# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/441 "2008-10-03T02:31:25Z")
> [@](#): > > So, how is Palin’s family diverse, anyway? You know, Republican, Alaska Independence Party… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/442 "2008-10-03T02:32:22Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Did she mention that her family was Diverse? > > **MAVERICK!** Her _nucular_ family, you mean? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/443 "2008-10-03T02:32:31Z")
Biden. Putting the Fun back in Fundamental! ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/444 "2008-10-03T02:32:47Z")
> [@Captain\_C](#): > > It may be the vodka talking, but pretend you had watched this 8 years ago and you wouldn’t believe your eyes: > > What bizzaro universe do we live in that the old white guy is on the democratic side and the woman is on the republican side? Pretend you woke up after eight years: what’s a “surge”, mountains in Afganistan and Pakistan… we’ve gotta find _who_, where’s Al Gore, Wall Street, is this, like, another .com bubble? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/445 "2008-10-03T02:32:58Z")
> [@5\_time\_champ](#): > > Did Biden just almost start to cry when he was talking about his family? He lost his first wife in a car accident and one kid ,I think, The other 2 kids were severely injured. It was a rough time. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/446 "2008-10-03T02:33:07Z")
I have to say that choke-up really got to me. My late father couldn’t talk about my brother and my mom, both of whom he outlived by decades, without getting that same exact break in his voice. I already knew Biden is a solid, extremely knowledgable politician with years and years of public service. It’s helpful to see the loving human being inside as well. Palin, on the other hand, did okay, I can’t deny that. But her constant folksy, facile talking points make me sick. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/447 "2008-10-03T02:33:09Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Biden choking up: Ploy, or legit? I would say ploy. I \*used \*to think McCain wasn’t someone who always conformed. Then he ran for president. ---
**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, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/448 "2008-10-03T02:33:11Z")
Consummate summation, Biden. Debate goes to Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/449 "2008-10-03T02:33:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Her _nucular_ family, you mean? Post nucular, more like. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/450 "2008-10-03T02:33:46Z")
I appreciate the chance to vent here during this debate. I might’ve burst a blood vessel otherwise. ---
**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, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/451 "2008-10-03T02:34:01Z")
I think Biden did far better on the final sum up. Overall he did very well and she did not make any huge mistakes. Thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/452 "2008-10-03T02:34:13Z")
I was too busy crying - what did Biden say on the topic of ‘Maverick’? ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/453 "2008-10-03T02:34:26Z")
I haven’t watched the whole debate, but I watched the global warming section and the first half of foreign policy (I’m Tivoing it, I’ll watch the rest later.) I didn’t hear a SINGLE coherent sentence from Palin, or any indication that she had a clue what she was talking about. I can’t understand how ANYONE can think she’s winning this. She is reciting talking points…if the question doesn’t fit into what she’s rehearsed, she just goes onto something she has rehearsed…it makes her sound vapid. Biden clearly knows what the hell is going on in the world, and has ideas about what will work and what won’t…based on experience. She has nothing. Nothing but a random string of buzzwords rearranged 8 different ways in the same 2 minute span, hoping to confuse the hell out of the average voter and make them think she has a clue. I weep for the people who buy her crap. ---
**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, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/454 "2008-10-03T02:34:49Z")
Palin’s family is very diverse. There are people of all sexes in her family. Her family covers a wide range of ages, heights and weights. Some of her family members have long hair, some have shorter hair. And, many of her family members have completely different first names than others. They are truly a microcosm of America, doncha know. ---
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/455 "2008-10-03T02:35:02Z")
She did better than I thought she would, based on what I’d heard. Just how folksy is America these days? ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/456 "2008-10-03T02:36:18Z")
I’d still do her. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/457 "2008-10-03T02:36:18Z")
Wish we could hear what they’re talking about now… ---
**Author:** ![MizTina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MizTina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizTina)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/458 "2008-10-03T02:36:31Z")
I had to quit watching for a bit because everytime Palin gets that down home folksy crap going with the little wink in the camera, I am reminded of this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSuWW-m2UzY&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSuWW-m2UzY&feature=related) Gah. She makes my skin crawl for the most part. But I did think she was real when she was talking about gay marriage, she looked uncomfortable, but defiant. At least she stood up for her beliefs and went off the rehearsed crap. ---
**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, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/459 "2008-10-03T02:36:47Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > Biden clearly knows what the hell is going on in the world, and has ideas about what will work and what won’t…based on experience. She has nothing. Nothing but a random string of buzzwords rearranged 8 different ways in the same 2 minute span, hoping to confuse the hell out of the average voter and make them think she has a clue. I weep for the people who buy her crap. This. The woman has all the intellectual depth of a parking lot puddle. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/460 "2008-10-03T02:36:48Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Palin’s family is very diverse. > > There are people of all sexes in her family. > > Her family covers a wide range of ages, heights and weights. > > Some of her family members have long hair, some have shorter hair. > > And, many of her family members have completely different first names than others. > > They are truly a microcosm of America, doncha know. Some of her family members are teachers, don’t ya know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=24)