Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Veep Debate - Part 2

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Tomorrow night, we might all be watching something interesting. Oh h - e - double hockey sticks, it's going to be FASCINATING!

Which Sarah will show up? She does have debate experience, from her 2006 Gubernatorial race. According to the Times, she appeared confident, but exhibited the vagueness which has plagued her recent national interviews. So it may be that this is a hustle, as she has shown a quick learning curve. That's her, practicing with Randy Scheuneman at one of McShame's homes. (Crickets!)

I wanted to run a poll about which Sarah gaffe you thought most approached Dan Quayle sticking an "e" on the end of "potato".




But I only have 10 slots. So, please use the comments - what have you laughed hardest at so far: the Pakistan debate with the Temple grad student in Philly? Her inability to name a single newspaper or magazine? The fact that when Tina Fey did Sarah Palin, they didn't need to re-write, they just used actual verbiage? Her recitation of Obama's position on Pakistan? Russian incursions into Alaskan airspace?

I do, however, have enough slots for this:

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Karen Anne · 858 weeks ago

I'd forgotten how truly Palin-like Quayle was. Where do they find these people?
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Saying she learned about foreign policy issues from books.

I'm surprised, by the way, by how many people thought the low expectations would help her. If people think a candidate is not a good debater, then low expectations help. If they think she's a goofball, then every little verbal hiccup plays into the narrative. She's already entered Quayle territory, and a "mostly coherent" debate won't change that. A bad debate, though, can make it worse.
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McCain will invert the ticket until the House votes for the bailout, debate Biden as the newly -minted Vice-Presidential candidate, and re-invert the ticket on Friday.
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BigSkyGirl · 858 weeks ago

My favorite Palin moment, to Couric, on examples of McCain's reformer pursuit of financial oversight: "I'll find you some and I'll bring 'em to ya."
I hope she'll use this I'm-so-Betty-Crocker-you-can't-believe-it line during the debate. That would be hilarious!
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Conservatives are starting to complain that Ifill has a book coming out in January about the new generation of African-American leaders (which would of course prominently feature Obama). They are trying to set-up the spin that it's all the biased medias fault if (when) Palin gets a question that she can't handle. Will Ifill step down and if she does who will the Commission pick to replace her?
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And Brokaw is a McCain fan and Brokaw will be the moderator of the next Obama McCain debate ... so what's the big deal? I don't see the Obama campaign complaining. McCain is a WHINNER and acting like he is going through his second-childhood!
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