Talk Back: Reactions to the VP Debate

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Talk Back: Reactions to the VP Debate
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Thu, 10-02-2008 - 5:14pm

Hi everyone --


We wanted to get your reaction to the Vice Presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. Did you watch? What did you think -- and who do you consider the winner? Were there any surprises? Tell us what you considered to be the highlights, the low points and everything in between.


 


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anonymous user
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:00am
joe biden
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Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:00am

Palin and her affected "gosh golly gee willickers" persona was beyond annoying. And the winking! This is not a beauty pageant! It really makes me sick when we've got a woman vying for such a high position, and instead of using her brains, she tries to use charm and cuteness to get to the top. It is extremely insulting to me as a woman! If we Americans are dumb enough to fall for this, then we'll be getting exactly what we deserve.

Another thing that irked me is how she blatantly cherry-picked which questions she was going to answer, because God forbid she veer off of her script! And then she played the victim by blaming the Big Bad Mainstream Media and its "filters" for her own flubs. When SNL can parody you using your own words VERBATIM, the problem isn't with the media, lady! She needs to take some of that personal responsibility she's touting and apply it to herself.

Excuse my rant, but as a woman who has worked really hard all my life to get to where I am today, I am really just disgusted by Palin's display last night. I don't want my daughter thinking that stringing some cute folksy phrases together and winking at people is how to get ahead in life. And I don't want her thinking that when she screws up, she can get away with it by blaming everybody else for picking on her because she's a woman. And I definitely don't want her growing up in a country where being an educated and informed intellectual is derided as being "elitist".

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Registered: 07-12-2008
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:01am

I don't see anything wrong in what you call "folksy" speak.

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:01am

For a long time I've noticed that a characteristic of many Republicans and McCain/Palin supporters is the inability to relate to or empathize with someone who is not JUST LIKE THEM.

There's a lack of tolerance for anyone who is DIFFERENT, in THEIR eyes.

That is one reason I doubt I could ever bring myself to vote for a Republican president.

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anonymous user
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:09am
Joe Biden won, hands down. Palin did not answer all the questions, and she kept rehashing her rehearsed answers. It's absolutely frightening that she can actaully become the VP of this country.
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anonymous user
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:09am
Well Biden actually answered the questions!
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anonymous user
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:10am
Although Palin did not humiliate herself this time, Biden clearly won. Palin needs to take out her "style" of winking and being cutsie and focus on the issues. After all, it was a VP debate, not an interview to be a cocktail waitress flirting for tips.
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anonymous user
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:11am
biden!!!
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Registered: 10-01-2008
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:18am

>>remember Bill Clinton with his country bumpkin twang? How about Jimmy Carter? I never thought of either of them as sophisticated.

Their speech patterns are very, very different from Palin's. I don't think she's stupid. But like others, I don't respond well to her more casual style.

Laura

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Fri, 10-03-2008 - 11:23am
Joe Biden

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