Vice-Presidential Debate 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin and rival Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. faced off during their first vice-presidential debate on Thursday night at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Vice presidential candidates sparred about a lot of the important issues–taxes and the economy, energy and oil, same-sex marriage, Iraq and Afghanistan.
To watch the full debate online, visit NYTimes.com. The video is about 1.5 hours long. Be sure to check it out–the interactive video and transcript is really nifty!








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Sarah Palin was awsome. I love how she reminded Joe Biden that he once said he would like to be John McCain’s running mate. I don’t think he liked being reminded of that.
Biden told so many lies it was hard to keep track. He just wants to tax us all into a depression. I am being taxed enough!
Please keep in mind that the only reason Sarah did “Well” was because she went through like a week of debate boot camp.
I mean this is the same woman who said the worse thing Cheney has done as VP was the duck hunting accident.
Watching Sarah Palin was like watching a phone sex commercial or an infomercial at 3am. Poor Biden had to subject himself to an impulsive child who insist on reading off the que card like a spelling bee contest!
Biden is a wise and grounded politician who has a world of experience more than most governors around. He speaks the same language as Obama.
Palin was amazing! She spoke from her heart to the American people and we were able to understand what she was saying! McCain.Palin.08 is the future that this country needs!!
Biden was ridiculous, jumping back and forth trying to counter her comments with numbered examples. He looked like a old sleaze, constantly grinning at the moderator every time Palin called him out.
Wow you people must really enjoy the shape our economy is in right now, I mean lord forbid if McCain wins and dies while he is in office .. Would you people really be comfortable with Pallin as PRESIDENT? This is sicken that our country is full of loose minded people like that .. I must admit that during the debate she did a lot better then I thought she would do but overall the FACT is she is not ready to have that much power and if I hear soccer mom one more time I’m going to puke! This is not a joke this is our country we’re talking about!
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Amazing how the USA thinks that dreams are reality.
Palin is just a doll people. Look and see reality.
She and McCain only see their own advantage and $$$.
Wake up.
The debate drove it home with even more clarity that we need a thoughtful intelligent team in the Whitehouse and not a bunch of war monger cheerleaders. Every time Phalin spoke I could see her face on Yosemite Sam with a pistol in each hand; pow-pow. As someone with many family members participating in the war and seeing their mental and spiritual decline; fighting is killing us spiritually and financially. We are finally at a place were showboating and shucking and jiving are unwelcome side dishes. Thank God there are leaders in place to take us to honorable ground. Obama-Biden-thank you for your honorable stance.
Sarah cheerfully admitted she won’t answer the question the moderator interpret, instead she went off on tangent and repeatedly talked about the oil drilling over and over. Her political reality is such that she can interpret the Constitution as she wishes, regardless of whether that interpretation has any merit….
So it seems Sarah Palin is the next Paris Hilton of politics. Hey Sarah, I can see the moon from here. wink, wink.
Obama 08′
Sarah Palin’s gee golly gosh attitude is such a turn off. This woman is so stupid and out of her element it’s not even funny. How can you be impressed with someone who you know had to be trained like a seal in order to debate the most basic of principles concerning our government?
Btw, Sarah is not advancing our feminist front, instead she is regressing and insulting everything we have been working so hard for.
joe gave palin a nice soft spanking.
non # 8
I totally agree with u.
Obama for president 08′
Dana - AMEN. She shouldn’t get points for not being as bad as people expected. She still avoided serious questions about the mortgage crisis and the economy, misinterpreted questions about Iran and Pakistan and thought she could keep going back to energy to score points.
She’s at best an average news anchor- NOT VP material.
# 3 if you didnt already know this Obama went 3 days in lockdown prepping for the debate. everybody does.
Sarah Palin was great last night. I’d take her to be president right now over Obama (she has more executive experience). I have no fear if something would happen to McCain and she would become President.
Joe Biden clearly won this debate. He was able to stay on track and give clear, concise answers. Palin made it clear that she would answer questions only on her terms and to hell with the moderator and the country who wanted to hear her answers to the questions asked.
She sucked big times but she does anyway
Obama 08
Sarah sucked big time!! I can’t imagine that some of the people posting here saw the same debate I saw. She was so careful and afraid to change the topics, she even admitted to not answering some of the questions, becasue she knew nothing! She had to stick to the talking points her campaign told her to or she would have fallen flat on her face. She is a disgrace to American women! Thank God most Americans saw through her!!!! BIDEN WON hands down!!
All Sarah Palin had to do was talk in complete sentences to come off looking okay- that’s not something to be proud of. Biden rocked!
McCain and Palin - all the way! Good job Sarah!
