“..and gifted reader of speeches”
They never give up do they?
Biden is one of the stupidest men in public life, but he thinks he’s smart. That’s his achilles heel. I think Gov. Palin will get it.
I think the media has proven that it is acceptable to be sexist. Heck, the headlines the day after the debate’ll probably call Palin a sexist.
Cry?
What happened to her being Governor of the largest State for two years??? (Not to mention having an approval rating some nine times greater than the Congress?)
Simple, just say I disagree with Oprah on the War on terror or anything else.
How about we simplify it. Joe needs to pretend that he's a man.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“That’s your problem, Joe. Everyone expects you to win the debate, and to trounce her on the substance.”
Utterly delusional. Wow.
As opposed to not so gifted plagiarist of speeches.
Not to mention keeping her up on current events.
/johnny
I expect him to lose, partly because of the issues outlined by Dahlia, the same reasons Barak won because Hillary! couldn’t really get tough on him.
The Damocles sword of identity politics incompetently applied.
Ah they're doing the "reader of speeches" line. The writer of this article is probably shall we say is a rather small man. Liberals are scum.
I’m still perplexed at Obama’s choice in Biden. I mean of all the people he could have picked, he picks a Senator (knowing he lacks his own executive experience) and a pompous, typical “white guy” Senator no less.
Did he think this would win him some white votes? If so, Obama really is out of touch and a moron.
"Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate. She writes "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" and has covered the Microsoft trial and other legal issues for Slate. Before joining Slate as a freelancer in 1999, she worked for a family law firm in Reno, Nevada. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, ELLE, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Washington Post. She was a regular guest on The Al Franken Show,...."
Is this supposed to be a serious qualification for President? How many world leader friends you have on FaceBook? That's right up there with how many times one has been on Meet the Press.
“So this longtime parliamentary debater...”
Oh, the author is a master-debater.
Poor Sarah, she won't be able to fly her own aircraft home, Biden's head is pretty hard.
Joe plagiarizes when he is up against the wall.
Twice, that we know of. How many more times has he plagiarized?
The man is a dishonest scumbag.
Who cares what he says? His statements are the intellectual work product of others. He is, in short, beneath contempt.
You will need to match Palin point for point in the blue-collar-off. If she invokes her sister's gas station, bring up your cousin's Laundromat. (Try to locate one in the coming days, if you aren't in possession of one already). If she mentions the threshers, you need to see her the threshers and raise her the bailers. If she mentions the Washington media elite that hate her, you can truthfully tell her they've been calling you a blowhard for decades.
Caution: Sarah Palin is funny. And it's the kind of jeering Ann Coulter-funny that's assuredly going to irritate the heck out of you. She'll suggest you are a coward and unpatriotic and also (heh heh) that you are corrupt and dishonest. Keep your poker face. . . Poker face when she says she has plans to sell Barack Obama's next celebrity memoir on eBay and give all the money to special-needs children. Don't lunge (a la Lazio).
I don't like the author's attitude. But there are some funny stuff here.