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 ...
These so-called intellectuals just cannot resist the urge to demean anyone who disagrees with them in the most condescending, arrogant way.
Airhead Campbell Brown can give you “batillions”(her words from Clinton’s war) of advice from her lisping lips. Bet this bimbo never said no to many.
And she’s married to Dan Senor. Hasn’t she learned anything?
But, hey! Don't question her love of country.
Wear earthtones, Joe. It’s very “alpha.” I hear Toni Morrison has a trope or two that you can pick up cheap, too.
Oh, and do try to get Rolling Stone to put a revealing shot of you on the cover, even if they have do some digital enhancement ... all the hipsters are doing it.
Yessiree, ol’ Joe’ll show that woman, Miz Palin, a thing or two.
I have this picture in my mind of Gwen Ifil and the Obama camp coordinating on questions that they think can make things go their way.
Does anyone think they won’t do this?
I’ve watched Biden for a long time. He is an absolute brass turd who gets absolutely everything wrong every time. There is a report about his meeting with his vaunted Foreign Relations Committee after 9/11 where he is flailing around and pretty much admits it. He had no idea what to do. So much for experience. His big idea was to send a huge check to...get this...Iran!
He insisted that Iraq be divided into three parts (all Gaul, and all that). How arrogant, the US telling another country how it must arrange itself. He’s an idiot.
I wonder why all the lib pundits think Biden needs help and advice.
With "rats" it's always party over country
You give Biden too much credit.
I’ve heard rumblings that Brown will be interviewing the trooper Wooten in the so called Troopergate incident. Disgusting.
One thing to keep in mind. These people don’t really care what the dirt is they think they can stir up on Palin.
They think you do, the leftist ain’t voting for McCain/Palin anyway. True, not true, they think you will stay home like 2006 when the Foley thing came up.
I voted anyway, many didn’t. I was pretty disgusted with the RINOs but I know the MSM and the democrats. If our party would get behind principles and fight back life would be more pleasant.
Democrats and RINOs are all the same, both stink.
So Joe has to paint his fingernails to match his suit?
Dahlia Lithwick
First Prize
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