2008 USP(G)ET pt. II: counting the days to 2012 primary thread 1

hahahahahahha

for real

Palin will do well. She doesn't have to be better than Biden, she has to be better than people's expectations of her. And that's a very low bar indeed.

The entire 2006 Alaska Governor debate is on google video, including "what if your daughter was raped?" abortion stance questioning of all candidates. weeeeeeee.

Fox just gets funner this season

http://thepage.time.com/gibbs-on-fox-and-friends/

Palin will do well. She doesn't have to be better than Biden, she has to be better than people's expectations of her. And that's a very low bar indeed.

― Zelda Zonk, Monday, September 29, 2008 10:32 AM (58 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you mean if she manages to string together cogent sentences 50% of the time she wins - clearly even the august "exceeding expectations" media meme has its limitations

Well it worked for Bush!

Palin will do well. She doesn't have to be better than Biden, she has to be better than people's expectations of her. And that's a very low bar indeed.

― Zelda Zonk, Monday, September 29, 2008 2:32 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark

Hence incredible attempts to inflate her prowess.

if Palin doesn't lick her finger on Thursday like she did with Couric the other night, she will have surpassed all of my expectations.

Bush has never come close to the "everywhere like such as / boom goes the dynamite" heights Palin has regularly achieved.

palin makes bush look like the captain of the debate team - in fact if there was a debate team and bush and palin were the only two members bush would be the captain

of course he would, he's the man

I think she needs to seem competent enough to be president (i.e. have a rudimentary grasp of national/international politics.) That is a low bar, but it's worth mentioning she's manage to duck well under it in her only two interviews. I've gotten the impression that the format will contain almost no interplay between Biden and Palin so all Biden has to do is not make a ridiculous gaffe and he should be okay.

who else could be on the debate team and still have bush be captain?

suggestions:

deeznuts
CaptainLorax
a deer
some kind of parrot (?)

biden should just start asking her questions

any woman

bidens gameplan: attack mccain, ignore palin

palins gameplan: fake a tummy ache, go to the nurses office

The Couric interview was frankly bizarre but having just checked out a few minutes of her 2006 Alaska debate, she doesn't sound so bad. Not great, but not scarily incompetent either. If she can manage that in the upcoming debate, she'll be considered to have done OK.

i'd like to see palin debate a parrot

http://celebrityapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/barack-obama.jpghttp://celebrityapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/michelle-obama.jpg

she can talk abt alaska and wingnut things in an almost convincing manner - when shes asked abt important things she never thought or knew anything abt until a month ago thats when the wheels come off

I'm hoping it's Biden vs. someone in a Palin costume.

biden v some kind of parrot

like Jim Bunning

(xpost)

yeah she's almost convincing when she talks about alaska, but if she starts talking about Russia . . .

COURIC: Have you ever been involved with any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?

PALIN: We have trade missions back and forth. We-- we do-- it's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where-- where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is-- from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to-- to our state.

http://celebrityapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cindy-mccain.jpg

Where do they go? It's Alaska! should really be alaskas new tourism slogan. they can use those pictures of putin hunting w/his shirt off in their print campaign.

http://img.skitch.com/20080929-r19n4cdtp6m9k96nryewmgk8ke.jpg

http://img.skitch.com/20080929-nbg88wb28t81161q1dnt7uhfet.jpg

sounds like a nice little shop project for you, eh? eh? xpost

also putin rearing his head over alaskan mountains, etc

lol yah already on it

baby mccain is terrifying

http://img.skitch.com/20080929-gb2m3i3ur2sndpp861fnsp2188.jpg

"child"
http://img.skitch.com/20080929-jap8u1yr163594f8kiffygwem6.jpg

lol found while researching

http://www.doublespeakshow.com/images/2006/07/putinanddolphins.jpg

he has the awesomest cult of personality propaganda ever

http://img.skitch.com/20080929-8aeb6nuqmpsk1whfwj3dck4iwe.jpg

last one; manga

http://img.skitch.com/20080929-n3pngr2x297yix2s4au82q9u4h.jpg

i wd actually like to see palin debate captainlorax

manga McCain looks like an anti-drug ad

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/putinrearshishead.jpg

manga mccain is like the baby in A Wrinkle in Time

David Axelrod's A Wrinkle in Time

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/220581.php

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/29/uselections2008.sarahpalin

love the "every time I see that lady, I get my cheque book out and write another for obama"

hate the "I don't mean to sound racist but I don't think this country is ready for a black president"

xp, assuming that's true, when would be the ideal time to release the tape? just after the debate? just before? right away?

the denigration of hockey via its connection with Palin is really ;_;

the remaining footage is from a different interview and will be airing wednesday and thursday

wow what a dumb article thank u guardian

xp, thanks j0sh

never read the guardian guys.