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we will turn this into the live debate thread later tonight.

it's going to be awfully hard for her to turn this caricature of herself around now that the MSM has invested
so much time into it.  she can't even play the "low expectations" game, since she has basically been labeled
as flatly "not ready".

an interesting lie being promulgated by the MSM this week;  "one in three vice presidents become president".
true, but hardly relevant.  the real question is "how many vice presidents have had to assume the duties
of the presidency due to the death of the sitting president"?  the answer is not "one in three". :whatever:



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Underestimate Sarah Palin at your peril, Biden warned

One of Sarah Palin's former political foes has delivered a warning to Joe Biden before tonight's first televised vice-presidential debate: underestimate her at your peril.
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Republican concerns grew after interviews in which Ms Palin, 44, has appeared lost for words and supporters feared that a poor performance could deal a lethal blow to the McCain campaign in the same way that her performance at the Republican convention breathed life into it.
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The newspaper said that Ms Palin had been "woefully unprepared" when she started her run for the Alaska governorship in late 2006, stumbling in her answers before an audience of electrical workers

But within a few weeks she was much more at ease and, in the words of one observer, she ended up flummoxing her rivals "like Muhammad Ali dancing around the ring".

"She distilled policy questions into simple answers and countered her opponents' attacks with verbal thrusts delivered with a sunny smile," the LA Times reported.

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Here's my preview:

Hardcore Republicans will claim she won, vice versa for Dems.  :-) :-)
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I'm nervous. Is this what parents feel like when they are watching their kids perform on stage? LOL.

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Here's my preview:

Hardcore Republicans will claim she won, vice versa for Dems.  :-) :-)


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A Partial List of Gwen Ifil's Questions For Tonight's Debate

Mayor Palin, Barack Obama is a handsome, charismatic demigod. How many boxes of Kleenex will you need after your crushing loss?

Senator Biden, what is your favorite color? And if you have time for a follow-up question: Why?

Mayor, what are the names, ages, and blood types of all 71 members of the Belgian Senate? And why are you unwilling to admit that your inability to instantly produce any and every fact I demand makes you unfit to stand in the way of history?

Senator, you've spoken at length. Could you please continue?



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Did you warn the server hamsters hosting comapy?

we have taken every step that we could think of to address the response time issues that occurred during the last presidential debate.  we won't know for certain whether we solved the problem until it disappears, though.   :uhsure:  (that sounded strange  :-))

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we have taken every step that we could think of to address the response time issues that occurred during the last presidential debate.  we won't know for certain whether we solved the problem until it disappears, though.   :uhsure:  (that sounded strange  :-))

I can see it now...CC going into lockdown mode like DU. DEFCON 5!

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It's Palin who is debating tonight isn't it?  :-)
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Here's my preview:

Hardcore Republicans will claim she won, vice versa for Dems.  :-) :-)


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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2008, 12:32:46 PM »
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Debate: Palin Plans to Be Herself, Biden Still Deciding
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(2008-10-02) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to “just be herself” in tonight’s vice presidential debate, and Democrat insiders said today that rival Joe Biden is still mulling such a strategy.

“I told Joe not to risk it,” said one unnamed DNC strategist. “It’s late in the process and we really don’t have time to do the research required to prep him for that kind of approach.”

Aides also fear that Sen. Biden “might not be up to the challenge of keeping the details of his own life history straight.”

If asked by debate moderator, and future best-selling Obama historian, Gwen Ifill about his education, an anonymous source said, “Joe might struggle to explain how he graduated in the top 50 percent of the bottom quarter of his law school class after earning half of a full academic scholarship based on financial need.”

Sen. Biden, whose only political role prior to the Senate was two years as a council member in New Castle County, Delaware, is also said to be concerned that the debate will focus on leadership — an area where his opponent enjoys a decided advantage.

“If that happens,” an Obama-Biden campaign adviser said, “Joe will just have to let his hair down, pour on the charm and just win the hearts of the American people


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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2008, 03:15:34 PM »
It's Palin who is debating tonight isn't it?  :-)

Yeah it is but WE is busy checking the hamsters
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2008, 04:09:16 PM »
It's Palin who is debating tonight isn't it?  :-)

Yeah it is but WE is busy checking the hamsters

Better the hamsters than the gerbils. :-)

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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2008, 04:52:32 PM »
Is there going to be a lag is posting tonight too?  :uhsure:

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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2008, 05:17:52 PM »
Is there going to be a lag is posting tonight too?  :uhsure:

That's why the gerbils were replaced with hamsters...............oh and the things WE used to do with the gerbils  :censored:
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2008, 05:22:26 PM »
we will turn this into the live debate thread later tonight.

it's going to be awfully hard for her to turn this caricature of herself around now that the MSM has invested
so much time into it.  she can't even play the "low expectations" game, since she has basically been labeled
as flatly "not ready".

an interesting lie being promulgated by the MSM this week;  "one in three vice presidents become president".
true, but hardly relevant.  the real question is "how many vice presidents have had to assume the duties
of the presidency due to the death of the sitting president"?  the answer is not "one in three". :whatever:

She is going to need to nail Biden with something that will be so entertaining that the media will not be able to deny playing it over and over again. Other than that she is going to need to hammer Obama with every single answer. Nothing less but Pitbulls, Lipstick, and Barracudas all night long.

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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2008, 05:27:07 PM »
Maybe Biden will ask Gwen to stand up so the audience can see her .
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2008, 05:46:07 PM »
Coulter just reminded us that Biden was one of 5 senators who voted AGAINST the Alaska pipeline...


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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2008, 06:02:32 PM »
Coulter just reminded us that Biden was one of 5 senators who voted AGAINST the Alaska pipeline...


 :uhsure:

I would hope if energy is brought up she drives it out of the park
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2008, 06:16:41 PM »
I'm not the most religious person in the world...





but I will admit I'm praying for Sarah tonight.












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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2008, 06:16:50 PM »
Maybe Biden will ask Gwen to stand up so the audience can see her .

 :rotf:

I'm glad some of you can watch it for the rest of us.  I can't stand to even look at Biden, he's such an idiot.  I'll be watching the Pitt @ USF game.  Go Bulls!!

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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2008, 06:27:07 PM »
:rotf:

I'm glad some of you can watch it for the rest of us.  I can't stand to even look at Biden, he's such an idiot.  I'll be watching the Pitt @ USF game.  Go Bulls!!

I have a feeling of hope (and change ?  :uhsure: ) in my gut unlike for the first McCain/Obama debate which I went into feeling apprehensive about. I really hope she nails him to the wall, or, better yet, he nails himself to the wall.

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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2008, 06:37:47 PM »
I hope she at least fills Biden on who was "president" on "television" in 1929.  :whatever:
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2008, 06:58:18 PM »
God Speed Sarah!  :cheersmate:

Obviously this whole thing is set up as a Palin Bashing night but I'm sure she will rise to the occasion.
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Re: Palin/Biden Vice Presidential Debate @ 9PM Eastern -- Preview/Live thread
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2008, 07:06:13 PM »
Hi all. Exciting (and scary) night, but no better place to be!  :cheersmate: (cheers to having beers for the debate that is)

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