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]

I thought it was funny, the one time he directly attacked her he was wrong.
When she was discussing her role as VP, Biden tried to correct here saying
"The role of VP is to support the president, only in the case of a tie does the VP preside over the senate"
That's actually wrong, it says
"The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."
So she was right when she refered to the VP as president of the senate. The VP was meant to serve much the same function as the Speaker does for the House. That's why the line of succession goes, President, VP - President of the Senate, Speaker of the House.
I don't think Palin is well enough informed to come up with that, I just thought it was funny that Biden, a 30 year senator wouldn't know the history of the Senate.
Even worse, he said Article 1 lays out the responsibilities of the executive branch. He was wrong on that as too because the executive branch is under Article 2.
People should remember, there was a big fuss made out about this early in the Bush presidency because Cherey said the role of VP was legislative in nature. Everyone freaked, attacking him claiming it was some kind of power grab. Then the story faded away when everyone found out he was right.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/0...eep-role-wrong/

Obama has raised $300 million, so I think he can afford to give Biden a nice leather bound copy of the US constitution. After 30 years as a senator, it's time he read it.


This was the most watched VP debate in history, even beating out many of the Presidential debates.
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/vp-debate-ratin.html

My favorite part was when she reminded Biden that he previously said he would be proud to run on the same ticket as McCain, now suddenly he tells a completely different story.


To HF.
If McCain did develop a new case of skin cancer, localized melanoma is normally treated as outpatient surgery. They slice of the skin, then an electrode is used to burn the tissue to stop bleeding an kill any cancer cells which may still be present. At least that's what was done with the wifey both times. ( to much sun bathing when she was young )