Official Vice Presidential Debate Thread

[pintofguinness14]

Palin proved that she can look into the camera and not sound like a moron. She would probably do a good job of reading the news on TV. She brought up some valid points about Obama/Biden, but I was insulted by her blatant refusal to answer many questions. I don't think she helped McCain's campaign, but she didn't hurt it either. My thoughts on her performance are pretty well summed up by the diagram below:

[Buddhagirl]

Heh...I saw this flowchart yesterday and felt that it was a good representation of Palin, gosh-darnit.

[Dphins4me]

Heh...I saw this flowchart yesterday and felt that it was a good representation of Palin, gosh-darnit.

  The funny thing is if she were a Dem instead, all the people hating on her would be loving her. 

Politics is hypocrisy at its best.

[pintofguinness14]

  The funny thing is if she were a Dem instead, all the people hating on her would be loving her. 

Politics is hypocrisy at its best.

I'm a Republican.

[Buddhagirl]

  The funny thing is if she were a Dem instead, all the people hating on her would be loving her. 

Politics is hypocrisy at its best.

Not true. I want the smartest, most competent people running the country. I don't have much to say about Mccain. I don't agree with him, but I respect him as a politician and don't think he is dumb. Palin comes across like a valley girl and doesn't seem to bright. She doesn't have the background or education of others.  If I thought she were bright, though I wouldn't vote for her since i don't like her politics, I would not proclaim her stupid and would just let it be.

[Dphins4me]

Not true. I want the smartest, most competent people running the country. I don't have much to say about Mccain. I don't agree with him, but I respect him as a politician and don't think he is dumb. Palin comes across like a valley girl and doesn't seem to bright. She doesn't have the background or education of others.  If I thought she were bright, though I wouldn't vote for her since i don't like her politics, I would not proclaim her stupid and would just let it be.

  A valley girl?  Oh please.   You do not ascend to Gov of a state by being stupid, especially being an attractive woman.   

Tell me something.  What has having the brightest & most educated people running this country done for it?   Economy is a wreck, we are at war because of our past foreign policies which were put together by the smartest most educated people of our country, health care is out the roof.  We are being poisoned by our food supply.

So just tell me.  What good has it done for us to have these more well educated people done for us?

The thing is when you think you are the smartest most educated then you tend to not consider that you might be wrong.

I simply do not understand people who want higher taxes, socialize medicine & a weak backbone in standing up to the Ahmadinejads of the world.  You are not going to sit down with him as Obama says he will & reason with someone like him.

Just not gonna happen.

[fyo]

Tell me something.  What has having the brightest & most educated people running this country done for it?

So... you're saying that George W. Bush is the brightest & most educated guy?

[Buddhagirl]

  A valley girl?  Oh please.   You do not ascend to Gov of a state by being stupid, especially being an attractive woman.   

Tell me something.  What has having the brightest & most educated people running this country done for it?   Economy is a wreck, we are at war because of our past foreign policies which were put together by the smartest most educated people of our country, health care is out the roof.  We are being poisoned by our food supply.

So just tell me.  What good has it done for us to have these more well educated people done for us?

The thing is when you think you are the smartest most educated then you tend to not consider that you might be wrong.

I simply do not understand people who want higher taxes, socialize medicine & a weak backbone in standing up to the Ahmadinejads of the world.  You are not going to sit down with him as Obama says he will & reason with someone like him.

Just not gonna happen.

Uhm...you do realize we've been under the Republicans for the past almost 8 years. I don't consider Bush the best or the brightest and didn't vote for him. But, whatever.

Now, with that said, how are we being poisioned by our own food supply? I'm just curious on this since I've seen nothing.

[run_to_win]

The scent of elitism is thick in here.  

[run_to_win]

So... you're saying that George W. Bush is the brightest & most educated guy?

Uhm...you do realize we've been under the Republicans for the past almost 8 years. I don't consider Bush the best or the brightest and didn't vote for him.

I knew that people wouldn't be able to resist taking this shot.  So predictable.   

The Democratic Congress sure hasn't done much in the past two years - and it's not like Executive or Judicial branches have been thwarting them. 

Government in general is full of highly educated people. Here's the really funny thing about this.  It was that simpleton Bush who warned about the housing crisis as far back as 2001.  It was the highly educated people who dismissed the warnings. 

Common sense is more important than book smarts, but integrity most important of all.

[Dave Gray]

  The funny thing is if she were a Dem instead, all the people hating on her would be loving her. 

This is totally not true.

If the Dems ran Sarah Palin, I would be upset about it, for sure.

Democrats go the other way...we run boring egghead intellectuals most of the time.  In all the elections I've ever been old enough to remember, Dems stray very far from the "regular Joe".

[Fau Teixeira]

  A valley girl?  Oh please.   You do not ascend to Gov of a state by being stupid, especially being an attractive woman.   

Tell me something.  What has having the brightest & most educated people running this country done for it?   Economy is a wreck, we are at war because of our past foreign policies which were put together by the smartest most educated people of our country, health care is out the roof.  We are being poisoned by our food supply.

So just tell me.  What good has it done for us to have these more well educated people done for us?

The thing is when you think you are the smartest most educated then you tend to not consider that you might be wrong.

I simply do not understand people who want higher taxes, socialize medicine & a weak backbone in standing up to the Ahmadinejads of the world.  You are not going to sit down with him as Obama says he will & reason with someone like him.

Just not gonna happen.

bush became governor of texas and then president .. so i guess it worked out ok .. and he's hardly the best and brightest we've got to offer

[Fau Teixeira]

2 years of democratic congress doesn't make up for the 14 years of republican congress and  the 8 years we got bushed ..



besides .. length in congress is a pet peeve of mine .. the republicans in 94 when they were first elected in after being the minority party for what .. 50+ years ? .. they actually accomplished stuff .. and did some decent stuff .. now .. not so much ..

i think we should have a 2 term .. term limit for congressmen .. there's no reason that there should be such a thing as a career politician .. politics shouldn't be a career .. it should be a civic duty .. like being in a jury.

[bsfins]

What scares me about Sarah Palin..The Video of bad spirits being Excorsized  (For the lack of a better word for it...) Religious freak(the past y8 years of being guded by the bible,have turned me off by this)..How about ZERO National Politics expierence what so ever....She's only done this for 5 weeks....She seems to get easily rattled....I don't think she's Smart...I don't think she's anymore than a pretty face,for Boring ass old John Mccain....

[run_to_win]

Democrats go the other way...we run boring egghead intellectuals most of the time.  In all the elections I've ever been old enough to remember, Dems stay very far from the "regular Joe".

Ain't that the truth!