Republicans are sore losers they have run this Country for the last 8 years George Bush is one of YOU hes not a Democrat or Independent ! Why should we listen to you now on McCain Palin? Republicans told us George W. bush would be great for this Country .
Hey guys, im writing this from inside my highschool library. I watched the Debate last night, and i would like to say that this countrey is heading for the worst. McCain Palin want to keep us in this war. Obama Biden wants us out. It’s a simple fact as many Americans can humbly agree on, that This war has hurt us economicly, spiritualy, and mental on a number of levels. We need to get out of Iraq, we shoulden’t have been their in the first place. This is my stong belif, bu to each his/her own. Now, Palin was talking about if we leave Iraq all our efforts will be in vein; “wave the white flag of surrender…”. If we don’t leave we will be far worse spending more money their than e are on schools here at home. Personaly I am suprised i have internet connection here. Npw anyway back to the issue. If we pull out of Iraq, we arn’t surendering. We are handing the people back their country. The brave men and women fighting over their now i’m sure of it don’t want to be their. if they had the choice granted. But it’s not surrendering to get people out of their. Why are American’s dieing? Why are we their? Why are we spending so much money, and continueing to do so. they hae an 80bill surplus. Look if we don’t leave iraq more americans will die and more money will be spent on a lost cause. to leave now would be far better than to stand their and die.
The Pres and VP don’t make decisions all by themselves. They have political advisors.
Aligning yourself with one party can make you blind to the fact that all politicians are liars and will say anything to get elected.
They are nothing but cry babies and are only good at blaming the other party.
Both parties can put monkeys up as candidates and both parties will somehome accept their own parties candidates and question the other. Regardless of their actions or what comes out of their mouths.
If I had to choose the lesser of 2 evils - I would have to go with the McCain/Palin ticket. I used to like Obama but listening to his supporters is such a turn-off. Now they are crying about how inexperinece Palin is. I guess these people just want to overlook Obama’s inexperience—sh*t - he’s running for President!
Palin and Obama are very similar: They both have great presence and they are both inexperienced in politics.
I can see clearly why this country is in trouble just by reading some of the previous posts. Biden did not stay on track. many of the questions given to him were answered with “look what bush did!!” and he was outshined by Palin. Obama/Biden don’t want to accept the fact that pulling out of iraq right now would not only could put the u.s. at risk it will make it all the more difficult to confront the problems in afganistan and pakistan not to mention iran!! wake up people. oSama/Biden is the fast track to failure.
What’s up with that FAKE smile of Biden’s! What a looser!
Joe Biden is a slime ball!
Sarah Biden talked directly to the “American” people?! America is a country rich with diversity with people from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. She said she wanted to stand up for the “Joe-Six packs” and “hockey moms”?! I’m sorry, but she is speaking only to middle-class white Americans here. That generalization is just an insult to the diversity that makes up America. It just goes to show what a narrow-minded world view she has. She has been sheltered in Alaska and because of it she is ignorant to what and who America really is.
Look, she is a charismatic, very likeable politician. But, she is not ready to be VP! In the debate, she didn’t answer any tough questions and outrightly ignored them and changed the topic to a rehearsed speaking point about energy. She also stated that she has no problems with extending the powers of the VP beyond what is dictated by the constitution. This is scary to stuff! Here you have a woman, with a very limited world view, very little knowledge of the details of our failing economy, very little knowledge on foreign policy, and she wants more power as VP?
Come on Americans, look beyond her pretty package and in-depth at her answers or lack there of any sound, reasonable, intelligent answers to the serious problems our country is facing today. Is this who you really want to be the next President should something happen to McCain?!
Oops, meant to say Sarah Palin in my previous post!
@ 26
How exactly could pulling out of Iraq (which you guys have no business being in in the 1st place) put the US at risk?
Back to the debate, Biden could have and should have destroyed Palin. I’m sorry but it’s getting unacceptable that this woman can’t answer the questions she’s being asked. Energy, Alaska and Maverick were all she could talk about.
Wake up people she is only candidate for vice president, not the president .McCain is the candidate for president We all saw him against Obama last week he was so Pathetic.Does McCain will win Because of Palin if that so i want Palin to be candidate for president against Obama.
Palin’s little girlish actions, comments, and lack of actually grasping questions, evidenced by her extremely rehersed comments and psudo-”answers”, reminded me of a Shirley Temple movie. I kept waiting for something original and substantial from Sarah, and am still waiting.
Good thing Daddy WAR-bucks sent her to Debate School.
