Jeepers Veepers!
“Hey, can I call ya Joe?” Nice first words!
And after that easy-going niceness, we get fully-formed sentences, cogency, coherency, and … this might have gotten a bit more interesting.
Palin’s GOPAC boot camp seems to be working well right now.
Palin: “I’m not gonna answer maybe the the moderator wants me to … “Â I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Liking ThinkProgress’ liveblog tonight, too. 538’s at it tonight, too, along with Andrew Sullivan. Those places are all far more insightful than I!
9:25PM — Palin seems to be coming off a little better right now. Is it the chipperiness? If so, it makes me gag. Still, Biden’s a little lecture-y.
9:31PM — Her climate change stuff is CRA-ZEE.
9:40PM — Palin on Iraq is really not very good. Biden is VERY GOOD here, best of the night. CNN’s tracker seems to agree.
9:47PM — Palin’s voice is like fingernails on chalk. I can’t stand it!
Oh, goddammit, it’s not hate of “our freedoms.” Stop it.
Biden was even better on Pakistan; Palin even worse.
9:54PM — I just can’t believe Palin is an actual candidate. Biden’s not all that and a bag of chips, but COME ON.
10:00PM — Palin on the defensive a bit, as Biden *finally* finds his stride.
CNN’s tracked uncommitted voters seem to generally prefer Biden answers to Palin answers.
10:10PM — Did she just say “how is Main St. viewing theocracy”?!? Huh? Biden on the “what if I’m Pres.” bit was awesome, Palin, not so much.
10:16PM — Good, Ifill’s pressing Palin on her Cheney-esque “expansion of power” bit re: the vice-presidency. Anyway, Biden’s better at answering this stuff. A lot better.
Palin rarely bumps up high in the audience response; Biden seems to hit big peaks regularly, at least in the second half.
10:22PM — Wow, she’s really falling apart. Who’s “Lingel”? 538 Part 2points this out:
9:12 CDT: [Sean] Palin on Biden’s teacher wife: “God bless her, her reward is in heaven, right?” That is the sound of every teacher in America voting for Barack Obama. Wow. What a mistake.
That there was a good catch.
This one had been way more fun than the Presidential debate. I think Biden started slow, but powered through by the midway point to win it outright. Palin confused things with chipper mannerisms early on. Biden wins. She’s a freaking joke.
October 5th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Wow! I’m so happy about the safe arrival of Naomi Mary. I had a friend in college named Naomi who was one oif the most vibrant, happy energetic people I’ve ever known. Added to that is our own Mary. So that is a wonderful name as far as I can see. Congratulations. Keep in touch. Love, Ella
October 5th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Wow! I’m so happy about the safe arrival of Naomi Mary. I had a friend in college named Naomi who was one of the most vibrant, happy energetic people I’ve ever known. Added to that is our own Mary. So that is a wonderful name as far as I can see. Congratulations. Keep in touch. Love, Ella