# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/141 "2008-10-03T01:27:21Z")
How many times is she going to say corruption and greed? Dang ---
**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, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/142 "2008-10-03T01:27:47Z")
Evidently there is greed and corruption on wall street, and we need reform, and Washington too. And slogan slogan slogan ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/143 "2008-10-03T01:27:47Z")
Palin just BLEW her softball question. That was the time for her to go after Biden’s whoring to Delaware. ---
**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, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/144 "2008-10-03T01:27:50Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > I think **Biden** got off to a slow start but he’s made up good ground. He found his feet. MAIN STREET is TOXIC? she’s an ass. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/145 "2008-10-03T01:27:55Z")
FTR, I’m drinking Jameson & soda. From a bucket. Toxic mess on main street. Mainstreeters like me. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/146 "2008-10-03T01:28:02Z")
You know, I’m actually _liking_ Biden. I actually just thought…you know, he was kinda bland before. Yeah, he seems kinda angry, but he seems like the kind of guy I’d rant at while I’m at a restaurant or something. He _does_ seem like a regular guy. She, however, seems like the HR person who can’t explain the damn policies. I mean, she’s good at folksiness and seeing confident, but…yeah. I don’t know. It feels like an act, even if it isn’t. But I’m inherently biased. And answer the damn deregulation question, Palin. Christ. You’ve had, what, a week to get back to us? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/147 "2008-10-03T01:28:04Z")
Main Street. I think I’m going past beer goggles into beer blindfold. ---
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/148 "2008-10-03T01:28:07Z")
Agreed with **Argent Towers** , she’s doing better than I had thought… …she just referred to “Main Streeters like me”, though. _retch_ ---
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/149 "2008-10-03T01:28:24Z")
Drink every time she says “the corruption and greed on Wall Street.” ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/150 "2008-10-03T01:28:53Z")
A crisis on Main St. that’s affecting Wall St.? That’s really bad. That must be an enthralling book she’s got on the podium. “If John wouldn’t look at the evil Dem, I won’t either you betcha!” ---
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/151 "2008-10-03T01:28:58Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Drink every time she says “the corruption and greed on Wall Street.” Are you trying to KILL US ALL?! Edit: wow, two pages in a row where I was the first post. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/152 "2008-10-03T01:29:00Z")
Did she just refer to a “toxic mess on Main St that is affecting Wall St”? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/153 "2008-10-03T01:29:06Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Everyone talked about this debate as if Palin was going to get up there and start stammering and drooling like she had a fucking lobotomy. It isn’t so. She’s been remarkably confident, with a very aggressive manner of speaking, no hesitation whatsoever, and even if she has no idea what she’s talking about, she nevertheless _sounds_ like she does. She is definitely coming off as likable and capable, and I’m sorry to say it but the anti-Palin crowd is simply going to have to eat some crow here. > > I still am not rooting for her, I’m just pointing out the impression I get. I agree. This has been an interesting debate and nowhere near the train wreck I expected. I want my money back. Worst freakshow ever. ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/154 "2008-10-03T01:29:35Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Agreed with **Argent Towers** , she’s doing better than I had thought… > > …she just referred to “Main Streeters like me”, though. _retch_ “Main Streeters like me, who are worth more than $1.2 million…” ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/155 "2008-10-03T01:29:37Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > She’s been remarkably confident, with a very aggressive manner of speaking, no hesitation whatsoever, and even if she has no idea what she’s talking about, she nevertheless _sounds_ like she does. That’s true, and as far as appearance goes, she’s definitely holding her own. ---
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/156 "2008-10-03T01:29:38Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Everyone talked about this debate as if Palin was going to get up there and start stammering and drooling like she had a fucking lobotomy. It isn’t so. She’s been remarkably confident, with a very aggressive manner of speaking, no hesitation whatsoever, and even if she has no idea what she’s talking about, she nevertheless _sounds_ like she does. She is definitely coming off as likable and capable, and I’m sorry to say it but the anti-Palin crowd is simply going to have to eat some crow here. > > I still am not rooting for her, I’m just pointing out the impression I get. You honestly thought that we were serious about her drooling? It’s called hyperbole. NO, stay with the quick answer, Palin! gah. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/157 "2008-10-03T01:30:04Z")
This Great Land. _swig_ ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/158 "2008-10-03T01:30:06Z")
Why do we even have a moderator again? Hell, why do we have subjects? ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/159 "2008-10-03T01:30:08Z")
Okay, how are you going to go back to energy when we were talking about homeowners? This doesn’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253/160 "2008-10-03T01:30:15Z")
If she doesn’t shut up about energy and answer the damn question, I am going to root for the Legion of Doom to shut her up in a hydroelectric dam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-palin-watch-along-thread/466253.md?page=9)