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richall20	VP Debate - Palin sounds like hilbilly parrot	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2431 (10/02/08 08:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Palin did better than I expected in the VP debate . But she still sounded like a hillbilly parrot just repeating the same party line without actually answering many of the questions. She tried to get nasty little jabs in on Biden but they didn't land. Biden sounded like a real human being, that had the decency to answer the questions with real answers and not a parrot that has her lines remembered to just answer with how patriotic our party is. Last Edited By: richall20 10/02/08 08:30 PM. Edited 2 times.
kbarrister		#1	[-]
Posts: 3925 (10/02/08 08:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Here's the bottom line. She was non-sensical but didn't cause a guffaw. She never answered a question. She gave pre rehearsed sound bites of platitudes. Biden was nearly brilliant...better even than Obama was in his debate.
tomasholobek		#2	[-]
Posts: 831 (10/02/08 08:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I agree she did better than expected in the sense she didn't make a fool of herself like she did on CBS & ABC. She was strong and folksy but didn't offer plans or details. I will say that Biden did phenomenal! For someone I hadn't seen much of, I was really impressed with him and his performance and his grasp of the facts.
babsjim		#3	[-]
Posts: 2184 (10/02/08 09:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	She seems to be getting a pass for not answering the questions. Didn't watch MSNBC or FOX. She sandbagged it with CBS and now is getting praise for not fouling up. If I were writing for Saturday Night live I'd make up a flow chart of what you want her to talk about and what to ask her. Economy....ask foreign policy. Iraq.....ask tax policy. Energy.....ask ENERGY. and so on. Same result as Obama and McCain.....no great shakes either way. Sounds like McCain will get a bump from what I'm hearing that the republicans should be relieved. Last Edited By: babsjim 10/02/08 09:18 PM. Edited 1 times.
virginian2		#4	[-]
Posts: 1056 (10/02/08 09:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Palin did better than I expected or hoped she would. Biden was brilliant. Palin did get herself in trouble with the religious wing nuts regarding gay rights. She moved off the rethuglican position on gay rights and toward Obama. I also hated her statement of "Tolerance" of gays. We don't need phoney "Tolerance" we demand our rights as American citizens.
lbleta		#5	[-]
Posts: 275 (10/02/08 10:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I agree with you all that she never really answered a damn thing. How I wish there was some invisible 'anti bullshit' machine installed for these debates so it would be impossible for them to say anything but directly answer the question honestly. What is sad is that there are a bunch of people who are suckered in by her mention of soccor moms and her attempt at being cute.
tomasholobek		#6	[-]
Posts: 832 (10/02/08 10:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	For me, I came out of it feeling MUCH more impressed with Joe Biden and his command of the facts and his personality (as much as can be gleamed through tv) than anything else.
mmk123		#7	[-]
Posts: 1037 (10/02/08 11:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Think about it - when most Republicans are presented with questions they never really give an answer but just ramble on with alot of doublespeak. Should we really be surprised that Palin spoke for an hour and said nothing. I would hope that the country is smart enough to realize that we do not need yet another 4 years of stupidity running the country.
jvista		#8	[-]
Posts: 9 (10/02/08 11:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I do to....lets allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll vote
hab7552		#9	[-]
Posts: 829 (10/02/08 11:25 PM) Local user Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The only reason people think she did "better than expected" is because everyone went in expecting her to disastrously implode. Honestly, did anyone expect her to be able to construct complete sentences? But there is an entire world in between imploding and succeeding. She appealed only to the Republican base who eats up stupidity and catch phrases. She constantly evaded questions, even explicitly saying she'd answer whatever she felt like answering! And she just returned over and over again to the same vapid talking points. I don't think she fooled many people. People might like her because she is folksy and says "nucular", but I don't think we're in the same place as we were 4 yrs ago. Maybe she won't be the utter disaster for the McCain campaign that was predicted, but she won't really help him beyond the wingnut base. The problem with this debate was that it wasn't a debate. The moderator did not ask any follow up questions. It was just a chance for the candidates to rehearse talking points or respond to predictable questions. Biden actually responded to those questions. Palin just rambled on repeating the same catch phrases over and over again, and by the end it was obvious to any sane individual that she was just a programmed barbie doll.
