Posted on 09/05/2008 3:51:23 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Does the liberal senior editor of State, Dahlia Lithwick, secretly want the Democrat ticket to lose this year? You have to come to that conclusion when you read the complex mosaic of debate "tips" that she provides to Joe Biden including, get this, imitate the perpetually annoying Campbell Brown. This is just one part of an array of tips Lithwick provides in a Slate article condescendingly titled, "How To Debate a Girl, and Win." Lithwick starts out by sneering at Sarah Palin (emphasis mine):
Dear Sen. Biden:
You have a problem. In less than a month, you will face off against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a vice-presidential debate in St. Louis, and were you anyone but Joe Biden, it would likely be a rout. Last week, Palin proved herself a charming, confident, and gifted reader of speeches. But that doesn't change the fact that two years ago she was the mayor of a town of 6,000, crusading against dirty books at the local library. You are a six-term senator and chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee.
Lithwick has absolutely no doubt that Biden will win his debate with Palin but worries about how he wins it:
That's your problem, Joe. Everyone expects you to win the debate, and to trounce her on the substance. But the rules for debating Gov. Palin are different. If you lecture her, you'll be seen as a sexist bully. If you act too smart, you'll be seen as a sexist bully. If you condescend to her, you'll be seen as a sexist bully. So this longtime parliamentary debater (and longer-time female) is going to humbly offer you a few tips on how to debate a girl.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
My guess is he’ll try to be civil but once he takes a few body shots from the Baracuda he’ll revert to his old self and be a complete jerk for all to see.
WOW, this leads you to the obvious conclusion, Sarah’s brain grew since she was Mayor. It’s the only thing I can figure.
Liberalism is a temple of styrofoam, and Gov Palin is the wrecking crew.
She will chew him up and spit him out. I understand that it helps our cause to keep talking him up, but the man is a total hothead and a complete moron.
Do Senators even bother actually debating anymore? Don’t they just speak on the floor to themselves while nobody listens? When was the last time this asshat had a credible election opponent? Probably when Christ was a teenager.
Nope, she will tear this guy up.
Sarah Palin is not a ‘girl.’ They don’t know what they are dealing with here. She is extremely gifted: think female Mossad agent...and she snuck in right under the radar with a suitcase nuke.
Poor Joe, he’s stuck between a rock and a hard place. America loves Sarah, There isn’t anything Joe can say or do that will help him through this. If he comes on strong he will look bad, if he comes across weak he looks bad. She will pound him into the ground and if he retaliates its’s all over for him. Corruption should be the thing Joe should worry about.
My money’s on Sarah Palin. She’s gonna clean his clock..................with a smile.
she will rip his underpants off, kick him between the legs, wink and smile.
the second Biden starts asking her questions I would say “Senator Biden, are you the moderator now?”
LOL great comment
She should just let him do all the talking... Sarah wins again.
So in a nutshell Joe should not be who he really is during the debate. He should try to fool the public in an attempt to ‘beat’ Governor Palin in a debate. Well...that’s what the voters want to hear!!!
I heard a female caller from Alaska tell Rush Limbaugh that Joe Biden should be getting an oversize athletic cup for that debate.
This has got to be the dumbest advice I've ever heard.
Asking Gov. Palin such a stupid question, especially since Senator Biden has never led any military organization into any war, or into anything else, would open him up to an infinite number of crushing comebacks from the Governor.
Leftists are such dopes. But they think they are so much smarter than anyone else.
This author is a debater?
Please, spare me.
Ten bucks says he can’t help but be his pompous self and blows the debate.
In the 1988 presidential debates, Biden plagiarized comments from some British guy. Old habits die hard. Can’t wait to see who he plagiarizes this time.
Jimmy Carter and Amy come to mind?
Tell yourself that she is a machine in 3-inch heels that has been programmed to make you look brutish and aggressive. She will attack, and you will smile. She will make jokes, and you will laugh. Do whatever you need to do—take four Percocet, deploy Zen breathing techniques—to prevent yourself from attacking this woman. And do just as much not to pay attention to her. Even if she pulls out her breast pump during commercials, keep your eyes glazed over on the middle distance.
Gee.
And here I thought that the NOW brats supported women, and that family members are off limits: Here ANOTHER liberal is making snide remarks about five-year old Piper, and implying worse ones about her infant son.
I'm glad the MSM’s Couric can claim that they are even-handed and fair.
...and I might add a locked liquor cabinet
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