Jeez you are sure up on things aren’t you trace? You can say she isn’t ready to be VP but I’ll bet that you can’t back that up with a logical line of reasoning. You are just regurgitating what you have heard.
i can’t believe the posts here ! WAKE UP !
how can you believe for one sec that Palin can be a VP ?
she has no place in the white house, it’s going to make america looked stupid again ( after 8 years of bush)
To Dawn N°5 : politicians need to be smarter than the rest of the population not dummer !!!!!! where are you from ?????
mj @ 10/03/2008 at 9:45 am Joe Biden clearly won this debate. He was able to stay on track and give clear, concise answers. Palin made it clear that she would answer questions only on her terms and to hell with the moderator and the country who wanted to hear her answers to the questions asked.
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I couldn’t agree more. While she did better than I thought she would,
given her interviews (especially the one with Couric) IMO she is still far from qualified to take over the presidency in the event something
were to happen to McCain. The cutesy winks and folksy talking did not impress me at all. Gwen Ifill did a fine job as moderator. Obama/Biden 08
Sarah’s answers were convoluted and escapist. She would go round a question to come back to something that she was capable of talking, like families, children and God. Politics and economics drive our success in the private domains. VP ought to be very good at policy. Just being everyday Jane will not work.
Congrats Sarah! You did a fine job lady!
Wow you people must really enjoy the shape our economy is in right now, I mean lord forbid if McCain wins and dies while he is in office .. Would you people really be comfortable with Pallin as PRESIDENT? This is sicken that our country is full of loose minded people like that .. I must admit that during the debate she did a lot better then I thought she would do but overall the FACT is she is not ready to have that much power and if I hear soccer mom one more time I’m going to puke! This is not a joke this is our country we’re talking about! - TAMMY
You have just got to take those rose colored glasses off girl! Obama is even LESS experienced and HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
Biden told SIXTEEN definitive lies and SIX more that are truly debatable “lies”. The entire Obama/Biden campaign is running on falsehoods. And the financial advisors for their campaign are none other than the same people who just bankrupted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all the while professing that everything was okay so they could be handed their million dollar bonuses. People, you need to GET REAL!
Neither VP candidate directly answered the questions, that is normal for debates. Either one did great for those that wanted them to. Both of them had coaching and rehearsals before hand, that’s normal too.
Biden convoluted some of his answers with too many numbers and muddied the waters with excessive detail, as feared by the Demo party.
Palin was quite generic with her answers but did get into specifics while dancing a bit.
Nobody “won” except to the voters who have favorites and already made up their minds, although Palin probably secured more support from undecided women voters, and those who want no BS in Washington.
A good debate overall, but both parties were fairly careful to maintain status quo.
Why didn’t Biden launch more aggressive attacks on McCain? His past shows him less of a wimp, but with buffoonery racist remarks, so I’m sure he was told to be more tactful.
Why didn’t Palin talk about the Fannie Mae corruption with three individuals paying themselves 9 figure bonuses, funding the Obama campaign, and then being currently employed by Obama?
If they did speak of this, maybe I was out of the room at the moment, but to me this indicates that they were too afraid to rock the boat and potentially look bad.
Sarah Palin will take woman’s rights back to the 1800’s. If you get raped by your father or your brother, she’ll counsel you to choose adoption. Not the choice any woman should have to suffer.
All the debate showed was that she could read sound bites from a card. Have Americans become that simplistic?
This debate was a JOKE…at least on the part of Sarah Palin.
She is so inept and ridiculous that it makes my stomach churn. Her “aw shucks” demeanor comes off as totally fake and staged. My God…this isn’t a beauty pageant….winking at the judges isn’t going to earn you points here. She is absolutely NOT like me and does not represent me either as a woman or as an average citizen. Her backwoods attitude about censoring books and sex education practices is completely out of place in today’s society. Yeah..I guess abstinence education worked SO well in her own household. Speaking of which, have any of you noticed how the pregnant teen daughter is no longering parading around supporting Mom? To you Palin supporters…WAKE UP and collect a few brain cells. She is not even qualified to run for student council president let alone being the number 2 person in charge of our country.
Like I said before, they will have advisors to help them make important decisions once they are in office. And even those decisions need to get passed!!!!
What is funny is that most of you think that Palin did very poorly and appeared “stupid” and didn’t really answer the questions. Isn’t that what all those “experienced” politicians do anyway? So doesn’t that make her an expert politician?
I love how people are blaiming the Republicans for the state of the economy. Last time I checked, aren’t there more Democrats in the House than Republicans?
As far as the abortion issue, seriously people, do you EVER think Roe vs Wade will ever be over-turned. Never!