JasJames		#10	[-]
Posts: 5846 (10/02/08 11:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The "I want a President who I can drink a beer with" crowd probably lapped her up. I missed most of the debate (flying back to the southwest from DC), but what little I saw consisted of her repeatedly stressing how like everyone else she was. Excuse me, whatever happened to the idea that we want the best and the brightest to LEAD the country, not someone who's in the pack of followers? After 8 years of the preppy cheerleader resulting in financial meltdown, why would we want 4 with the Annapolis demerit champion? JamesJames
jvista		#11	[-]
Posts: 13 (10/03/08 12:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Cant agree with you more.......I so hope my cynicism is proves me wrong.
vwpatterson3		#12	[-]
Posts: 150 (10/03/08 01:04 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The bottom line -- whether or not Sister Sarah managed to keep from topping over on those cheap stiletto's: McCain has pulled out of MICHIGAN! Can you imagine -- one of the big four swing states??? That says it all. The Republicans will have 24 hours of euphoria that Palin didn't implode...but that doesn't solve the big issue: the campaign is going down the tubes because the Republicans bet on the wrong horse. I am a lifelong Democrat -- but if they had picked Huckabee and his very strong (and authentic) populist message, I think Obama would be in big trouble right now. Of course, Republicans always end up fucking it up for themselves...look at the past 8 years. "Be yourself -- everyone else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
nymus		#13	[-]
Posts: 1110 (10/03/08 06:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Your'e all right about Palin. She was very rehearsed. I can't understand how the media can say she did so well. She mispronounced words and sounded like a very unsophistacted hill billy. Anyone who is taken in by her is serioously stupid. She didn't give any answers to any questions. She kept talking about the war and how we have to win it and how we need our own energy sources. Whe Gwen asked her a psecific question she would blatantly evade the question and go back to talking about energy and hw she is an ecxpert in that area. I think she is an expert at spewing bullshit. She also said that helping kids with handicaps is near and dear to her heart. Of course she is, her baby has downs syndrome. GIVE ME A BREAK . Did anyone notice the little eye winks she kept doing? Last Edited By: nymus 10/03/08 07:13 AM. Edited 1 times.
SpareChange1		#14	[-]
Posts: 3660 (10/03/08 08:51 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm so grateful to be "tolerated" by this bitch. Personally, I think she played even dumber than she really is in the pre-debate interviews in order to keep the expectations low. It makes no sense that the woman couldn't come up with a supreme court decision other than Roe v Wade, and no reading materials?? I don't believe that for a minute. She played a game with the press (not all her own idea I'm sure) and on the surface made a passable appearance at the debate. The fact that she really didn't answer anything and had very little grasp of the global situation will eventually be seen by more people initially impressed by her fake folsky charm.. The wackos of course will never be disillusioned and she was in no danger of losing them anyway. Biden was enormously impressive. He is a smart man who seems to understand what the U.S. needs. He and Obama make a great team and I hope they get the chance to demonstrate that knowledge and passion can be had at the same time.
Modernmuscle		#15	[-]
Posts: 3220 (10/03/08 09:27 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	This bitch is just Anita Bryant all over again.
nymus		#16	[-]
Posts: 1114 (10/03/08 10:02 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sparechange1 I think you are ginving her a little too much credit. She isn't that smart or good of an actor to pull of a little scheme like that. Plus what purpose would that serve? I think she may. Also her performance at the debate wasn;t that impressive. She just seemd to repeat some memorized facts.
Senior Citizen		#17	[-]
Posts: 53 (10/03/08 01:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In the dim dark past I taught public speaking. Ms. Palin's performance last night is what we dubbed "having nothing to say and saying it". She also needs to work on her "down home", "folksy" bits. Just now they sound very fake, downright insulting, and sick making. She might in addition try answering a question or two directly -- "energy" is not an answer for everything. This member of the older (much older) generation remembers the Great Depression, and I will vote Democrat as I have ever since Roosevelt -- that is Franklin nor Theodore.
SpareChange1		#18	[-]
Posts: 3662 (10/03/08 01:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	great observations, Senior - funny too!

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