack-by-name of the evening. Some guy he met at a gas station. Like reading a news story about George Michael.
9:14 Biden’s attacking. I am beginning to wonder if Palin’s too nice to attack. And yet. . . lipstick, she said?
9:15 Palin straight up just said that she’s gonna ignore the questions and talk about what she wants to the Amurrican People. Essentially, “I do what I want.” OMG MAVERICK!
9:20 Biden is boring us all with numbers. Oh wait. . . he elicited LOLs from the audience. Didn’t see that coming.
9:22 Palin is actually doing a better job of staying on topic. Boggling.
9:23 It occurs that Palin, by completing sentences, has essentially soared over the incredibly low bar she set for herself. And might “win” the debate based on that. She’s ignorant — ignorant like a fox!
9:25 She’s only been at it for five weeks. Not amazing or new, and yet holy crap, it is astounding that we are actually watching this.
9:25 Folksy is nice, Palin, but most folks can’t run a country. You’ve gotta combine it with something. Experience, knowledge, the ability to name a newspaper, give us something to work with.
9:27 OH DEAR GOD SHE BROUGHT THE WALL ST/MAIN ST REFERENCE. My kryptonite. She’s a main
9:28 Biden is bumbling like crazy. Obama/Porky Pig 08!
9:29 There goes the maverickette again. Question about housing crisis? “My state has oil!”
9:31 I am excited about this. Republicans are trying to convince Americans that the entire Continental Shelf is going to make us all the Beverly Hillbillies. If I had a granny I’d buy a boat and tie her to the roof.
9:33 OH DEAR. Palin called Biden out on a comment about “raping” the continental shelf. Palin, you don’t want to talk about rape. Trust me. I’m a dude and I know that you don’t want that.
9:34 She said NUKE-U-LAR. Dear God.
9:35 Palin is stoking the evangelicals here. Marriage is a dude and a woman. Biden gracious on this one. I agree with him — marriage is a religious thing, not a legal matter. Or it should be.
9:42 Surrender? What is she talking about? White flags? She’s rallying the “freedom fries” portion of her base. Which I guess makes sense to do.
9:45 Biden is going with the “fundamental [differences]” line a lot. A LOT.
9:48 Palin just called out world leaders for being against women’s rights. You gotta be kidding me. She is against abortion in all cases. Biden neglects to do anything with that. THE PARTY THAT NOMINATED KERRY, FOLKS.
9:53 Gotta say that Palin isn’t doing terribly. Using verbs and nouns and everything. Answering questions. Not the ones she’s asked, but god bless her, she’s got the grammar down. Not sure why a huge debate doesn’t scare her, but Katie Couric terrifies her.
9:54 What was that mess about “I am so happy that we both love Israel!”? From thewolfweb: “Palin: ‘I don’t know how to respond so I’m gonna act adorable.’” Pretty much.
9:58 Biden’s getting pissed. Veins on forehead sticking out.
10:00 A forceful rebuttal from Palin on Afghanistan. Not bad. And she looks smug. I think she just got Biden to admit he was wrong.
10:03 Palin just called out Biden to great effect on flipflopping on the war. She actually said what I’ve been thinking for my whole life about politics — what’s wrong with changing your mind? Sometimes you do that. Someone who says they’ve always been right is a liar. Just be honest. Biden not looking great.
10:09 A team of Mavericks? Like. . . Mark Cuban for Sec of State?
10:13 Palin is finishing strong. A shout out to a 3rd grade class. A LOL about no one getting their lame jokes about not wanting to be VP.
10:15 She said “McCain tapped me.” Joe 6-Pack is a-hootin and a-hollerin and wanting to shake McCain’s hand.
10:16 Biden asserts that Cheney’s been the most dangerous VP in American history. Zing! But I think Aaron Burr was more dangerous. Though it’s not like Cheney is against shooting a man either.
10:18 YES, PALIN, ALASKA PRODUCES ENERGY. HAS OIL. WE KNOW. THANK GOD IT DOESNT PRODUCE NEW-Q-LER.
10:18 Biden just forcefully destroyed the implication that Palin connects more with normal people because she’s a mother. Biden wins the sympathy vote if that’s a vote. He just hasn’t been pimping his family.
10:23 She said maverick again, and Biden swatted that too, which all of America wants to do by now. He’s the white Dikembe Mutumbo all of a sudden.
10:29 Merciful end.
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Palin did better than she could have, which impressed me. Didn’t fall on her face. She completed sentences, gave standpoints.
Still, she’s running for VP, not taking COM 110 (Public Speaking at NCSU).
Biden impressed me. I hadn’t seen much of him but the knock was that he was a bumbling fool. Turns out, not so bad. Bumbles a little.
Biden looks like he could lead the country if he needed to. Palin is a Joe 6-Pack who’s been cramming. It’s not close.
(Besides, she did the Wall Street/Main Street thing.)
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