At the risk of being completely insensitive…
I watched the Vice Presidential debates last night and I saw a winner. That winner clearly was not Sarah Palin. She was ambiguous. She was completely scripted. She did not answer questions, rather she steered them back to the scripted talking points that she memorized. I am reading the papers today and the media is saying that the debate was a tie. They are saying that the debate was “close”. People are saying that Palin did great. What? Huh? Did we all watch the same debate?
Reading further, I was horrified. The only benchmark for Palin “winning” was that she did not screw up badly. What kind of benchmark is that? If I were Palin, I’d be embarassed. Is that all people think of me? Am I so bad that people have to set the bar extra low for me to be able to jump over it?
The way — and this is where insensitivity may kick in — I see it is that the comparisons are completely on different scales. Biden is running a sprint in the Olympics. Palin, on the other hand, is running a sprint in the Special Olympics. Sure, they both can win their respective races. But, that’s comparing apples with oranges.
And lets get something straight. Only unintelligent dopes would fall for the whole “I’m great because I’m a hockey mom” bit. Look, you’re second in line to run this country. The man you’re running with is 72 years old and may kick the bucket at any time. I don’t want a “hockey mom” running the country. I don’t want a “hockey mom” dealing with Kim Jong Il or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on issues of nuclear (not noo-cu-lar) weapons. I want someone who has foreign affairs experience and that is not Sarah Palin. Hell, she only got her passport in 2006 and I’ve traveled to more foreign countries than she has.
I’m sorry. But, those of you who thought Palin did well, you are all die-hard Republicans who are unwilling to look past the partyline. She’s a kindergardener playing in a college football stadium. If you can’t see that Biden knows what he’s talking about and follows up with facts, you are not being objective.
Go ahead, flame away.
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 10:04 am
I totally agree with you. When she cannot answer a question, she will read out a script she has memorized on energy and what she did as Mayor/Governor. What is more scary if that she wanted more power as VP of US !!!
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 10:40 am
The German guy agrees.
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 3:53 pm
I normally don’t post my political opinions over the internet for the public to see, but I will this one time. Yes, I admit to being a die-hard Republican, and I’d love McCain to run this country. However, his running mate, no way. Sure, Sarah Palin has won the hearts of all the mothers in America (including my own), but everyone is right, she is unfit for the job. When something (God forbid) happens to McCain, she is a heartbeat away from Presidency. I don’t think I will be able to sleep at night.
Regarding last night’s debate, yes, she surprised us all. She passed the final exam after weeks of cramming. I had lower expectations, and even I was taken aback. My hands were practically trembling as I watched her responses. True, she failed to attack Obama (only mentioning his name roughly 18 times while Biden was able to attack McCain 68 times) and she failed to prove that the “McCain Doctrine” will differ greatly from Bush’s. I am tired of hearing “toxic wastes, “the greed and corruption on Wall Street.” On the other hand, Biden did very, very well. I give props to the Democratic Party for last night. I think he is 100 times better than Obama. 35 years of experience vs. 3 years of experience. Obama has written 2 memoirs and not one legislation. Frankly, I think Biden and Obama should trade places - we do have 30 days left.
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 4:12 pm
i shudder to think of palin in charge of anything, especially nucular weapons. that said, i thought she acquitted herself well in the debate. she did her homework and was able to steer the debate to allow her to spout off a few memorized specifics designed to give her a little more credibility. granted, she still mainly answered with beauty pageant responses, but she also played to her strength, which was connecting to her audience with her very telegenic charisma through those ambiguously hopeful platitudes while throwing out punches with a folksy smile. it’s actually pretty impressive and hard to defend against when half the people voting this november have a double digit iq, and a percentage of those in triple digits have adhd (which pretty much means we’re probably screwed, not just as a nation, but as a species). these are the people who are going to fall for her, hook, line, and sinker. as sad as the expectation may be, i think she, via mccain’s handlers, accomplished exactly what she was supposed to, which was to not hurt mccain (a la stockdale). and to be fair, i think biden had the same met expectation, which was to not hurt obama (either through his well chronicled bouts of verberrhia or by overly patronizing palin). i think they both did what they wanted to do, so i don’t think there was really a loser.
but boy, i did love biden’s bridge to nowhere uppercut …
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 4:46 pm
typical liberal sexist elitism…
Oct 3rd, 2008 at October 03, 2008 6:26 pm
Aww, shucks brother! Don’t be mean to the fragile hockey mom! She’s so sweet. She’s just like every other middle class American!
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Glad you called bullsh!t.