The much-anticipated meeting between Palin and Biden has finally occurred and I was not disappointed. In fact, it seemed to be much more lively and interactive than the one between Obama and McCain. It was entertaining but still followed the predictable script of out-right lies, half-truths and distortions on both sides. As much as these people preach about change I think that these people can barely spell it let alone do it.
This whole event was like watching NASCAR: everyone wanted to see Palin implode. We had been set up by the few interviews that she has given to the mainstream media and their commentary about it. Of course everyone, including the old guard in the Republican Party, was all over every gaffe or minor error she might make. All I have heard for the past two weeks is how stupid she is, how ill-prepared she is, and how Biden was going to mop up the floor with her. Well, she didn't implode, Biden didn't mop up the floor with her, and she was engaging and much more entertaining than anyone else in the race.
Chances are this debate will not be the knockout punch for either campaign. Unless someone really screws up neither will the remaining two. I still believe that the election will ride on whether Americans want their "grandpa" as president or their "kid brother". Despite the efforts of the media to convince us otherwise, I still believe "Gramps" will come out on top.
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Yeah, I watched it last night, too. As I said on my blog, I think Palin did very well, though her performance likely puts Republican minds at ease while not really influencing anybody else. Even more than her gaffes, her hardcore conservative views are generally a big turn-off to independents, I think.
Her folksy banter is really annoying to me and I think overshadows what she's saying. It's hard to take her seriously with the way she speaks and the anecdotes she uses. She's a woman, but she's now in a man's world and needs to speak on the same level as them, and I don't really feel she's doing that. As for now, I'm watching McCain talk about excess and greed, and I can't help but not take that seriously from someone who owns as many houses as he and his wife do:P Regardless, I think, for whatever reason, that he is going to win. I do not think Palin is up to the task of President, though, and hope that circumstance doesn't come to pass.
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