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Who is watching the US Vice Presidential debates? Who can’t wait? Who is terrified?

Who is going to screw up the worst?

7 pm MDT: We are live. Hopefully watching the HD version of the debate. Leta is stoked.

7:02 pm MDT: Leta: “I can’t hear myself. It’s too loud!”

7:04 pm MDT: Biden is speaking. Making sense. Palin is speaking. Playing the soccer mom card instantly. Used folksy word: “betcha”. Also mentioned the GOP calling card: FEAR. Split screen… obviously being used to make one or the other look bad.

7:08 pm MDT: Biden repeats talking point about McCain’s gaffe regarding the sound fundamentals of the economy. I think I’m going to take a drink every time “John McCain” is said by either Biden or Palin.

7:09 pm MDT: Palin: “Darn right”. “on that”. “hockey moms”. “joe six pack”. Calling for strict oversight. Seems like a bit of a policy departure for the GOP. Biden is winning the John McCain war.

7:13 pm MDT: Biden still winning the John McCain war. Palin: “Darn right.” “Kill jobs.” She’s not doing that bad. Biden is turning it up.

7:15 pm MDT: Palin is getting worked up. Awesome.

7:16 pm MDT: Taxes. Biden is looking right at the camera. Palin talking about distribution of wealth and millions of small businesses making above $250,000 a year getting hit hard.

Switching to healthcare. Palin just used the words “budget neutral”. Also just referred to the federal government as “the feds”. Half of Utah just fainted with delight.

Biden brings up the McCain $5,000 healthcare credit. Biden just dropped a good one: “That’s what I call the ultimate bridge to nowhere.”

7:23 pm MDT: Time for Leta to go to bed. She’s burned out on politics tonight.

7:44 pm MDT: Ok. Back. Leta has advanced to Fox on Socks. The words are a little more difficult to read. Leta did not mention John McCain, soccer, hockey or awesome. She did not wink, either.

Palin favorites so far: “Toxic Waste on Main Street”.
“But also.“
“Goin’ on.“
“We’ve got to clean up the planet.“
“Also.“
Wow. Word salad-or-rama from Palin. She just hit every bullet point in her prep deck on global warming.

Biden: Not really addressing Palin at all. Attacking John McCain’s record. Also.

I don’t think I can EVEN KEEP UP WITH THE NON-STOP INSANITY.

Palin’s diverse friends: The Gays.

Dude. I should be taking a drink everytime “John McCain” is mentioned.

Have finished dinner wine. Switching to something more appropriate. Hot Damn.

Palin should not look down to read her notes. Split screen not doing either candidate any favors.

This whole “debate” is one giant non-sequitur. As is this post.

Nuculer weapons discussion from Palin. Yee HAW! I’m convinced that Palin is a circular breather. She can talk while inhaling and then gradually exhale while continuing to speak. It’s remarkable.

Biden is doing better than I thought he’d do. Palin hasn’t seemed to answer a question from the moderator. Must be the liberal media at work again. Biden just said “Bosniacs”. AWESOME. HOT DAMN!

Sadie Hawkins vote win? Palin.
Answering no questions at cheerleader tryouts: Palin.
Awesomely avoiding Biden’s amazing personal moment: Palin.
Mavericky Maverickness and Winking: Palin.
Platitudes: Palin.
Mom: Palin.

Question: Is Palin our Oil Mama?

Biden is actually being inspirational. Hell yes.

Ok. Who do you think won?

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  • Kim L

    I’m surprised there’s been no mention of this Biden quote, “Number two, with regard to bankruptcy now, Gwen, what we should be doing now — and Barack Obama and I support it — we should be allowing bankruptcy courts to be able to re-adjust not just the interest rate you’re paying on your mortgage to be able to stay in your home, but be able to adjust the principle that you owe, the principle that you owe.” Are you kidding me?

  • CK_Lunchbox

    Well Gee Golly Gosh Darnit.

    At first I thought it was Biden, at least he sounded intelligent. I was surprised, however, when the news commentators and analysts were all fawning over Palin. They were looking at a completely different set of criteria by their remarks.

    I think everyone was expecting a repeat of Superbowl XX with the Bears and Patriots. I guess like soccer, sometimes in politics, a tie is as good as a win. Not in November, though. That’s the World Cup and there has to be a winner.

  • Kari-Mel

    I cracked up when she called him Senator OBiden! That was priceless!

    Who else thought she sounded like she should have been standing there wearing gingham with a butter churn “dontcha know”? How hokey!

    And I’m with everyone else who pointed out NUCULER (sic) — OMG there’s another idiot who doesn’t know such an important word trying to invade Washington!

  • Amber

    First, when she came out and asked if she could call Biden “Joe,” I wish he would have responded, “Sister, you can call me anything but late for dinner.” Because THAT is the only thing that would have made this debate better. I loved every darn-tootin’ minute of it, you betcha.

    Second, the global warming question was where I, too, realized it would take some effort to keep up with the insanity. I turned to my friend and said, “In a second or two, they’re going to start rapping their climate positions.” Because I swear I heard Palin say “G to the izzah” somewheres in there.

    Third, OMG Palin is pretty in high-def. And OMG, Biden is just down-right gorgeous in high-def.

