I thought that Biden was easier to listen to. At times I got tired or bored listening to Sarah Palin. Sometimes she doesn't seem to the point and say a lot of words. I really tried to listen to both of them.
I thought it was impressive that both candidates talked to each other and met the family. Did you notice this didn't happen between McCain and Obama? I am disgusted.
More troops for the war? Isn't that more money? I really don't want to support the ongoing war.
She mentioned, "maverick," "hockey mom," "drill." I kind of laughed when Biden took over the "maverick" thing and told her off. Really, by that time I was annoyed to keep hearing "maverick." I know it's to attract the republican supporters.
Agreed on every point.
Biden wanted an exit strategy on the war. He made an excellent point about Iraqi having the money, anyway. His point was similar to teaching a person to fish, he has food for a lifetime.. compared to keep giving the person fish everyday to eat. We clearly don't have the resources to keep up with the war in Iraq indefinitely, and we already have other countries like Pakistan, Iran and Afghistan (sp?) to worry about.
I was shocked when Palin said she said something about women's right. Thank America for freedom and women's right, she said. Yeah right.
Well, I don't think she made any huge gaffes that actually did untold damage, but by the same token, she didn't provide anything that could be considered advantgeous, either. She obviously had been well groomed over the past several days. Unfortunately, she responded as such...simply giving answers she had been groomed to give without any thought.
She failed to answer several pertinent questions, always attempting to bring things back to those answers she had been groomed to give.
And what the hell was up with all that winking? I found it offensive and an obvious attempt to throw flirtations into what should have been an intellectual arena.
And asking for a "shout out" to her brother? Jeeze! That's something you request on a Friday night a.m. radio program when you are 13 years old, not something you say in a political debate!
My thoughts exactly! I do have to admit that in coming into this debate, I had very low expectations of Palin, but she performed much better than I expected. Again, this was probaby due to the preparations she had over the past several days. One comment I found amusing was when Chris Matthews of MSNBC (host of "Hardball") said that Palin "sounded like a spelling bee contestant" spurting out her responses. I agree -- many of her answers just didn't sound natural -- they sounded scripted and there were a few times where the flow of her speech seemed to be off-track (giving the indication that her answers were memorized). The only things I didn't like about the debate was Palin's avoidance of several questions, diverting attention to the issue of energy when that clearly wasn't the question being asked, the "shout out" (who does THAT in a debate -- very unprofessional IMO) and comments about being filtered by the media. Now that the debate is over, I'll be *very* curious to see how she continues to handle media questions in one-on-one interviews. Out of curiosity, I watched Fox News following the debate and it sounded as if some Conservatives were 'relieved' with Palin's performance almost to the point where they were surprised that she did so well. I wonder if expectations for Palin were set so low that it would have been impossible for her to fail? If Palin had not been prepped the way she had been, I doubt she would have come through this debate as well as she did.
Well, I don't think she made any huge gaffes that actually did untold damage, but by the same token, she didn't provide anything that could be considered advantgeous, either. She obviously had been well groomed over the past several days. Unfortunately, she responded as such...simply giving answers she had been groomed to give without any thought.
She failed to answer several pertinent questions, always attempting to bring things back to those answers she had been groomed to give.
And what the hell was up with all that winking? I found it offensive and an obvious attempt to throw flirtations into what should have been an intellectual arena.
And asking for a "shout out" to her brother? Jeeze! That's something you request on a Friday night a.m. radio program when you are 13 years old, not something you say in a political debate!
I watched it on CNN where they showed the target audience reactions via the dials, and Biden was ahead of her the whole way.