OMG you guys! Sarah Palin was just so good. I loved everything she had to say! She didn’t answer a single question, made lots of accusations, and repeated her empty campaign slogans like 100 times. It was so wonderful, I had a hard on the whole time! Imagine if she were the president, women would finally be back in the kitchen, pumping out all kinds of retarded babies, (just like Palin)!! Yippee, i’m so excited, I can’t wait!
Joe Biden has 26+ years in politics, so of course he has more facts at his fingertips and is smoother in a debate. He’s done it for decades.
That being said, neither Biden nor Palin is running for President. Palin isn’t on the ticket because she is an expert on national policies - she is on the ticket because she is a normal person who decided to get involved, and where she did get involved locally, she made a huge difference and showed character, judgment, intelligence and the ability to get things done without a bunch of political games. There is a reason she has a 80% approval rating - people like what she gets done.
Sarah Palin has only been on the national political scene for a month and a half. She hasn’t spend her life in national politics like Joe Biden has. But again, they are not running for President.
I found it telling that Palin described her role as VP as supporting McCain’s policies and addressing specific areas that she knows well. That is what our VPs usually do.
Biden, on the other hand, described his role as more of a partnership with Obama. Well, that’s the Bush/Cheney set up, which is ironic.
The whole “heartbeat away from the Presidency” thing is a bunch of goofy scare tactics. McCain isn’t going to drop dead in office (oh how they wish). Palin will be just fine. She didn’t know anything about being a mayor when she became one. She didn’t know how to be a governor when she became one. She rocks at both.
It would be very foolish to count Palin out because she is the outsider and a rookie. She has proven to be very capable when she has been given the challenge.
Wake up PEOPLE. John Mc Cain is 72 and Palin oh….. she is an IDIOT. you bet ya.
To: wake up women
Abort yourself!!!
Palin is simply the best. Come November, she will be the elected Vice President of the US of A.
Go Palin Go!
poor sarah palin
since all her answers were scripted she stumbled over all the questions she didnt memorize
and could she possibly just not say”you betcha” anymore
BARACK THE VOTE
Watching Palin was painful. You bet ya people. Oh…. come on . John McCain is 72 and this screwed up woman is going to run our country. Yes, we better run but no other countries want Americans. I WONDER why???? Stupid americans.
I really think that Joe Biden gave CLEAR details as to what changes that Obama and he are going to uphold. Sarah Palin was ok but she all over the place and she continued to read cue cards which to me, illustrates that she’s unsure as to what issues need to be resolved. Yes, she had valid points on some topics, but overall Joe Biden was surely on top of his game. And I learned in public speaking class during my undergraduate days, that one thing you just don’t do is say “Um”. Just pause and gathered your thoughts, don’t ever say “Um”.. That shows that you’re again ‘unclear’ as to what you’re trying to get across.
Elle??? Are you an american??
SARAH P. WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THAT!!!!!!!!EVEN THE MEDIA AND PUBLIC POLLS ONLINE AND CALL IN POLLS ARE SAYING THAT!!!!! JOE BIDEN IS A IDIOT! FINALLY THE MEDIA GIVING HER PROPS! ITS SAD THAT JOE BIDEN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A VETERAN AT THIS AND SARAH WHO IS NEW TO DEBATES NOT POLITICS KICKED HIS ASS!!!! OF COURSE THIS IS THE SAME MAN THAT MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT SOMETHING A PRESIDENT SAID ON TV BEFORE THE TV WAS EVEN INVENTED! HHAHAHA GO SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone needs to send her happy Ass back to Alaska so she can take care of her children. Especially the pregnant one.
AGAIN SARAH PALIN WAS OK. BUT WITH THE DEBATE COURSE THAT SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAAAAAAAAYYY BETTER. SHE IS A CLUELESS AND YOU KNOW IT! The only ones that’s giving her props is the individuals who don’t want an African American in the seat!!! And you’ll say anything just so that want happen. Let’s be real!!! It’s SOOO OBVIOUS AS TO WHO NEEDS TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT….BARACK OBAMA!!!!! Point blank!
yes Joe I am. I am an educated American. I am starting to think Americans are really stupid.
