# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/421 "2008-10-03T02:27:35Z")
Palin kind of sounds like one of those random word spam emails. I’m gonna miss this debate. ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/422 "2008-10-03T02:27:48Z")
BINGO: On my Palin card, I had: Maverick Energy O’Biden Nucular Also Wow, did I luck-out with “O’Biden” on my card. What do I win?!? ---
**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, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/423 "2008-10-03T02:28:06Z")
“No maverick!” Amen, Joe! He gets big points for the choke up–he came across more human than she is by a long shot. ---
**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, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/424 "2008-10-03T02:28:40Z")
I think she’s done fine in appearance: she’s been forceful, assertive, and fluent as long as it’s something she’s practiced. She does not show an ability to wing it; she looks for a talking point with the buzzword and then forcefully asserts it whether it’s relevant or not. Obviously, politically, I think Biden kicked her ass six ways from Sunday on knowledge. That may or may not play with the voters. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/425 "2008-10-03T02:28:41Z")
> [@Carnick](#): > > Okay, we agree then. These “debates” are just pageantry. People watch these to hear their beliefs affirmed and sneer at the opposing party. Any attempt to pull substance from them is an act of delusion. :rolleyes: Yes, clearly that’s what **Antinor** said. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/426 "2008-10-03T02:28:44Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > LInda Lingle, Hawaii’s governor I think. Is she cunning? {Peter Pansong playing} ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/427 "2008-10-03T02:29:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Biden did not score any of the several slam dunks that were open, so he loses 2 points. > ../. I think he was coached not to take too obvious advantage of her, so he wouldn’t look mean. Must’ve been difficult to walk that line. Give him the points back, and then some. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/428 "2008-10-03T02:29:17Z")
Did she mention that her family was Diverse? **MAVERICK!** ---
**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, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/429 "2008-10-03T02:29:55Z")
I still like McCain, I don’t think we can afford him as President now, but I still like him. I do not like Palin at all. I don’t like one thing about her. She actually scares me. She would be worse than Bush if McCain died. One more note on McCain, if he had won in 2000, I think we would be far better off today than what 8 years of Bush/Cheney has brought us. The problem is Bush/Cheney have hurt this country so much that no major Republican can fix what is currently wrong with it. ---
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/430 "2008-10-03T02:30:01Z")
So, how is Palin’s family diverse, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/431 "2008-10-03T02:30:14Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Who’s Lingle? Linda Lingle, Republican Governor of Hawai’i and both the first woman and first Jew to hold the office. Just one of the many Republican women that McCain could’ve chose over Palin. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/432 "2008-10-03T02:30:17Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > Is she cunning? {Peter Pansong playing} She looks a little like Napolean Dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/433 "2008-10-03T02:30:18Z")
She just agreed to more debates? Let’s see how she backpedals out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/434 "2008-10-03T02:30:27Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > :rolleyes: Yes, clearly that’s what **Antinor** said. Clearly. (she loses points for her shot at Michelle Obama in her closing) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/435 "2008-10-03T02:30:27Z")
I really hate how Palin enunciates the letter “T” Am I alone here or does she really emphasize the sound in an annoying way? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/436 "2008-10-03T02:30:33Z")
I would have responded to Palin a lot better if she’d dropped the folksy talk – kinda, sorta, gonna. Oh, and teachers will get their reward in heaven? Okaaaaaaaay. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/437 "2008-10-03T02:30:34Z")
“I like being able to answer these tough questions.” Words fail me. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/438 "2008-10-03T02:30:44Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Who’s Lingle? Republican governor of Hawaii. ---
**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, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/439 "2008-10-03T02:30:55Z")
Biden has been very good. I think he needed to find his feet at first. As the debate went on, he seemed more comfortable. Palin was inconsistent and again, cannot speak in depth to any important issue. As it went on, she went into full commercial mode and is basically like an anchor, spouting sound bytes. I thought what she said WAS her closing statement–and now she’s “explaining” away her fuck up on Couric? God, she’s boring. Oops–she had more time and now is filling it with Ronald Reagan. I’ll puke soon. Cheerleader. ---
**Author:** ![pkd88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@pkd88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkd88)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/440 "2008-10-03T02:31:06Z")
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