I just don’t understand how this bullying condescending stuff got started.
It would It would indeed be bad manners to jump all over some that doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to argue.
However, she’s the governor of a State and a potential president of the USA. If it’s already an assumption that she’s not up to a rigorous discussion then why is she there at all?
I don’t recall this being an issue between Hilary and Obama.
Come to think of it a pit bull with lipstick fits HRC far better than Palin.
I don’t know the exact set for this one. Are they using lecterns like the Presidential debate? I read that McCain strongly wanted lecterns for the first debate and wondered why.
In previous debates involving Joe Biden, I thought his body language always came off as very free and easy. What does he do when he gets nervous? Is there a tell to watch for?
I haven’t watched any footage of Palin during debates. Does she do anything that gives away her mental state? In one of the clips with Katie Couric and John McCain, Palin was leaning toward Couric in a sort of hunched way that made her look like she was wearing the wrong size jacket (the collar was poofing up behind her head). That’s something she needs to pay attention to if they are going to be seated.
I don’t know about debates, but I noticed that when Palin gets riled or nervous, she gets more “folksy.” Drops the 'g’s at the end of words, says things like “get back with ya!” and uses her hands more, like that finger-waving thing when she was showing Obama checking the “political winds.”
How much will viewership be hurt by the Cubs play-off game beginning at 8:30? Especially among the still undecideds. I gotta think significantly. And how will that affect the effect this debate has on the polls - if any in the first place?
When Mr. Obama went to McCain to shake his hand after the debate, Mr. McCain did not look at Obama’s face, but kept his eyes averted. I suspect that was partly because he would have had to raise his eyes significantly to meet Obama’s eyes.
So he stands on a box, to be as tall as Obama. What a jackass. I think they should have to stand side by side so Obama could pat him on the head and say, “Hey, little man, how’s it hangin, eh?”
With this debate I don’t think the viewership will be affected too much. I’m expecting gaffes on both sides, but it will be Biden’s job to really hit her where it counts, meaning stick to the topics she knows nothing about like anything political, and stay away from things she knows a lot about, gutting a moose.
Shouldn’t be too hard. We’ll get some great sound bites from it. To be honest, this whole Palin pick is backfiring so bad on the republicans, it will ultimately prove to lose them the election. That an Obama is gaining ground in key battle ground states, and not only gaining ground, but collecting solid sturdy numbers.
:rolleyes: If you watched them walk onto the stage to shake hands before or after the debate, you could see Obama is significantly taller. I did see that the difference didn’t really show up when the split screen was employed, which was a contrast to the Bush-Kerry debates. In those, you could see the camera was definitely closer to Bush.
