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I still say Biden needs to go after her big time. Like I said she wants to play with the big boys...let's play. This is crazy our country is in a meltdown and all you talk about is Palin...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6Y-wgivIE&eurl...
I think her biggest problem and this comes from the LA Times article talking to her former campaign aides. She has a very short attention span.. I think she blew the Couric interviews because she was way too confident that she could wing it, and she seems a slave to her index cards.
here is the LA Times article...
http://tinyurl.com/52pbom
She is going to be in way over head. The world is a very complex place, or as Dumbya puts it, "it's hard work"...she can't possibly be prepared for the things and issues that might come up during the debate (unless of course the moderator throws softballs). She might even have to respond to something that Biden brings up and the Moderator asks her to follow up on something she doesn't know a thing about.
But yeah, the pundits seem to be spinning the lowered expectations line. I have a feeling the Russia from Alaska comment will be brought up and she's going to have to clarify that and we're going to get another rambling statement about airspace and narrow maritime borders...when in reality there is no valid answer to such a stupid comment, but she'll make the best of it and the spinmeisters and pundits will declare how well she held her own, and come Friday morning they'll be declaring victory.
p.s. And CUE CARDS? Really? Oh please PLEASE bring cue cards to the debate...
crew coaching her....rather like when Toto pulls back that shimmering satin
curtain inside the Wizard's lair...and as her earpiece goes dead, watch her
speech patterns turn into Alaskan-Drivel and have Gwen Ifil freaking out?
Tiny Fey are you hearing this? You are so identical to her, we could set up
a shot that looks real and then send it out on YouTube till November 4th.
Too evil? Karl Rove would do it for McSame if he could. The day when
Democrats being using such tactics, will be the day they get back our
government.
Biden's job is to destroy the McCain-Palin policies and tie them to Bush and the failure of the last eight years.
Biden has a much easier job. He has shown on the trail that he is passionate and likable as a speaker. Biden will do very well.
If you need more examples, well...I'll try to find you some and I'll bring them to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilzUoQUJT8I
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BADA BINGO...you got it...tie them to Booooooooooosh
If "The Blessed Sarah" isn't looking at her watch during the debate she will steer every answer to her stand on abortion regardless of the question. National security? Abortion! Gwen. National economy? Abortion! Gwen. Immigration? Abortion! Gwen. Infrastructure? Abortion! Gwen.
And the Christian Right will blindly obey in droves at the ballot box with their own particular brand of joy in their hearts.
Heaven help us.
I'm treating her like any other politician, and based on what I've heard her say and how she's said it, she's way out of her league. Whether America decides that they like rooting for someone who's out of their league - if they want to treat this level of high office as seriously as they do a Rocky sequel - remains to be seen.
I said it elsewhere, but I really hope Biden pulls no punches with her in the debate. My thinking is, no matter how deferential he or respectful he is, if he were to come across as a castrati, the right will STILL say he was TOO rough, TOO mean on the li'l philly they specifically chose to be rough & mean to the Democrats. As far as I'm concerned, if he's gonna do the time in their eyes, he might as well commit the crime. Much like the Gilbert Gottfried approach to comedy - keep hammering a joke, milking a punchline until it becomes funny all over again - I hope Biden is so relentless on Palin that even if there were a few momenets of the audience going "wow, that was kinda rough," by the end they come back around to "that was all spot-on. All of that needed to be said." Here's hoping.
If "The Blessed Sarah" isn't looking at her watch during the debate she will steer every answer to her stand on abortion regardless of the question. National security? Abortion! Gwen. National economy? Abortion! Gwen. Immigration? Abortion! Gwen. Infrastructure? Abortion! Gwen.
And the Christian Right will blindly obey in droves at the ballot box with their own particular brand of joy in their hearts.
Heaven help us.
As long as Palin comes across as charming, the media will call it a tie, a tie means Palin wins.
Evading a question will be the focus of the next big media spin. If the moderator does her job and asks follow up questions like Couric did, Palin will be exposed. We all know it, Republicans, Dems, the MSM--everybody knows she bombs when a question is asked that demands a real answer!
Same for Biden. If everyone thinks Biden will do a shitty job and he doesn't, he wins.
I don't think she was "over handled" for her interview with Katie Couric. She was way too confident that her answers of idioms and slogans would placate Couric. What Couric exposed is that Palin doesn't even know detail of her own answers.
Now, this may sound sexist of me, but I think having Couric interviewing her, shows that Palin couldn't use charm that may had diverted attention as easily with a male interviewer. Couric was always centering on getting Palin to answer the question and wasn't sidetracked.
