9 PM Eastern: St. Louis Vice Presidential Debate Live Thread

c-span.org ^ | October 2, 2008

[rintense]

Am I allowed to be giddy???

[Shortstop7]

Good dig about “east coast politicians”..heh heh.

[LibertyRocks]

At least she’s not letting them frame the debate. :)

[Red Steel]

Joe just hit below the belt with bridge to nowhere.

I'll betcha if you check the record that Biden and Obama voted for the funds for the 'bridge to nowhere.'

And the windfall profits tax is not exactly a windfall profits tax in Alaska Biden. It's written in the Alaskan Constitution that natural resources are owned by the public - it's a royalty.

[skinkinthegrass]

Sarah is really kickin' ass...."Energy is the key"
Glo-Bull warming is B.S.

[hattend]

Biden is boring everyone with Congressional minutiae. Sarah keeps pounding good governance and less government.

That's kind of what I'm getting. I'm not watching though, is she doing well on camera as well?

[OCC]

She sounds like she is repeating rehearsed lines

Yeah, like that never happens in debates.

[PhatHead]

Well, i guess her delivery is fine, but so far I am sickened. The campaign message she has been sent in to sell is toxic, and no serious person could make the case.

“You bet it’s the predatory lenders!” (Really? Democrats had nothing to do with it? Jim Johnson, Franklin Raines? Obama, Dodd, etc?)
“We need massive regulation and oversight, that’s what John McCain has always wanted.” (Really? We don’t need to remove some of the Democrat regulation that mandated subprime lending?)

(click) went the TVs of the conservative base across the land. And so ended the McCain campaign, and Sarah Palin’s political future.

[STARWISE]

Where’s the Kraut? Kirsten is a zero
for this topic with the panel. I’m
bummed about that.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

DOUBLING foreign assistance??? How in the hell will we pay for that???

Stop Defense spending and dismantle the country from the inside. No defeat, no surrender, just bleed out.

Socialist CSs.

[tpanther]

yup, and I LOVED the non-sensical, east coast politicians comments!

[Mr. Jazzy]

WHAT?

Are you listening to the same debate or is that “T” on your tagline just to let others know you are a “Troll”?

Hit the brick, troll.

[Biggirl]

Sarah is going full tilt!

[freekitty]

Hallelujah. Sarah talking straight. I have never heard that from a politician.

[doug from upland]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA She hammers “Eastern politicians” over not allowing oil drilling.

[ottersnot]

“Biden is irrelivant.

The battle to watch is Palin vs Ifil.”

I stopped listening to plugs......

[Dagny&Hank]

Sarah is not effectively rebutting the attacks on McCain's record and positions. If McCain doesn't change his tune, she could be dragged down by having to defend him, by having to carry his water.

She is MUCH stronger by herself.

[defconw]

What do all of you think of the moderator so far?

[Mr. Jazzy]

WHAT?

Are you listening to the same debate or is that “T” on your tagline just to let others know you are a “Troll”?

Hit the bricks, troll.

[Eric Blair 2084]

All I’ve heard so far is evil Greed on Wall Street and evil Tobacco companies from Sarah. I promise that I have learned my lesson and will not comment further until after watching the whole thing.

So far I am disappointed.