People forget that Sarah Palin has ben middle or lower class her ENTIRE life. She know’s what she is talking about, and Joe Biden is a liar. He lied so much during this debate. Just liek he brought the facts, so did she. Weake up people, she is running for VP and she’s got more experience than Obama. She is the commander of the Alaskin National Guard, and they are year-round. She did a better job than Biden, his best was saying that we are getting another eight years of George Bush. That is the best Democrats have on these people have on them. We all know that! And when you actually sit down and look at Bush’s policies and John’s they have ALOT of differences. She is a Republican, she is Pro-life! Is that a shock? Because it shouldn’t be. We don’t need someone to cradle us and help us sleep at ngiht, and tell us all fictional bedtime stories. I can trust and know that John McCain will get the job done, plain and simple. Can we really say that about Obama. IF Obama gets in there, we will pull out of the war, and they will come after us on our own soil. Because this man knows nothing about war. Nothing. My brother is in the army and will tell you the same thing. They don’t speak of all the good that is going on down there. Sarah and John both have kids in Iraq, and when that happens, it becomes personal to them and they will put an end it, I’m sure. Joe Biden is an idiot, whow as laughing at this women. Just because Sarah Palin isn’t a liberal doesn’t mean she is going to fight for us woman.
WOOOW…Palin was great??!!
I sat in amazement as she just kept repeating her transcript and NOT answering question.
Even in HIGH SCHOOL just saying “YES I AGREE” to an answer is considered to be an insufficient answer.
Palin would say YES I AGREE to a question and then go ahead and repeat the messages she had on the q-cards that she had ALREADY repeated all night long.
This clearly reflects the fact that she doesn’t have views on MOST ISSUES that are very important to the American people, and the reason she doesn’t have a view is because she doesn’t even understand what the question nor what the issue is!
I mean last night my mouth just hung open in awww, I felt as if I could have gone up for VP.
This just KILLS THE McCane-Palin ticket for me.
I do not understand how some of you can say she did good when she clearly didn’t understand the questions most of the time.
Just because she spoke in “plain English” doesn’t mean that you should vote for her! We need some knowledgeable people who have good insight in a number of issues, understand the issues and who are capable of leading/guiding our senate in improving America’s future.
I’m still in disbelief here (just shaking my head)….
I think we have to all be honest, even though Barack Obama is viewed as a political superstar, most people are going to vote for McCain next month, even some of the people that claim to be undecided and who say they’re gonna vote Obama. If you remember, Bush was down by 10 points in all the polls leading up to election day and somehow he ended up President. Politics is all a sham.
Sarah Palin is awsome
Elle: Well I guess if you were her pregnant daughter You’d just have an abortion wouldn’t you??
Biden is ridiculous. Where is Hillary Clinton?
Clinton vs Palin. Priceless!
Obama sucks!
wink wink gosh darn it…I don’t know if she was winking at me or my husband! Sure Palin deliver her memorized cheers, If I want folky I’ll go to Cracker Barrel.
Biden looks like a sleaze bag!
May I ask you?? What VP Debate did you guys watch? Because Sarah Palin is clearly scrambling for what to say next and she’s very unsure of her points…That’s scares me TOTALLY!!! Yes, she may be Govenor in Alaska to about 300,000 people…But she does not need to be in the VP seat to the entire U.S of America!!! I have a relative in Iraq now and HE will tell you…it’s like fighting a loosing battle. We went to Iraq to get Bin Laden and to conduct a nuclear weapon search. Now is that what we’re doing???? Its’ obvious “NO”. Obama wants to slowing transition our soldiers out of this war and re-direct our attention on what we need to do in Al Quida. Look at the whole picture, not half of the picture!! Come on…let’s be real about this thing. Yes, the last 8 years have got us no where and I know you keep hearing that, but McCain/Palin are ‘obviously’ showing the same policies that Bush is illustrating now. WE NEED CHANGED WE CAN BELIEVE IN. So vote for OBAMA on Nov. 4th. or just vote early!!
I love Sarah Palin - VOTE SARAH PALIN !!!!
Biden IS a sleazebag.
Sarah Palin did amazing. In my opinion, I thought Biden was going to win but after watching this debate, McCain/Palin has my vote. Sarah Palin caught Biden on so many lies. She was just killing him. Many people say that Biden won like CNN but I really think that Palin kicked Biden! She totally dominated.
People…EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE???
ALASKA has almost 700k people, most of whom (mostly) govern themselves locally.
NEW YORK CITY, not state, CITY, has almost 8.5 million people.
CHICAGO were Obama was a community organizer has almost 3 million people. The state of Illinois has almost 13 million people.
Community Organizer of Southside Chicago, State Senator of Illinois.
Governor of Alaska. You can judge for yourselves who was/is responsible for more people. Don’t let a nice catch phrase like executive experience take your mind off of facts and the actual numbers.
I mean come on folks, don’t just listen and be brain washes, put things into perspective!!! You are smarter then they give you credit for…come on!
Oh and Biden sighed alot into the microphone. To me, sighing into the microphone is a sign of being defeated and aggravation. He knew Sarah Palin was killing him and catching him on so many lies.
