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krisomniac) wrote2008-10-03 12:07 am
krisomniac) wrote2008-10-03 12:07 am
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Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose
At least, that's what I was expecting Sarah Palin to say when she started to quote Reagan. I watched the debate first, Supernatural second (boys, it's not that i love you any less, I just thought you'd be better material for dreaming to).
The debate. Joe Biden did not just win the debate and win me (I have always loved Barack, but was dubious about his running mate), he knocked it so far out of the park, I think it has yet to land. In fact, I think Biden would hands-down win a debate between himself, Obama, and McCain. He made sense, he had facts, he could think on his feet, he managed to come off as intellectual, experienced, and human. And he never had to say 'gosh darn it' once.
Palin did not do quite as humiliating a job as I had expected. She was more or less ready to talk about four things (energy, taxes, Iraq and education) and she answered every question with one of those four. I thought it was a little frightening to see the ambitious glow in her eyes when she talked about her presidency if anything happened to John McCain. And she, like our illustrious president Dubya, thinks it's okay to mispronounce the word 'nuclear' when you are asking to be one of the few people in the world with the power to launch one.
The moderator, Gwen Ifill, I thought was brilliant. She was in control, not that these two were really anything but cordial, except the few times Biden took the stage. Her questions were interesting and tailored to the speaker, and despite the questions about her political leanings, I thought she was equally challenging to both.
Overall; good debate, though not quite the gaffe-fest I was expecting.
The debate. Joe Biden did not just win the debate and win me (I have always loved Barack, but was dubious about his running mate), he knocked it so far out of the park, I think it has yet to land. In fact, I think Biden would hands-down win a debate between himself, Obama, and McCain. He made sense, he had facts, he could think on his feet, he managed to come off as intellectual, experienced, and human. And he never had to say 'gosh darn it' once.
Palin did not do quite as humiliating a job as I had expected. She was more or less ready to talk about four things (energy, taxes, Iraq and education) and she answered every question with one of those four. I thought it was a little frightening to see the ambitious glow in her eyes when she talked about her presidency if anything happened to John McCain. And she, like our illustrious president Dubya, thinks it's okay to mispronounce the word 'nuclear' when you are asking to be one of the few people in the world with the power to launch one.
The moderator, Gwen Ifill, I thought was brilliant. She was in control, not that these two were really anything but cordial, except the few times Biden took the stage. Her questions were interesting and tailored to the speaker, and despite the questions about her political leanings, I thought she was equally challenging to both.
Overall; good debate, though not quite the gaffe-fest I was expecting.
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*sigh*
(Biden's choking up over his sons though? I'm not sure she can take that from him in any way.)
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I swear, I almost reached through the TV screen and choked Palin every time she said MAVERICK. BAHHHH.
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And yes! Thank god he quashed that nickname of McCain's!!