Comments on: Scads of debate reactions http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/03/scads-of-debate-reactions/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Craig Knauss http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/03/scads-of-debate-reactions/#comment-7391 Craig Knauss Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:06:55 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/03/scads-of-debate-reactions/#comment-7391 I thought Sarah Palin presented herself quite well. Much better than I expected. She was confident and projected well. However, she avoided way too many questions and kept returning to concluded issues. This is unfortunate because this was the format the McCanies wanted to protect her. Simple questions and short answers. She didn't mind the short answers, it was answering the questions in the first place. I also thought Biden could have done much better. When Palin had the audacity to compare an orderly withdrawl from Iraq with "waving the white flag of surrender", he should have pounced on that with fangs bared. Instead, he passed on it. And he let her get away repeatedly with the "maverick" BS until the very end, when he stomped that notion pretty good. He still didn't remind the viewers, though, that McCain has voted with the admininstration 90% of the time over the last 5 years. That should have been stated. Overall, they both looked pretty good and neither suffered any irreparable damage. I thought Sarah Palin presented herself quite well. Much better than I expected. She was confident and projected well. However, she avoided way too many questions and kept returning to concluded issues. This is unfortunate because this was the format the McCanies wanted to protect her. Simple questions and short answers. She didn’t mind the short answers, it was answering the questions in the first place.

I also thought Biden could have done much better. When Palin had the audacity to compare an orderly withdrawl from Iraq with “waving the white flag of surrender”, he should have pounced on that with fangs bared. Instead, he passed on it. And he let her get away repeatedly with the “maverick” BS until the very end, when he stomped that notion pretty good. He still didn’t remind the viewers, though, that McCain has voted with the admininstration 90% of the time over the last 5 years. That should have been stated.

Overall, they both looked pretty good and neither suffered any irreparable damage.

]]> By: Orlando Clay http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/03/scads-of-debate-reactions/#comment-7354 Orlando Clay Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:25:03 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/10/03/scads-of-debate-reactions/#comment-7354 Of course Biden prevailed among true independent voters. He gave clear, concise, and insightful answers to the questions that were posed to him. Agreed, Sarah Palin didn't drive the bus over the cliff this time, but the only thing she proved last night was that she could recite pages upon pages of GOP talking points, even if they were irrelevant to the question at hand. Kudos to her, however, for forewarning us that she was going to give us answers, whether we wanted to hear them or not. Plus, the "shout out" to a 3rd grade class was pretty juvenile as well. Finally, the nonsensical answer about expanding the powers of the vice president's was downright scary. Nevertheless, the wingnuts here in Central Florida are giddy today and are ready to start dancing in the streets. They have actually convinced (deluded?) themselves that last night's debate is going to be the pivotal event that begins to swing the momentum back to McCain. Yeah, right. Whatever. Of course Biden prevailed among true independent voters. He gave clear, concise, and insightful answers to the questions that were posed to him. Agreed, Sarah Palin didn’t drive the bus over the cliff this time, but the only thing she proved last night was that she could recite pages upon pages of GOP talking points, even if they were irrelevant to the question at hand. Kudos to her, however, for forewarning us that she was going to give us answers, whether we wanted to hear them or not.

Plus, the “shout out” to a 3rd grade class was pretty juvenile as well. Finally, the nonsensical answer about expanding the powers of the vice president’s was downright scary. Nevertheless, the wingnuts here in Central Florida are giddy today and are ready to start dancing in the streets. They have actually convinced (deluded?) themselves that last night’s debate is going to be the pivotal event that begins to swing the momentum back to McCain. Yeah, right. Whatever.

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