I would like to thank McCain for choosing Palin as his running mate because now I can be more hopeful that Obama will win. If Obama wins McCain will look back and know his choice of running mate lost him the race. He thought he would pick up women voters like we are too stupid to realize that Palin doesn’t have any business in the white house. She might make a great newscaster–look out Katie, but she doesn’t have the experience for national politics. Just because I would have voted for Hillary doesn’t mean I’ll vote for Sarah Palin.
Although she did better last night than I expected her to do it was obvious that she gave her carefully rehearsed answers over and over. She did NOT answer the questions. When they asked about the subprime mortgages she couldn’t even talk about it knowledgeably. She had to change the subject. I’m betting she doesn’t have a clue what happened on Wall Street or understand how our economy works. She would be a disaster in the White House and for our country.
Because of her I have re-registered to vote and will be voting for the first time in 20 years. Fear of her shook me right out of my voter apathy. I don’t ever want to look back and say that I didn’t do my part to defeat her and McCain taking over our wounded economy.
Like how things are going for the last eight years? Vote McCain for more of the same.
Obama/Biden 08 please.
Biden couldn’t even look into the camera to the American people who it really matters. He was just talking to Gwen the whole time and looking down.
Palin looked at the camera to the American people and looked at Biden when answering questions.
McCain Pailin 0/8
only 20 percent of american population is black so a black president makes no sense !!!
20% of America is Black???? You’re acting like Palin now….Your facts are uncertain!! Try Again and Vote for OBAMA
I thought that Sarah Palin was fantastic. She beat Joe Biden by a mile. Check out this video about the economic crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU6fuFrdCJY
My grandfather is 72 and he has early signs of Alzheimers….I would hate for McCain to get in office and begin to forget what he’s suppose to doing in office. You think we’re screwed now, We’ll really be screwed!!!
tp samp are you serious with “The only ones that’s giving her props is the individuals who don’t want an African American in the seat!!”
that makes me really angry. race has absolutely nothing to do with it and to insinuate that it does makes you the racist one. i haven’t decided who to vote for, but we do look at plenty of factors besides race when deciding who the next president will be.
This lady is a embarrassment to the republicans and to this country, she knows nothing about nothing, las night she only reapeat what they told her to say.
It’s amazing to think the some americans think what she did last night is anoughf to be a VP of the united states.
She has been the joke all around the world for the past 4 weeks and is very embarrassing for us.
Joe Biden continually contradicted himself last night. It’s clear that this guy (like Obama) will say whatever comes to mind @ the moment.
Biden and Palin had sparks and respect unlike the cold Presidential debate. Both did very well but Palin spoke for America’s heartland.
Can you imagine going to a job interview and winking at the interviewer.. not answering a question by going off on a tangents and cutesying it up with gee wilikers, and doggone its, and smarmy lil I’m a hockey mom.. dontch knows!! Ah gee!!
I think I just watched women’s lib rewind about 50 years right before my eyes watching that debate. And in the end Joe came across as a warmer family man then a woman with like 5 kids! What the heck was that??
Good job Sarah …… how about answering now for Troopergate.
I am sure you will ‘wink and smile’ your way out of it …. silly *****
hahaah she represents exacly what the world think about the americans, stupid ,dumb, arrogants, americans can’t find they own country in the map ,sorry but this is how americans are to the to the rest of the world, Sarah Palin has done such a great job as a american.
First of all I’d like to remind the obama lovers that Biden also went home to get prepared for his debate with his team of advisors. It’s okay for Biden who’s done this for what 33 years and not okay for Palin to study up with advisors?????? Give me a break they both studied and prepped and done really good and Palin really impressed me as I’m sure she done many others.
Joe
Every woman of age has the right to choose what happens to her womb. Maybe Sarah should have been watching over her daughter. 17 is not a good example for our young American girls to start having children. She apparently need to be at home.
No doubt Sarah Palin won the debate. She is amazing and awesome. She is more qualified than Obama. She has more executive experience than Obama.
Joe Biden is an idiot for sure. He doesn’t know what he is talking even though he has so many years’ experience. Sarah Palin the newcomer beat the hell of him during the debate. I love Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin will be VP of America. Go Sarah.
Sarah Palin is a joke, a stupid lady , she can see Russia from her window hahahahahahahah
Biden won, easily. When Fox News’ own polls have Biden winning, it’s clear Palin lost. She couldn’t answer a single question.