    Fourth, I think Biden was somewhat charmed by Palin’s folksy wiles. Also, I think I was charmed by Biden — he is a gentleman and a scholar.

    Fifth, and finally, she gave a “shout out” to a third grade class and that right there sealed Palin’s place in my heart — the place I reserve for americana and weird-but-endearing relatives and ugly girl movies like Never Been Kissed.

    So in the end I wasn’t even upset there was no new Office episode on tonight. Biden and Palin should be on every Thursday and just talk about stuff.

  • debooki

    Honestly I had enough when she kept using the word MAVERICK over & over & shut the TV off.

    On another note, after listening to a radio shows based out of Maine this morning, many men that called in now think they have a personal relationship with her & that she was winking at THEM!

    Maverick: an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother

    an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km)…that is separated from its mother.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/filmgoerjuan/ filmgoerjuan

    Well that wasn’t nearly as bad as I feared it could be; it also wasn’t as interesting as I hoped it could be :)

    They both seemed pretty stiff to begin with, with Palin especially seeming like she was giving rehearsed pieces. They both relaxed partway into the debate, though, which was good.

    Palin seemed to stick to her talking points and stuff she’d memorized, including at times when she was passing up an opportunity to counter something that Biden had said. It seemed that an actual debate with points and counterpoints wasn’t in the cards — well not on the cards she had in front of her, at least.

    Biden did well, seemed relaxed and to the point (most of the time) without being long-winded and avoided making any memorable gaffe. There were a few times — including right at the beginning during the question about how the country’s economy was going down the toilet — that he had his inappropriate smile. Not quite the McCain creepy smile, but still a minor faux pas.

    Ifill was decent, if boring; I nearly screamed at the TV when she gave them a softball “If you were to become President, what would you do differently?” Like either candidate is going to actually say “Well I wouldn’t implement my running mate’s health care plan…it’s crazy!” I guess in the end I was just glad that Biden didn’t ask her to stand up ;)

    The outcome was a tie, which (as I suspected) translates into a minor Palin win due to non-meltdownitude. I think both parties will be happy with the way things went; though McCain still has to worry about Palin’s one-on-ones with the media as they will probably ask tough questions. Like, I don’t know, “What magazines or newspapers do you read?” Of course, that was just a below-the-belt question typical of the MSM!

  • brebolivar

    I’m glad she didn’t totally crash & burn. Like football, I don’t always care who wins or loses, as long as it’s a good game.

    I highly recommend playing debate bingo — did it last night, it was quite exciting.

  • Tania

    The debate was fun.Whats with the language and dontcha and gotchas going on?Can’t she speak proper legible English ? I might not be an arugula eating,latte swirling elite but I definitely want a VP who doesn’t come across as a pretty face and has won a few popularity contest.This comes from a first time voter, who the conservatives here thinks does not understand Jesus and oil drilling. I am a fiscal conservative who wants money on research and education if US needs to come ahead in the world in the future.I want a nerd who gets the job done not a jock and a pretty face who sinks our economy with trillions of dollars in a false war.If that makes me an elite, yes I am one to demand a better school for my child for the taxes that I pay and money invested in research rather than a false war.

  • http://goaliej54.blogspot.com goaliej54

    Since Biden’s answers contained much more substance, and since Palin only seems to know about what’s going on in Alaska… I give the win to Biden. Besides, all the “you betchas” and quirky facial expressions really annoy me. I want a serious candidate with experience and knowledge, not the “girl next door” who doesn’t even know what the VP is supposed to do. And I’m a future hockey mom (assuming junior will play since mom and dad do)! lol

  • mejawat

    Why bother correcting Nukular when you say LOOSE?
    Huge pet peeve.

  • booner32

    My position: I am a former republican, but I now support Obama/Biden.

    In my mind, Biden clearly won this debate. He made specific points and actually answered the initial and re-directed questions.

    Palin tried to gloss over too many questions and talk about energy and taxes instead. Her strong suit is reading a teleprompter and delivering a prepared speech. I feel that is what she did last night. She read the teleprompter in her head and gave several rehearsed mini-speeches. If there was a topic/question that she had no material on, she could not think on her feet or even try to BS her way through an answer. She would just change the subject to something that she could brain read.

    In comparing the two, here is what I see. Biden writes/conveys policy. Palin can only read it.

  • http://www.poopandboogies.com William

    Now that was one funny post. Bosniacs and Fox in Sox in one night.

    William
    [please don’t put your URL in your coment]

  • joeydi

    Bosniacs is actually proper. It is the name of a group of people, as opposed ‘Bosnians’ which refers to everyone who inhabits Bosnia. i.e. Serbs, Croats & Bosniacs are all Bosnians, but not all Bosnians are Bosniacs.

    http://​en​.wikipedia​.org/​w​i​k​i​/​B​o​sniaks

  • kim at allconsuming

    I only caught a smidge of it as it was shown live here but that equated to 11am. And well, Palin at 11am is like drinking gin at breakfast.

    This is what I took from what I saw:
    – Biden is experienced and has a rational head on his shoulders
    – Palin has worked out that if she keeps smiling, winking and using that cutesy voice people may not notice she what she is saying doesn’t make sense or doesn’t answer the question.

    - Biden understands that for every action there is a reaction. Or a consequence.
    – Palin doesn’t.

    She’s just too green.

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