I hope the swing voters felt the same as I did......
“... couldn’t take Biden’s antics anymore ... ‘intimidation by laughter’...”
This was exactly my experience as well although I didn’t even last 45 minutes. That laughter/smirk was intended to intimidate and discredit Ryan - it was hostile, thoroughly condescending, and Biden was using it to try to bully Ryan. It was an attempt by the dems to use the same tactic of ridicule that they used against Palin - it did not work - of course and backfired! Thank God!! It was a sadistic smile and we as the audience were supposed to follow the bully’s lead and psychologically join in the “attack” and contempt. It was Biden’s Lord of the Flies moment.
Again - it did NOT work and he appeared to be smirking and laughing at the issues instead.
You lasted 5 more minutes than I did.
I made it through all but the last 10 minutes. I could not stand Biden. He stunk up the stage.
We started on the radio, and I am a numbers geek, so I was really enjoying Ryan’s discussion on how to save Medicare/Medicaid, and noticed that when he started to hit the points, Biden would lose it.
Which resulted in my son screaming at Biden through the radio. All hope was lost then. He wanted Ryan to bitch-slap him; young men, sigh.
Watched the Fox focus group. One thing did come out, the women did like Ryan. One woman called him debonaire. All found him prepared on the topics, knew his stuff. But, terribly biased focus group, if they were for O/B to begin with, they started talking about how weak Ryan was. (made me think they were plants.)
Yes, I moved over to my computer and tried to log on to FR and couldn't get in. So, I had to go back to full attention on the TV and continued to watch the debacle. I really wanted to punch Biden in the mouth.