She stopped her personal bleeding long enough to get back to her governorship of Alaska (a state slightly less populated than the City of San Francisco) on November 5. This arrogant woman is an example of what occurs when we permit the human ego boundless reins. It takes more than physical attractiveness to serve in the capacity of the top positions in our political government. It would appear a percentage of Americans have come to expect so much less of our leaders since despicable Bush-Cheney have been on the scene for the past eight years; however, I trust the greater percentage of our society in 2008 is grounded, wise, intelligent, and fully comprehend a McBush-McPain team is not the answer with America involved in two wars and the looming challenges of the U.S. economy. The (real) Palin is the one who was interviewed by (two) professional journalists. The Palin last night is the maverick who thinks she and McCain should abide by a different set of rules than the rest of society by reading from her list of points prepared by McCain’s campaign staff while not answering the “questions” but interjecting completely different topics into the debate. She was second runner-up in a beauty pageant and will never be a queen as she simply does not have the authentic gray matter to do so and is simply a tomboy hick who doesn’t have the class to sit at the table with world leaders. We don’t need two mavericks in the White House at this crucial time in our nation’s history but a team of capable, intelligent, thoughtful, and calm leaders to confront the challenging times ahead for (all) of us.
Obama-Biden ‘08!!!!
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for The Supreme Court!!!!!
A bunch of people say that Sarah Palin doesn’t have any experience?!? If that is the case then Barack Obama has…. ZERO experience. She has had to run a state. All Obama has run is his senate staff.
GO PALIN!
She beat Biden by a landslide. She is so down to earth and easy to love unlike her opponent Biden. He is a scummbagg!
Palin sounded more like someone running for junior class vice president than VP of the USA. A trained parrot could be taught to repeat talking points which is all she was doing. I think that her answer about Cheney and the powers of the VP alone should be enough to disqualify her. Wake up people - can we set the bar any lower?
Hats off to Joe Biden, a respected statesman!
Joe : to respond to your previous comment , abortion is a woman right.
and i agree with ELLE setting her daughter as an exemple it’s not good for young american girls.At 17, you should go backpacking to europe if you get that chance, if you don’t have that chance then you should find what kind of job you would like to do, or what kind of relationship you want to have : it’s experience, fun and learning.
You should not change diapers without mentioning providing food or healthcare for your baby !!!! her daughter is lucky because they have money but think about the not so lucky one.
to respond to your new comment, Obama might not have experience, but at least HE Is intelligent, and he knows what he is talking about.
To so:
Well, he can read books about being in charge… but Palin has lived and practiced being in charge.
To Jared : i expect him to be intelligent enough to process quickly what he has learned from these books, versus Palin to be in charge and then read books about economics, diplomacy, wars, geography, history,…see my point ? because it’s going to take a million years just to process the first page ;)
come on, be real !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8
Just watch this people.
I love Sarah Palin and she did an awesome job last night.
She is ready and if people don’t think so then just look at Obama. Good job Jared. I like what you said :)
1st time hearing Joe Biden speak and I was very impressed, he’d definitely be a smarter choice for VP than George W. Bush IN A SKIRT!!!!! (Palin)
BIDEN CLEARLY WON THIS DEBATE!!!!!
Palin couldn’t even keep up with answering the questions that were asked, SOOOOO HOW CAN ANYONE SAY SHE WON THIS DEBATE!!!!!
SHE LOST, ACCEPT DEFEAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!!
Palin is great!
I didnt’ watch the whole thing but “i may not answer as the moderator or politicians might like, but I speak to the American people” yada yada I would say translates “I may not know the answers that the moderator or politicians might like me to know but I will try to fool the american people by talking dribble very confidently” is probably a good indication of what’s to come when I do watch it..
Debate aside, the fact that actual parts of her interview with katy couric went into a SPOOF COMEDY video, and were the funniest bits, is really quite scary… but very funny - best bit of television I have seen for a good while. DID she every “get back to her on that one”?
biden is rude. Woo sarah Palin You Go Girll! She should be president =]
Obama/Biden 08
SERIOUSLY, PALIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH IN A SKIRT!!!!!
PALIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH IN A SKIRT!!!!!
PALIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH IN A SKIRT!!!!!
PALIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH IN A SKIRT!!!!!
PALIN IS GEORGE W. BUSH IN A SKIRT!!!!!
if you really want to argue that people only like palin because she looks good, then you might as well add to that that i think its pathetic to use obama’s race to gain voes. this is a joke. all i could hear when Biden spoke was “Oh yeah? well…McCain is George Bush!” Ok we get it. He’s a republican. And no, he won’t just pull the troops out like a mentally challenged idiot. But that cannot be your only argument you fool. I have yet to decide if Joe Biden is Yosemite Sam or Foghorn Leghorn. High school students are calling him Joe “betyoucantmakemeshutup” Biden for godsake! He is a disaster, and when (not by my wishes by any means) Obama is elected and (again, not by my wishes) gets assassinated because of his race (sorry, its the truth. america IS that screwed up), i dont want to leave my county in the hands of that tool.
