The Lysergic Acid Diethylamidiotic Joe Biden & Sarah Palin VP Presidential Debate thread in the 2 zero zero 8 (2008 party over oops)

i think BOTH! somehow. email me your contendahs

http://www.hollywood-newsroom.com/news/entertainment-value-huge-for-sarah-palin-joe-biden-debate/

“A lot of people are anticipating this to be almost a ‘Saturday Night Live’ live,” said Tammy Vigil, an assistant professor of communications at Boston University and a co-author of the upcoming book, “The Third Agenda in U.S. Presidential Debates.” “The entertainment value on this debate is going to be huge.”

Heavy on the sarcasm but even so:

Fresh evidence tonight that the brilliant McCain campaign strategy to lock away the political effervescence of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to stoke overconfidence among the nation's Democrats and set the stage for yet another improbable Arizona comeback is working exactly as planned.

And oh, the comments.

i'm already getting nervous, guys!!

Don't be.

cover someone''s eyes and ask them what shirt they have on. Chances are, they will stumble and have a hard time remembering.

wow the average American must be even stupider than I thought

(Trust me, goole -- it's not GREAT satire but read through the whole thing, then read the comments.)

Okay these people are actually dumber than the folks making Youtube comments.

http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2007-06/30306866.jpg

Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000.

Okay these people are actually dumber than the folks making Youtube comments.

Is that even possible?

Beneath every cellar is a potential for further development.

LA local news was doing their spot on the debate, but then...

"in more breaking news at this hour, there are reports of a puppy on the loose on the 5"

traffic > election, LOL

sorry
Traffic > debate, though this could throw the final KO to the election

JOE BIDEN WILL SAVE THAT PUPPY

HE WILL DO IT WITH HIS BARE HANDS, NOT SHOOT IT WITH A TRANQ GUN FROM A HELICOPTER LIKE SOME GOVERNORS WHO SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS

Obama phones in about puppy, McCain rushes to the 5

WHEN HE IS DONE SAVING THE PUPPY HE WILL TAKE THE TRAIN BACK TO DELAWARE TO SEE HIS FAMILY AND, IF THE PUPPY IS UNCLAIMED, HE WILL LET HIS GRANDCHILDREN PLAY WITH THE PUPPY, GENTLY

why are you yelling?

a puppy loose in the presidential race

are there any bars in nyc that are going to be playing this tonight

No, none.

nabisco + puppy humor is one of the things i'll most remember about 08

how feverishly is palin praying with thomas muthy right now?

hai guyz how do i get to huntington beach
i wunt to go hunting

LORD MAKE AH WAY, LORD MAKE AH WAY

I really hope Palin brings the lolz tonight, this is my evening's entertainment.

obama's dad is a wizard, pass it on

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/02/mccain-says-obama-lead-growing-because-life-isnt-fair/

LIFE ISNT FAIIIIIRR

Wow, crybaby stage already.

http://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gif[url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/1008/McCain_pulling_out_of_Michigan.html?showall]MCCAIN CONCEDING MICHIGAN MCCAIN CONCEDING MICHIGAN MCCAIN CONCEDING MICHIGAN MCCAIN CONCEDING MICHIGANhttp://www.bradblog.com/Images/siren.gif

Posted already.

oh i forgot what thread i was in

DON'T PANIC:

re: Free Palin [Mark R. Levin]

I would LOVE to question Katie Couric about her knowledge of the Constitution, let alone Supreme Court decisions.

and

So, I guess, this is all an around and about way of saying that I'm in the Free Sarah Palin camp. I don't mean throw her out there and hope she swims. She needs to be prepared on the substance. But she also needs to be taught techniques to relax, feel calm and grounded, find her center, listen strategically, and take control. Deep breathing exercises, physical and vocal warm ups, can help. Finding that one person in the audience to connect to, or forgetting the audience altogether and having an intimate chat. She needs to find whatever works. And every bit of coaching she gets should be directed toward helping her exude the charm, charisma, and confidence that has gotten her this far.

Somehow Mark Levin as yoga teacher is not filling me with a sense of calm.

"Find your flow, yes...now blame the Democrats for not letting you find it earlier..."

palin should smoke a fatty with K-Lo, that will help her relax

Sarah and Kathryn Go to Applebee's

sarah palin's funny sober just think how funny she would be when she's baked

Ross Douthat has the best analysis I've read in days:

For those conservatives who claim to see no problems with Palin's performance, of course, this is precisely what's so outrageous about the anti-Palin backlash: She's being judged, they complain, less on her record and her positions than on her ability to BS her way through "gotcha" questions from hostile interviewers, and she's being found wanting because she isn't as practiced in the art of the on-air dodge as more experienced politicians. (Thus Joe Carter's pro-Palin complaint, for instance, that he "cannot make the leap in logic required to believe that proficiency on television is evidence of capable leadership.")

I think this view is wrong for several reasons: Because Palin's relatively limited record in politics magnifies the importance of her public comments for anyone who's trying to get a handle on who this woman is and whether she's ready for high office; because her performance has been so comprehensively lousy that it has to reflect, to some degree, on her knowledge base and her understanding of policy as well as on her TV chops; and because like it or not, "proficiency on television" is simply a prerequisite for capable leadership in a mass democracy. But there's a sense in which the apologists for her performance are getting something right: In the process of performing very, very badly on national television, Palin is holding up a mirror to the rest of the political world, and revealing how the mix of talking points, bluster, obfuscation and BS that nearly all national politicians traffic in as a matter of course sounds when it's filtered through someone who isn't practiced in it, and isn't ready for the spotlight. Her performances reflect badly on her readiness for the vice presidency, no question - but they reflect badly on our whole compromised, spin-happy political class as well.

Well, whoop-de-fuck. Sarah Palin as window on our fucked up political process.

Any analysis that makes more out of her than a fish out of water is stretching it.

LIFE ISNT FAIIIIIRR

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/leavemccainalone.jpg

uh

sounds like a GREAT PLAN!

Another example noted by the campaign was voting for defense cuts during the Reagan administration, and voting against the first Gulf war in 1991. (PolitiFact.com points out that he voted with the majority of Senate Democrats on the resolution.)

lolz - I mean the first Gulf War was fucking stupid and voting against it is totally defensible but way to screw up your facts ahead of time guys

That's not a bad plan for her, honestly: if her main liability is looking a bit confused and underinformed when pressed on issues, it make sense to take the attack-dog position, because you can't look confused or underinformed when you're lunging at someone. (Also she's allowed to lunge at Biden in ways he's not allowed to lunge at her, so why not.)

woohoo

is this on at 2am uk time again? I have a 6 pack of tiger and 10 lights, and I'm settling in for the fireworks

Yeah, I'm gonna stay up (somehow). I think it's gonna be on BBC news24?

if biden isn't solid this could be pretty anti-climactic. if he doesn't veer off course to school her or attack her, but just trusts that the disparity between them will be so apparent that no one will be able to apologize for palin tomorrow, or likewise attack biden for anything, that would be ideal.

if biden isnt solid it will probably still be entertaining and climactic imo