I seriously considered signing up for Twitter just so I could easily liveblog the vice-presidential debate tonight. But then I'd have to find friends on Twitter or integrate it here or something, and that all sounded like work, so I didn't do it.
But, boy, am I looking forward to it. Listening to Sarah Palin try to answer questions, and listening to Joe Biden try not to beat her too senseless. He's really in a tough spot - if he goes easy on her, it's because he doesn't respect her as a woman. If he's hard on her, he obviously hates women. If he ignores her and focuses on the issues, he's not taking her seriously because she's a woman. There is absolutely nothing he can do that won't get him into trouble.
So I'm just hoping that she self-destructs all on her own. Which I think she'll do. I mean, Saturday Night Live used her actual answers to questions because they couldn't think of anything funnier. On one hand, you have things that Sarah Palin actually said as the candidate for the vice-presidency. On the other hand, you have every other thing that anyone has said or could say. And the things she said were funnier! That is true talent.
A friend pointed out to me earlier today a survey that says that 60% of Americans don't think she's qualified. After tonight, anyone still in that other 40% is just lying to themselves.
They are either lying to
They are either lying to themselves, or they don't think it is really that hard to be qualified for president... I mean, the bar isn't really set that high, is it?
Looks like Palin just memorized a bunch of her sound bites, and is picking which ones to use with each question, though the answers don't seem to align with the questions.
That's true, the bar is
That's true, the bar is pretty low.
Palin doesn't seem to really pay much attention to the question. She
usually (Although not always) uses a sound bite from the same topic,
but frequently doesn't seem to really listen to the question.
Biden hasn't really impressed me, though. I had high hopes for him,
and he's fallen short. I had high hopes for her to sound like a
complete lunatic, and while she hasn't done much good, she hasn't been
as bad as I expected.
I guess my point is, based on how badly I thought Biden would beat
her, she's actually winning in my book. But I guess it's more like
she's covering the 40 point spread by losing 39-0.
They both did what they
They both did what they needed to do. Biden mostly ignored her and dug into McCain. Palin avoided, mostly, any "In what sense, Charlie?" meltdowns. I got the sense, though, that she was running for governor of Alaska, since she was at her best talking about what Alaska wants/needs/provides.
Also, I really would have liked to hear her answer to the Achilles' Heel question. Too bad no one prepped her on who Achilles was.
Ignoring her and getting at
Ignoring her and getting at McCain is the one option I didn't mention above, and it was probably the best thing for him to do. Although I have to say I'm getting tired of hearing Biden and Obama say the same things - it's clear they're making a point of saying "McCain is a good person, he's just wrong".
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