# Biden V. Palin watch-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253 "2008-10-03T00:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/301 "2008-10-03T01:57:58Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Hey, Sarah.. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Jesus, I despise that smug, fucking smile of hers. [/QUOTE] _looks at Biden_ Ah…the irony… -XT ---
**Author:** ![CRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRich)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/302 "2008-10-03T01:57:58Z")
Even my kids are groaning over the nucular. Doesn’t she know that’s Bush’s buzzword? You’d think she’d want to distance herself from him. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/303 "2008-10-03T01:58:37Z")
Palin is learning. She is answering the questions she wants to answer. The ones she knows the answer too. Smart move. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/304 "2008-10-03T01:59:20Z")
And, goddamn it, it’s NUCLEAR!! Not NOOOKYOOOLUUUUURRR! Somebody kick her in the cunt, puhlease! And while we’re at it, “terrorist” has THREE syllables, not two! Gah! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/305 "2008-10-03T02:00:08Z")
Once she give her first answer she has nothing left. You can really tell there is no actual understanding. It’s all just parroted. That said, because of the rampant dismissal of Palin in the last week or so (for good reasons e.g. Couric interview) she is gonna get some good press for her performance. IMO it’s a poor performance but I do realise a lot of people will be looking at this from a different POV from me. I’d give this easily to Biden so far. He hasn’t been that impressive either but you can tell this stuff is coming from his understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Skipper\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Skipper\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skipper_Too)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/306 "2008-10-03T02:00:52Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > It was amusing to hear her nail the pronunciation of “Ahmadinejad” and fumble “nucular” in the same sentence. Someone’s been drilling. She did say the merican people have been saying Drill, Drill, Drill at the rallies she has been too ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/307 "2008-10-03T02:02:26Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Comments like these are really disgusting. I may not support McCain, but grow up. [lobotomyboy63 as judge in courtroom drama]It’s relevant. The Republicans entered her as eye candy. I’ll allow the objection. ---
**Author:** ![shogem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@shogem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shogem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/308 "2008-10-03T02:04:05Z")
> [@Jillyvn](#): > > Point to Biden on the real power holders in Iran. > > Hearing Palin talk about “women’s rights” is ironic, especially when her policy on choice is the same as that [currently in Iran](http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/09/palin_fundamentalist/). > > If she says Nucular one more time, I’m going to scream. This. This I agree with so, so much. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/309 "2008-10-03T02:04:06Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Come on, guys, we Jews need some more pandering. PANDER PANDER PANDER. And then - the oral sex! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/310 "2008-10-03T02:04:56Z")
Jesus, I hate that smug, fucking smile of hers. ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Beecher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hank_beecher/32/7275_2.png) [@Hank\_Beecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hank_Beecher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/311 "2008-10-03T02:05:00Z")
She also needs to stop saying also also. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/312 "2008-10-03T02:05:08Z")
Oh, Joe. “Bosniac”? _Really_? ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/313 "2008-10-03T02:05:43Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > Oh, Joe. “Bosniac”? _Really_? Yeah. [What about it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosniaks)? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/314 "2008-10-03T02:05:44Z")
she gave Biden an opening… will he take it? “I voted for the war, and now I am against it, because I have realized that all the reasons given for waging the war were **lies**.” will he take the slam dunk? prolly not, but it’s nice to think about. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/315 "2008-10-03T02:05:56Z")
Goshdarnit, I’m justa Washington outsider from Alaska. Did I mention I was from Alaska? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/316 "2008-10-03T02:06:18Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > _looks at Biden_ Ah…the irony… > > -XT Biden’s smile is an artifact of a facial exercise he used to overcome a childhood stuttering problem. It’s not smug. Palin is just a fucking cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/317 "2008-10-03T02:06:25Z")
Bosniaks are Bosnian Muslims. It is a real term, he did not make it up. He probably shouldn’t have used it because even the policy nerds I’m watching the debate with didn’t know it either. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Superhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Superhero)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/318 "2008-10-03T02:07:03Z")
“Oh, man, it’s just so obvious here that I’m a Washington outsider.” = best line of the night. You just know she’s been trying all night to work in the “Washington outsider” line, and she just wedged it in at the slightest opportunity… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/319 "2008-10-03T02:07:09Z")
The Folksy Washington outsider bit is pure drivel. She sounds flustered trying to answer Biden on the war. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/320 "2008-10-03T02:07:16Z")
She dragged up Kerry? She’s reaching. Joe is calling her out on her shit. Good. The smile is creepy–I mean Sarah’s. Boy howdy she’s an outsider. No quick reply on the Biden’s support–you betcha the pundits will be checking on the facts, Sarah–YOURS included, baby! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=17)