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Biden/Palin Vice Presidential Debate. Your reactions?
Fox News Channel | 2 October 2008 | gulfwar1vet

Posted on 10/02/2008 7:37:12 PM PDT by GulfWar1Vet

Well....it's over. How do you think Sara did?


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To: GulfWar1Vet

Each side probably made their base happy. Biden was in show up and throw up sales mode. He dumped 1000 numbers, and slammed Bush and McCain. He did what he always does. He talked and talked, and probably made his base happy with the slams. Both probably won over parts of the middle. I think Palin probably gained back a lot of people that may have started doubting her. A big win for her.


121 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:17 PM PDT by ilgipper
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To: GulfWar1Vet

Definitly got better as she relaxed


122 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:25 PM PDT by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: GulfWar1Vet

That vomit bag Biden spent the evening hanging Subprime meltdown around McCain’s neck. I think Palin missed a huge opportunity to remind people of the theiving Demohack RICO conspiracy that was Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In two sentences she could have mentioned that the man that O’Bammy trusted to make his VP selection - Johnson - was one of the Fannie Mae Robber Barons. And she should have hung the shenanigans at Fannie Mae all over the Demohack party ala, “this is what the Democrats do with their buddies when they have access to the piggy bank and control of oversight. $90 million to Raines, $25 million to Gorelick...”


123 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:36 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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To: FreeAtlanta
Sarah Baracuda? Youve got to be kidding! A baracuda would have nailed the Democrats and the media. Not a mention of Ifill's new book on the Age of Obama! What a lost opportunity that was. Not a mention of Fannie Mae CEOs with positions in the Obama campaign.

When are Republicans going to realize that playing footsy with the Democrats is a losing propsition. They do deserve to loose!

I'm going to trot off to bed now but first I'm going to practice saying "President Obama".

124 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:41 PM PDT by StACase (Global Warming is CRAP!)
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To: Pan_Yan

Given the Zeitgeist , she did awesome and mopped the floor with Biden .


125 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:47 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (SENATOR McCAIN : PLEASE FIGHT THE DEMOCRATS THE WAY YOU HAVE FOUGHT THE REPUBLICANS ALL THESE YEARS)
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To: txroadkill

Hot damn she has had 5 weeks to prepare for this and she knocked it out of the park. This gal is who we thought she was.


126 posted on 10/02/2008 7:55:57 PM PDT by Harry Wurzbach (Rep. Thaddeus McCotter is my hero.)
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To: rabidralph

McCain needs to have her doing some ads to put across the country!!! By pass the media filters!!!!


127 posted on 10/02/2008 7:56:16 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (NOBAMA - it is for our future)
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To: GulfWar1Vet
Joe's going to need new plugs - he's pulling them out backstage!!

Sarah WON - she did better than AWESOME!! I am so impressed with her, so glad I got to see her in person in the Villages!!!

WOOO HOOOO!!

128 posted on 10/02/2008 7:56:52 PM PDT by Florida native
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To: bluegirl

I believe the Fannie/Freddie attacks will start once the bailout bill is (eventually) passed. I don’t see McCain instigating a partisan attack on Fan/Fred when the Congress is trying (barely) to project bipartisanship. Once the bill is passed, then it’ll be fair game to start destroying Deomcrats on this issue.


129 posted on 10/02/2008 7:56:55 PM PDT by joejm65
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To: GulfWar1Vet

The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on!!!


130 posted on 10/02/2008 7:56:55 PM PDT by icedude
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To: GulfWar1Vet

Sarah kicked a***, and Joe Biden out performed Barack Obama


131 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:26 PM PDT by valkyry1 (McCain/Palin 2008)
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To: MississippiMan

“She kicked butt, did a great job. The glaring problem for me was that it seemed obvious that she had been forbidden to stray much from the “bipartisan” line of crap on the financial crisis.”

I agree she did great, but was so aggravated that she did not take the openings to really explain the steps that led to the financial crisis that I stopped watching for a time.

And Biden saying twice that Obama warned about the problem two years ago.

The McCain campaign had to have made a decision to not really hit on what caused this crisis, and it was/is a dumb decision. The openings were there, but she clearly had worked on a different set of answers.

But, overall, she gave a great performance.


132 posted on 10/02/2008 7:57:31 PM PDT by Will88
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To: GulfWar1Vet

OK, you can guess by my name how I think she did, but here’s a more critical analysis:

1) She isn’t good at context switching. Yes, the line about how she’d answer the questions the way she wants them to was a good one, but it still irritated me. But that was largely forgotten in the second half.
2) Biden probably had slight edge on details/experience (but of course he would after 30 years and she has 5 weeks). But he was completely, totally forgettable. He may have known the content a little better, but my brain wandered off halfway through the answer.
3) OTOH... I did NOT mentally wander when Palin was answering the questions. She was very direct and to the point. She had plenty of good zingers and charming analogies. She spoke to middle class America, not ivory tower America.

Verdict: She absolutely did wonderful. She exceeded expectations. I’m not going to say that a VP debate will turn around a lead completely, but I think that if nothing else, she’ll stop the bleeding.


133 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:14 PM PDT by GoSarah
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To: GulfWar1Vet
I tip my hat to her.

She done good. Real good....

McCain/Palin 08

134 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:20 PM PDT by bayliving (Democrats used to be funny. Now they're just plain dangerous.)
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To: ScreamingGreenAlienGorilla

“Seemed rather nervous and tentative at the start (yeah, I know, I wouldn’t have done any better).”

She will get the Empathy vote!


135 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:21 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG....)
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To: StACase
She could have pointed out the involvement of Democrats in the current Fanny Freddie melt-downs

I was also disappointed that she missed this early scoring opportunity, but she got stronger as the debate wore on.

136 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:22 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Huck

I thought I heard her talking about McCain trying to sound the alarm about the Fannie and Freddie thing. Or was I hallucinating?


137 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:37 PM PDT by dbwz (It's not about women; it's about control.)
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To: GulfWar1Vet

Fred Thompson just pointed out 5 errors in what Biden said


138 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:53 PM PDT by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: GulfWar1Vet

Fred Thompson is nailing Biden on several lies right now on Fox.


139 posted on 10/02/2008 7:58:53 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (NOBAMA - it is for our future)
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