The Debate, and the Beginning of the Endtime

[eurotrasher]

I thought Palin was horrible, but everyone in the media is telling me I'm wrong, that she did a decent job. I guess I measured the debate by a different set of standards, which was: 1) did the person answer the questions posed to them (Palin explained at the beginning that she would likely forgo answering questions in order to "talk right to the

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[rjhatl]

I thought the whole debate was eh. There were no Palin bingos at our house- if she had only said "earmarks", I'd have gotten it.

Palin could speak not-badly on issues she had been prepped on, and so she spent her time only talking about those issues (once I remember Ifil asking her a question, and Palin saying something like "I want to talk more about [other topic]" and then ignoring what Ifil had asked). Her talk about the Constitution and what it said about the Vice President's roles shows exactly what happens when people thing "amendments and stuff" are boring... the Constitution says exactly TWO things about the role of the VP- the VP breaks ties in the Senate, and replaces the President if he dies. For a party that likes to rant against people interpreting the Constitution, it sure seems like that's exactly what they're trying to do.

Biden did much better at the debate itself, even showing himself very good at blatantly lying in the face of facts (he really did make those comments about coal on a rope line - and the context in which he claimed they were made is completely false... the Daily Show showed that clip a few weeks ago). I'm also a bit curious about his plan to let homeowners with mortgages choose how much they should owe on their houses.

All in all, I'm much more comfortable with the idea of Biden as VP than Palin. In fact, Palin as VP (and likely president) scares the willies out of me.

[eurotrasher]

It was heartbreaking to me that both candidates lied. I know it sounds naive, but I really do wonder why it (seemingly) has to be this way. It forces me into a moral quandary. Do I support Biden, who lied less but lied more cunningly, or do I support Palin, who lied more but may have done so because she's stupid?

A phrase my grandfather was fond of using: "Pick your poison."

[rjhatl]

Well, look upticket for help in answering that. McCain has shed his straight-talker persona and seems to not care whether he's telling the truth or not these days. Certainly Obama hasn't always been honest either, but McCain seems to be going wild.