Veep Debate

**sasvermont** · 10-03-2008, 07:57 AM

Well, I thought the debate went smoothly, much more smoothly than I had expected. I thought Palin had prepared much better than for her interviews. I was happy than Biden didn't shoot himself in the foot. They were both on their best behavior. I would have liked for Palin to have told us how McCain's administration would be different from Bush's. She let that opportunity go and I can only assume she didn't have an answer. She did answer questions on her own terms, sometimes avoiding the answer to the question, entirely.

All in all, the handlers did a fair job of preparing SP for the display. I still think she is not educated enough or experienced enough for the VP job - and not the person I want representing me as a VP or a P. She scares me to death.

I suspect the next couple of debates will be very important and I trust the candiates will be prepared. I don't expect the polls to change dramatically unless one candidate screws up some how. McCain seems to be dropping in the polls. We shall see.

My Grade on the debate:

Biden A- (boring)
Palin C+ (duh)

**moosmom** · 10-03-2008, 10:38 AM

Did Palin have something in her eye or was she constantly "winking" at the audience???

I thought Palin is a great tap dancer. She danced around just about every question asked. What about the plan to withdraw troops from Iraq? Why didn't they bring up the environment and the $150 bounty Palin put on the heads of wolves, who are on the endangered species list?? What about the polar bears? Nothing was mentioned about their troubles. Not only are they starving, they are also drowning because the ice caps are melting at an alarming rate. Yet Palin wants to, as she put it so eloquently, "Drill baby, DRILL".

And her pronunciation of Nuclear aggravated the crap outta me.

McCain and Palin are nothing more than Bush's puppets. Palin was very well rehearsed.

Last night's debate solidified my vote for Obama.

**Bonny** · 10-03-2008, 11:56 AM

They both did the political game really well. He didn't do any male bullying & she stuck to the mavrick theme. They both said alot of nothing so it wouldn't ruin it for their presidental partners. Politics as usual!

**Ginger's Mom** · 10-03-2008, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Puckstop31

But if true, how do I get in on that gold mine? Or do we, the people who pay our bills, get screwed again? Why do we continue to punish success in the country?

Let's tax the big evil companies.... "Windfall" profits....

I thought OB and JB were about change and not the typical liberal line of thinking...

<sigh>

Serisously... Why be successful? Live past your means and somebody will bail you out. It's nothing but bulldookie.

I agree with part of this, but not all of it. I agree that I thought my head was going to explode when it was suggested that greedy, irresponsible people would be allowed to maintain the homes that they could not afford to begin with without any ramifications (ie. bankruptcy, foreclosure). I was in the market for a house at the time of the housing market explosion, however, I refused to take out a loan for more than I could afford to pay back. It would be irresponsible to do anything else. But again, people are being allowed to say it's not my fault because (fill in blank). Aarrgh!!! I say it is the responsible people who are getting screwed not the successful ones (because you can be both successful and responsible). I have no problem with successful companies doing business in the US being taxed by the US so that the money can be used in the US. It is better than allowing them to take the money from the US and send it overseas where it will not help us at all.

For the most part I thought that Sara Palin looked like she was doing an interview for a beauty contest. I was distracted and disgusted by the way she was playing into the camera like she was making a movie. Yes, it is a good idea for a canidate to look directly into the camera when he wants to emphasize a point, to really drive it home and look commited and earnest. Unfortunately all she looked like was that she was more concerned about smiling into the camera than connecting with anyone on any particular point. To say she did better than expected is a really lame way to evaluate her performance since everyone had rather low expectations of her to begin with. I think the handlers for the Republican party have done a terrible job in preparing their canidates. They need to fire them all and bring in a new group of advisers if they want anyone to take them seriously.

**Karen** · 10-03-2008, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Puckstop31

Errr... Sure. I am sure the banks would do that "in good faith".

But if true, how do I get in on that gold mine? Or do we, the people who pay our bills, get screwed again? Why do we continue to punish success in the country?

Let's tax the big evil companies.... "Windfall" profits....

I thought OB and JB were about change and not the typical liberal line of thinking...

<sigh>

Serisously... Why be successful? Live past your means and somebody will bail you out. It's nothing but bulldookie.

I'm sure, if you have what is termed a "predatory mortgage" you can apply for an abatement if the program actually comes into effect. It is just being discussed right now.

Why be successful? For your own self-respect!

**caseysmom** · 10-03-2008, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ginger's Mom

I agree with part of this, but not all of it. I agree that I thought my head was going to explode when it was suggested that greedy, irresponsible people would be allowed to maintain the homes that they could not afford to begin with without any ramifications (ie. bankruptcy, foreclosure). I was in the market for a house at the time of the housing market explosion, however, I refused to take out a loan for more than I could afford to pay back. It would be irresponsible to do anything else. But again, people are being allowed to say it's not my fault because (fill in blank). Aarrgh!!! I say it is the responsible people who are getting screwed not the successful ones (because you can be both successful and responsible). I have no problem with successful companies doing business in the US being taxed by the US so that the money can be used in the US. It is better than allowing them to take the money from the US and send it overseas where it will not help us at all.

For the most part I thought that Sara Palin looked like she was doing an interview for a beauty contest. I was distracted and disgusted by the way she was playing into the camera like she was making a movie. Yes, it is a good idea for a canidate to look directly into the camera when he wants to emphasize a point, to really drive it home and look commited and earnest. Unfortunately all she looked like was that she was more concerned about smiling into the camera than connecting with anyone on any particular point. To say she did better than expected is a really lame way to evaluate her performance since everyone had rather low expectations of her to begin with. I think the handlers for the Republican party have done a terrible job in preparing their canidates. They need to fire them all and bring in a new group of advisers if they want anyone to take them seriously.

I thought she looked like one of those dolls I had as a kid and you pulled the string on the back and it spouted out the lines.