Round Two: Sarah Palin / Joe Biden VP Debate

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Permalink Reply by Mamma Mary on October 2, 2008 at 9:46pm

She's doing great! I'm very impressed.

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Permalink Reply by Kwebb on October 2, 2008 at 10:04pm

Palin: Hey, can we talk about Afghanistan? It's on my notecards! I haven't checked it off yet!

and that wrinkley nose cute talk...the media was worried about BIDEN being condesending?? geez...wonder if she'll wiggle her butt when she walks off the stage?

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Permalink Reply by Mamma Mary on October 2, 2008 at 10:36pm

It was great how Joe didn't use any notes!

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Permalink Reply by Rose R on October 2, 2008 at 11:09pm

I like that Biden is the only non millionaire in the ticket! Just checked that out.I liked that he showed emotion, talking about being a single father after his wife died. I didn't see any emotion in Sara, and kept thinking about all she learned in her beauty contest days. Sara was better informed than I expected, but I did not like that she refused to talk about certain issues, and redirected the moderator! Doesn't speak to the spirit of cooperation she claims to have.

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Permalink Reply by Inga on October 3, 2008 at 11:50pm

She was so cold, didnt even say anything,yikes.

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Permalink Reply by Inga on October 3, 2008 at 11:49pm

You betcha!

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Permalink Reply by Carol, Aaron's mom on October 2, 2008 at 11:11pm

You all cannot just admit that she did good. After the 1st Presidential Debates I admitted that Obama did better than I thought he would. But you all will bite your tougues off rather than to give Palin any credit at all. Karen, you are really being discriminatory against women by your comments about her looks and wiggling her behind. With women out there being so condesending towards other women there is no need for male chauvanists, you are their spokesperson.

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Permalink Reply by McNavy Mom on October 3, 2008 at 6:57am

She was able to read her cue cards very well and she did the down home "hockey mom" thing that would work well for campaigning for a small town mayor or a state where the population is smaller than most large ciities.

I think she did better than I thought. Now that she is so prepared and doing so well, I do expect to see her on Meet the Press or Face the Nation this weekend. Going on these shows would definitely raise my opinion of her. Let's not hold our breaths though. After this debate, she's going to hidden away in a hole and all we'll see is the usual rhetorical stump speeches.

I will give her an A for public speaking, but a D for originality and using her own words. I was impressed that she could piece together coherent senstences. She dodged most questions and just came out with party line talking point. Joe Biden answered all questions with detail and flair, while Sarah kept steering into areas that weren't even being covered. I found myself at times wondering where she was going with her responses. She was obviously coached to a point where she was just an extension of whoever was coaching her.

As bad as George Bush was as president, Sarah Palin would be ten times worse. Even George Bush has more smarts than Sarah Palin and that is setting the bar very low.

I thought the nose wrinkling and the winking was a little coquettish.

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Permalink Reply by Inga on October 3, 2008 at 11:52pm

I don't want a hockey mom for VP or God forbid for president. I think Biden was very polite to her, even when she had that nasty smile on her face every time she tried to give him a "gotcha" moment.

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Permalink Reply by CCR on October 4, 2008 at 5:40pm

Nasty smile - oxymoron

hehehehehe

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Permalink Reply by Debra-Rob's Mom on October 3, 2008 at 3:50pm

I think most of us feel that women who act cute or use body image/language to get ahead in the world are the ones hurting women. If less women acted that way when trying to rise up in the world then maybe there would be less male chauvanists. I could never respect a woman that acts that way.

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Permalink Reply by Mamma Mary on October 3, 2008 at 4:01pm

I have no problem with a woman being nice and cute. I'm much more bothered by women who act like men. To think that in order to gain in the ranks you have to pretend to be someone your not is deceitful. For a woman to be smart, articulate and a real woman is much more appealing to me. If she wore no make-up, cut her hair short and tried to act like a man….would that be real? She’s strong and feminine. She doesn’t fit the feminist view of a powerful woman so she’s criticized.

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