Archive for October 2008
VP Debate 1
So, sorry we haven’t updated this in quite some time…
Matt and Jim both graduated, so right now it’s just me, Liz.
Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin are going at it right now on NBC, and all I can think of is Tina Fey portraying Palin on Saturday Night Live.
So far, Palin is doing a pretty good job of circumventing these questions, in all of her Canadian accent glory.
Joe Biden looks just like every other older white guy in politics.
“Barack Obama and Sen. Biden.” – So, Obama doesn’t get the benefit of his title? He’s a Senator too…
“I’m gonna talk straight to the American people and let them know about my track record.”
What track record? Has she really been in mainstream politics enough to claim to have a track record?
Class Warfare.
“The middle class is struggling.” This is a 100 percent true statement.
Patriotic is saying ‘government is the problem.’
Heathcare
$5,000 tax credit. Budget neutral.
Universal health care -
Way to take down the GOP there Sarah. Yeah, the Bush Administration has totally screwed up pretty much everything. You can’t claim to espouse all the ideals of good, old-fashioned family values (the same values President Bush used to get elected in 2000 and 2004), and then say “oh, the feds suck.” No kidding. Way to be on top of things. And how are those same failed policies going to help?
Guess what? There aren’t really a whole lot of people who live in Alaska.
“My own area of expertise, which is energy.” Okay, so she’s good at something? Other than all those hockey mom references. We’ll see.
“Greed on Wall Street.” Yes.
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So, I’m blogging at my boyfriend’s, and he and two of his roommates are commentating as we’re watching the debate. Now, I’m a great multi-tasker, but it’s definitely hard to concentrate on the debate, their conversations and writing down my own opinions about Biden-Palin.
Palin’s handlers have definitely done a pretty good job of prepping her for the debate. She’s definitely doing a pretty good job of not sounding like a moron, but they should have instructed her not to smirk so much. It’s a Bush tactic that turns voters off.
“Clean coal”
Biden “absolutely” supports granting same-sex rights.
Palin “straight-up doesn’t support defining a marriage as anything other than between a man and a woman.”
“We’re getting closer and closer to a victory, and it would be a travesty if we pulled out now.”
Now, I have a number of friends who have fought in Iraq. Their parents and friends are pretty damn adamant that they should be home. It’s valiant to be a veteran. We should only put them in harm’s way if absolutely necessary, and just saying put because we might win eventually is not good enough.
“Change is coming.” Palin admits the Bush Administration has made “blunders,” but feels that the Obama-Biden camp can’t truly be promoting change if they keep bringing up the past. Either you can extol your voting record or you can just say “ok, this is what we’re going to do in the future.” The McCain-Palin ticket is trying to distance themselves from the failed policies of the current administration, which should underline the point that we need change. Obama’s whole campaign has been built on the concept of change, and it’s pretty shady to suggest that the ticket with the white, 72 year-old is the campaign of change.
“I don’t have the stomach for genocide when it comes to Darfur.” It really is about time Washington politicians did something about that situation.
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Basically, if either presidential candidate was assassinated, the respective vp’s would carry out their slain presidents’ plans.
A shout-out to Palin’s brother’s third grade class? LAME.
Did she really just say that she was picked as VP, based on her “executive experience?” Wow.
And yes, I think we can all agree that Vice President Dick Cheney is scary.
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Wow.
Biden just won lots of points for pointing out the hard times he’s experienced.
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Not gonna lie, getting kinda bored watching the debate. Quoting President Reagan isn’t exactly the best way to spice things up.
We’ll see how things go next week.
