The Biden/Palin Debate Thread...get ready!- Page 3

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 5:22pm

Exactly, Joe. Because when Al Gore sighed, Joe Six-Pack and Mrs. Six-Pack felt condescended to.

I keep saying: Democrats want leaders who are exceptional. Republicans want leaders who are "just like them."

Democrats have to win at that game--and then excel.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:22pm

"I want blood and hairpins and rimless frames on the snow, dammit!"

My biggest LOL yet. Kudos!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 7:36pm

In case Palin bombs and is looking for work come Monday-

http://www.mollygood.com/good-old-fashioned-american-ingenuity-20081002/

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:16pm

So excited, 45 minutes!

Is it just me or have the Republicans successfully turned this race from the most groundbreaking for female politicians ever (Hillary Clinton) to throwback, 1960sesque misogyny (So frail we have to go easy on her there only to garner estrogen votes Sarah Palin)?

How like them.

[Luscious]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:32pm

Unfortunately, the bar is set so low for her; all she has to do is show up without a period stain on her dress to be declared the winner.

And if her debate strategy is to attack Biden, as the media is reporting, and he lies back for fear of coming off too strong, then it’s all over for him. It’s really not easy for man to debate a woman without being accused of being patronizing, condescending, or a bully. It's going to be a tightrope walk for Biden. Let's hope he's up to the challenge.

Updated On: 10/2/08 at 08:32 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:35pm

Why is everyone buying into the MSM setting the bar so low for her? That's up to us, not the media. If she doesn't exhibit competence and readiness, she fails. It's that simple. The voters, not the MSM, get to set the bar for the candidates.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:38pm

You are right Luscious, this is a theatrical show, it's not about substance, it's about image and impression.

(No offense to anyone who like myself actually takes theatre seriously.)

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:43pm

Below is a link to some of the comments coming out of the McCain campaign about just how low they want that bar set. In true Rovian fashion, they're trying to play her ignorance as a strength.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/02/mccain-camps-pre-debate-s_n_131295.html

[Luscious]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:43pm

The bar is set low based on her interviews with Gibson and Couric. I don't think that it's something that the media is manufacturing out of whole cloth. Maybe that was the GOP's strategy all along. Make her look as ill-informed as possible leading up to the debate and then have her come out swinging. I prey I'm wrong, but I have a sneaking suspicion that in a couple of hours the media is going to be talking about how she blew Biden out of the water.

[KrissySim]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:46pm

I hope you are wrong Luscious, and the report is how Biden blew Palin out of her helicopter.

[clever name]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 8:49pm

Or that Palin blew Biden. That would just be wrong.

[James885]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:00pm

And it's showtime!

[NGD2225]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:00pm

I've got my Bingo board ready.

[shira467]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:03pm

The bingo board...oy.

"Can I call you Joe?"

[NGD2225]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:03pm

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[shira467]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:05pm

I always judge the economy based on the parents at my kid's soccer game.

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:06pm

I just can't take Sarah Palin seriously...

[shira467]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:07pm

The CNN Focus Group Meter scares me sometimes.

[James885]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:08pm

Is it just me or does she look really nervous?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:08pm

Drink every time she says John McCain!

Hey y'all!

[shira467]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:09pm

It's like a love letter to McCain.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:09pm

Ha... The ad at the bottom of the page under this thread was a McCain/Palin "A Proven Maverick" campagin ad.

At first I thought it was a joke. I don't think McCain/Palin is going to be winning too many votes on this forum.

[James885]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:10pm

Less than ten minutes in and she already mentioned "maverick" once.

Updated On: 10/2/08 at 09:10 PM

[Bickle]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:10pm

Palin's on message and lookin good!

[shira467]

Posted: 10/2/08 at 9:10pm

These Ohio voters....they seem to LOVE Palin. Shhhhh*T