Fox calls it an astounding victory for Palin- surprise!- Page 2
Fox calls it an astounding victory for Palin- surprise!
#25Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:19amIsn't grading Sarah on a curve insulting to women?
#27Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:37amCraig, are you wearing an invisibility cloak?!! It shows your name as posting a response, but nothing appears in the thread.
#28Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:40amBickle/HDT or whoever in the cabal you are this time. I find your lack of originality in at least TRYING to re-invent yourself on here astonishing. Name calling and modifying real people's names to slur them? I do give you props for at least posting once or twice on Broadway board this time though...
#29Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:42am
They both did well, and I was surprised that Palin did so well. However, she didn't win the debate. Some of her answers had nothing to do with the questions (again), particularly that Achilles Heel question toward the end. Totally clueless answer.
Biden looked like her grandfather standing on the stage with her. (Don' you just love HD television?)
But he clearly won this debate.
I felt bad about him having to do this the very day before his son deploys. And I'm not surprised his emotions caught him off guard at one point about it.
His points and opinions were very strong and he stayed focused throughout. I actually gained a lot of respect for him last night.
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Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#30Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:48am
I was most fearful of Biden's performance, but ended even moved to brief tears by him at the end. By yesterday afternoon I was appalled at the sustained blather about what he "better not" do -- condescend, call her "dear" or compliment her t-ts. It was so patronizing, assuming a man of his stature just couldn't get past her pudenda, so to speak. He was actually at his all-time best, and Lawrence O'Donnell said that on MSNBC this morning. The CBS poll said Biden's "ready to be president" (or however it's worded) was 87% -- a record high in a poll -- vs. her 41%. But considering that all she had to do is not talk about the view from her window, she 'survived,' the word the print media is employing.
But she still scares me. Last night, I didn't see the hawkee maaahm, I saw the wolf killer.
There's a mean-spirited aftertaste that lingers after even her folksiest faux quips; it's all too gosh-darn charmin' when underneath we see a bald power grab, and not even a whiff of humility. This woman believes she deserves to be there, deserves to be in the VP chair -- and no doubt, leader of the free world. That alone is the single most frightening reality of 2008.
#31Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 10:58am
That and her frozen Jack-O-Lantern smile, no matter what was being discussed.
It was such a Stepford Wife disconnect. She didn't visibly react to anything specific being said.
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Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#32Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:04am
And the most terrifying part of your post, Auggie, was reading that 41% of Americans think she's ready for the White House.
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
#33Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:05amI still can't get over the fact they carted out the baby again...also I think Biden did a better job with relating to the middle class....she was just condescending....people at work hate that she called them joe 6 pack and hockey moms(and some of them are voting for McCain)...but we are from the East Coast and therefore are Elitists (even though we don't own 7 houses, and 9 cars like her running mate)
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#34Anyone who thinks Palin won is a moron who will believe ANYTHING!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:05amMamie, the 41% would never vote for Obama, or Clinton or any other Democrat, so I would not be shocked.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#35Gosh darn it, she won 'cuz she just proved she's one of us
Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:11am
Illuminating to read about a group of diehards in a Utah pizza place... Republicans already determined to vote the ticket, but apparently felt massive relief simply because she didn't humiliate herself. The low bar we talk about in this culture is ever with us. Apparently, Peggy Noonan gushed similar sentiments, from her own pointy-headed lair on the East Side of Manhattan.
Peggy and David Brooks, who send their kids to private schools, can now hold their heads up at the strip mall again, buyin' their slim jims n'brewskies!
It was like rooting for the back-up PTA President giving the fundraising speech, 'cause gosh darnit, the Prez is home with the flu, poor dear. But this back-up gal did just fine, and even remembered the name of the principal! This new view of the leadership in the free world -- as two wars rage, the financial backbone of the nation breaks -- that all it takes is a keen eye and some darned common sense, and anybody normal American can do the job! Education? Maybe for, you know, doctors or somethin'. But President? No more liberals who THINK too much for us!
#36Gosh darn it, she won 'cuz she just proved she's one of us
Posted: 10/3/08 at 11:34amI am so sick of the folksy talk....we are in a serious crisis here and she is speaking to us like everything is peachy...I am so sick of this approach and how people buy this crap....it seriously pisses me off
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#37Gosh darn it, she won 'cuz she just proved she's one of us
Posted: 10/3/08 at 2:21pm
"And I'm not surprised his emotions caught him off guard at one point about it. "
Most authentic, moving moment of the evening.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#38Gosh darn it, she won 'cuz she just proved she's one of us
Posted: 10/3/08 at 2:38pm
I cannot view the debate performance in a vacuum. As was posted earlier on Truthout:
When asked a question about partisanship in an interview with Sean Hannity, Palin said, "Well, there is a danger in allowing some obsessive partisanship to get into the issue that we're talking about today. And that's something that John McCain, too, his track record, proving that he can work both sides of the aisle, he can surpass the partisanship that must be surpassed to deal with an issue like this."
What? "... surpass the partisanship that must be surpassed ..." Can you imagine a Vice President Palin on the world stage representing America with mindless dribble such as this? Has not President George W. Bush been embarrassing enough? Apparently not. She's still being praised for last night.
My question: If she hadn't done the Gibson/Couric interviews wouldn't her robotic performance last night have seemed 3 times as bizarre? Wasn't it "solid" only in comparison to the traffic accidents?
#39Sarah Won it! Grand Slam!
Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:48pmThe dem outrage over Palin's victory is precious.
#30Sarah Won it! Grand Slam!
Posted: 10/4/08 at 12:32pmOh, Bickle. That just makes me giggle.
#31Sarah Won it! Grand Slam!
Posted: 10/4/08 at 1:50pmWhat bothered me most, as a child care provider, was when she was handed her baby at the end. She held that baby for all of 2 minutes (nice photo op I guess). She then handed him/her off, not to another adult, but to what looked like a 6 year old (a sister I assume). I found myself holding my breath, thinking any minute that girl would trip and fall, or drop the baby. But I guess I shouldn't be suprised. I'm sure with as much as "MOM" is away, that little girl has had plenty of experience with acting as a caretaker for the baby. But it still made me uneasy.
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