Biden vs. Palin VP Debate, Contest of Contests Options

[Hellfighter]

Damnnnnn

Ok, Robert - I love to hate to say this about you,
but you did it again - another prophetic call on your part. She did very well.

Who was THIS Palin?

Steady as a rock she was.....
From the War in Iraq session on she was visibly looking to go at it no holds barred with Biden.
Kudos to Palin's prep team.
A couple of slip ups on her part on foreign policy and a couple of domestic issues but she was very poised and solid. Mission accomplished for her in my opinion.

Biden was 'Johnny on the spot' to edge out Palin utilizing the full extent of his experience. I'm not sure Hillary could've topped her. Palin even threw Biden off his game visibly at one point regarding counterattacking Biden's point about the US general in Afghanistan saying the Surge wasn't applicable there.
It looked like he got an uppercut out of nowhere as he recolied for 2 seconds and looked down thinking; 'what the hell did she just do to me!'.
One thing I was fearing was she'd blow it so badly she'd be traumatized by it all her life. I think she can now go back to her room and woot woot all night and do victory somersaults on her bed - she can be proud she didn't fail those who counted on her tonight.


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 10/02/08 9:47pm

[Robert]

You misread my post.
After 5 years, he's considered cured from that instance of cancer. That doesn't mean he can't have a new occurrence, which is possible with his type of skin cancer. As I already said, Doctors give him a 10% chance of having a new occurrence. If he does, it would likely be the same type which has a 5 year survival rate of 99%. So over all, he has a .1% chance of dying from skin cancer during his 1st term.
If you think my math is wrong, feel free to correct me.

Your 1st post was specially about skin cancer which I proved to be completely unfounded.
Your reply then goes into he's likely to die during a second term but that has zero to do with his skin cancer. It's strictly based on normal mortally rates. That 1/4 chance is strickly based on age. From the same article when you factor in his present health
"The firm estimates that McCain has a health expectancy of 8.4 years, while Obama can expect another 21.9 years of good health. The calculations are from January 2009, covering two terms in office for either candidate"
He hasn't been elected to his 1st term but you're already busy worrying about the small chance he would die before finishing his 2nd term.
Did you notice the differecne in expected life span?
McCain 80
Obama 69

This whole idea that Palin being a heartbeat way from the presidency was never based in fact, it was always a fear tactic. Which is why most articles only go into enough detail to claim "He a multi-time cancer survivor" while purposefully steering clear of what exactly that means an the likely-hood it would cause him to die during his term as president. Why? because it a .1% chance.
Which do you think sounds worse
"He a multi-time cancer survivor"
"Only a .1% his previous bouts with skin cancer will result in him dying before finishing his term as president"


I can't reply to your AFIP link because it only points to the site not any specific page.

[Hellfighter]

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This whole idea that Palin being a heartbeat way from the presidency was never based in fact, it was always a fear tactic. Which is why most articles only go into enough detail to claim "He a multi-time cancer survivor" while purposefully steering clear of what exactly that means an the likely-hood it would cause him to die during his term as president. Why? because it a .1% chance.
Which do you think sounds worse
"He a multi-time cancer survivor"
"Only a .1% his previous bouts with skin cancer will result in him dying before finishing his term as president"
I can't reply to your AFIP link because it only points to the site not any specific page.

But for how long would he realistically be out of commission to get his type of cancer treated if it came back.
I worked as a volunteer with some patients getting treated for other kinds of cancer -its obviously not an overnight stay in a ward. Palin would need to fill in for some time as the Prez in such a situation. that's not a fear, that's a reality which does scare many who stop to think about it given that she's still not shown the ability to give specifics in a number of issues thrown her way. Last night she was well-prepped to give an unwaivering poise, but she's still lacking where the situations arise in which she'll be backed in a corner unexpectedly and fall apart.

Oh snap, what is that generals name? McDonald? Ronald McDonald?

LOLs

hi shreddy