VP debate
10/02/2008 05:01 p.m. | Politics
Instead of 50 twitters, I am just going to collect my thoughts here.
Palin looks good in all black, asked Biden if she can "call him Joe". Nice move.
Biden is just staring at the Moderator like McCain was. Palin is looking around and into the camera.
Palin mentions McCain way too much. If she would stop using the words 'Maverick', 'hockey mom', 'soccer mom', or 'Joe six-pack' I would like her much more.
*This whole think is similar to two kids arguing over who has the cooler dad.
Palin - I may not answer the questions you ask, but I will speak to the people.
Gwen just cut off Palin
Palin suggests that small businesses being taxed more will reduce jobs, which I don't quite get.
Biden says small businesses are ok, not taxed more.
Biden is starting to play to the camera a bit more and is turning to face his opponent.
I like that Gwen is more pushy then Lehrer.
Same-sex marriage question is a bit slanted. Palin is "tolerant". They agree on this issue.
Palin is being a fear-monger. It makes her seem much, much more unattractive.
... there was more debating but nothing worthy of writing here. Biden looks great age-wise compared to McCain. Palin looks like she does. Biden didn't win this, and Palin didn't give it away. I'm predicting the media to give the win to Palin, and I might agree. She did her homework and didn't say anything stupid. Biden is on the ticket for the blue-collar workers, and I have much different concerns than they do, so Biden isn't playing to me. Also Biden doesn't use his time well.
I really feel like having a two party system debate is like having a football player and a hockey player debate over who is a better athlete or more of a man or whatever. These people aren't arguing their opinions. They are representatives of a party, of a group that represents about 70 million Americans (based on '04 voting) each. It is like marketing and these people are paid spokesmen. Atleast when Obama and McCain debate they can say "my plan". The two VP's seem much more like lackeys. So what does that make the people who are the lackeys to the VP candidates?
On a totally unrelated note, I really find it interesting how Palin and Obama to a degree are blurring the lines of celebrity and politician. I know Reagan was an actor before being president, and from what I have seen and read, the Kennedys were also a bit of a celebrity/politician blend. Assuming you take the pro's of both sides, you get a great candidate. But there are dark sides to both politics and celebrities, and too much of that can cost someone an election, or if not, it could end up doing some harm in the long run, if only by preventing a more qualified person from getting the job.