I would take a Rovian approach in dealing with Palin, attack her on her "strongest" points: Energy. Attack her on home heating oil, strategic reserve, natural gas pipeline regulation, environmental regulation and MTBE lawsuit immunity for Oil companies.
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Righties should stop running to her defense just because they think "she's being picked on." There's good reason the media is chewing her up. One, it's their job - on behalf of the public - to present the good, bad, and the ugly. I need solid information on which to make choices. I want someone at the helm who'll be thoughtful and have leadership qualities. Palin is too much an idealogue to leave behind her childish, unfounded notions and lead. She's a waste of space.
Republicans were plain stupid. You guys could have chosen Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Kay Hutchinson - and many others in a vast pool of accomplished, professional HIGHLY qualified women. Many have successfuly combined careers with a quality personal life. Get real. She looks and acts like a 1970s high school cheerleader who goes on to be prom queen. She's not top banana in a high school - this is prime time and this chick ain't ready.
The Republicans couldn't pick any of the women that you mentioned because of one issue: abortion. All of them are pro-choice besides Condoleezza Rice. The Social Conservatives wouldn't support a ticket with a pro choice candidate, which means the Republicans can possilby alienate 25% of their voters.
Allegedly McCain's first pick was Lieberman, but Lieberman was shot
down by Social Conservatives like the Family Research Council, because he may be bloodthirsty for their taste, but he is a bloodthirsty commie.
So cynically, they need to pick a Social Conservative who could shave off some women voters from Obama, and appeal to independents, and the short list gets shorter, which leads to Sarah Palin. Who is completely unqualified. Even if she wins, she will be swept asides so fast, it will make Quayle looked like he was a major player in the first Bush Administration. She doesn't have the organization nor the political hacks to help her out, like Cheney did with his AEI ties.
I thought this pick was always a boneheaded move, because Alaska is a quirky isolated state.
Trust them. Biden is less sure than Obama, but they have known what they were doing eversince the beginning.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
To SARAH PALIN, you Evil Soulless being,
You are a destroyer of animals. By allowing the MURDER of wolves in Alaska and the raping of the Endangered Species Act you are responsible for one of the most despicable acts in the last 240 years. With the current, environment raping, administration, it is no surprise why you were chosen for the post you will hopefully, never hold. You are a sick murdering monster, and have some very interesting morals, none of which are part of God's laws. Animal rights groups are responsible not only for the protection of endangered animals, but also for the creation of programs to protect children. In this way, you evil woman, you are no better than a CHILD ABUSER, BEATER OR RAPIST. You allow the EXPLOITATION of vulnerable populations, that cannot protect themselves. You are a MURDERER and this administration must love you because you are a destroyer of the environment, just like they are. I hope, when you close your eyes to sleep, that you see the death that you promote during the day. Send Mr.Bush and Senator McCain my utter disgust.
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You are a destroyer of animals. By allowing the MURDER of wolves in Alaska, Yellowstone and the Rockies and the raping of the Endangered Species Act you are responsible for one of the most despicable acts in the last 240 years. With the current, environment raping, administration, it is no surprise why you were chosen for the post you will hopefully, never hold. You,sick morderer, have some very interesting morals, none of which are part of God's laws. Animal rights groups are responsible not only for the protection of endangered animals, but also for the creation of programs to protect children. In this way, you evil idiot, you are no better than a CHILD ABUSER, BEATER OR RAPIST. You allow the EXPLOITATION of vulnerable populations, that can not protect themselves. You are a MURDERER and this administration must love you because you are a destroyer of the environment, just like they are. I hope, when you close your eyes to sleep, that you see the death that you promote during the day. Send Mr.Bush my utter disgust. Although, with his lack of caring for dead and dying men and women in the armed services, I am not surprised that he and Dork Cheney are trying to kill beautiful animals that God placed on this earth and an animal that has never killed a human, unless it was rabid. Gee, maybe you are a RABID PITBULL WITH LIPSTICK!!!!!
Biden can't lose, even is she plays the game to the best of her abilities. All Biden has to do is win the argument why Obama is better suited to lead. Open up his vast reservoir of knowledge about world affairs, but slant it in the direction that these are views HE shares with Obama. That way, he's selling Obama and letting the world know he's a mental heavyweight all in the same breadth.
Example: "I and Obama agree......" "I share the same views with Senator Obama on......" I'm in full agreement with Senator Obama that we can't afford 4 more years...and here are the reasons why....."
This type of lead-ini allows him to side-step the dummied-down debate format. He can open his knowledge about foreign policy, and Palin wll be asked to make a following comment! This is where she'll flop. This is where it becomes obvious she doesn't have an answer.
Thanks