God bless America,
and God help it if we have to live with these idiots in office!
@ Angie, Stefanie and all the other female McCain/Palin supporters.
Do you even know where these two stand on women’s issues?
-McCain supports overturning Roe v Wade, so does Palin. Palin does not think you should he able to get an abortion even if you are the victim of rape or incest. You are OK with that? In fact rape victims in the town that Palin was mayor of had to pay for their own forensic rape kits.
-McCain voted against the Equal Pay for Women act-he says that women just need more education. Your candidate is calling you a dummy and you are OK with that?
-McCain voted against legislation to fund education programs to prevent teen pregnancies which would have reduced the number of abortions-
McCain voted against programs that would have required that abstinence only programs be based on medical fact. Palins daughter is a perfect example of how well that works.
-McCain voted against requiring insurance companies to cover birth control. You can bet that his insurance company covers his viagara.
-McCain voted to gut the family medical leave act which will put the burden on women who are the ones to be home with a sick child or a newborn more often then men.
-Look at McCain’s own personal life and how he treated his first wife, walking out on her after a disabling accident.
-McCain and Palin would appoint Supreme Court judges that would be in lockstep with their sexist extremist views potentially for the next 30 or 40 years.
-On the bright side-McCain does support women in combat, so when his policies involve us in another war, and we need to reinstate the draft, you can be sure that you will not be discriminated against.
Nobody who says “ya’ll” “you betcha” “doggonit” or “you’re darn right” or even winks (!) during a debate should ever be considered for second highest commander in chief of this country. Seriously. It’s an insult for my intelligence. My first grader has more manners!
JOE BIDEN ROCKS!
Joe @ 10/03/2008 at 11:21 am Elle??? Are you an american??
Joe, are you a human?
How many women can get way with this “wink wink” crap in executive positions and be taken seriously.
If a female attorney or physician acted all cutesy-I’d drop them.
What is Palin going to say to Ahmadinejad?
“Oh, there you go again Iran, saying your crazy stuff, that’s a big NO NO”
Wink, Wink, finger wag
This our Country for God’s Sake people!!
i have a big feeling mccain/palin is gonna win by a landslide, i mean the fact bush lasted 8 years says enough… sorry to say, but expect another 9/11 my fellow americans, altho try not to invade the neighbouring country ok
regardless of how she did in the debate, her winking puts me off a hell lot..i would take points off her for trying to flirt if i were the judges.
regardless of how she did in the debate, her winking puts me off a hell lot..i would take points off her for trying to flirt if i were the judges. it’s so damn disgusting..
I have never been a big follower of politics simply because most of the time it gives me a headache how things are runned. After watching the little bit of the VP debate… I definately had a HUGE headache.
You could see how inexperienced and uncomfortable Palin was in the beginning of the debate. Her voice was shakey and she looked as stiff as a robot. But what really irritated me the most was how she always avoided questions she couldn’t answer. And seriously, when you’re running for a position so high, who tells the medator flat out that she’s not going to answer the questions being asked!?
The things she talked about were Alaska, energy… and Alaska. Seriously….. Alaska may have appreciated being mentioned SO MANY times…. but what about the other 49 states that Palin could potentially represent?
I am proud of women rights and were its come so far. I think that if the McCain/Palin party gets elected…. it would be a shame for all women out there who have worked to get women rights were it is. Why take a step back?
“Joe Six-Pack” is nothing but insulting. If people find that comment endearing than God help us.
Oh God… everyone freak out because Sarah Palin winks and is down to earth and actually acts like a NORMAL person instead of a jackass like Biden.
Don’t be scared because McCain/Palin are going to win. Just except it :)
They are going to help America even if you don’t want to believe it.
Julia @ 10/03/2008 at 11:30 am People forget that Sarah Palin has ben middle or lower class her ENTIRE life. She know’s what she is talking about, and Joe Biden is a liar. He lied so much during this debate. Just liek he brought the facts, so did she. Weake up people, she is running for VP and she’s got more experience than Obama. She is the commander of the Alaskin National Guard, and they are year-round. She did a better job than Biden, his best was saying that we are getting another eight years of George Bush. That is the best Democrats have on these people have on them. We all know that! And when you actually sit down and look at Bush’s policies and John’s they have ALOT of differences. She is a Republican, she is Pro-life! Is that a shock? Because it shouldn’t be. We don’t need someone to cradle us and help us sleep at ngiht, and tell us all fictional bedtime stories. I can trust and know that John McCain will get the job done, plain and simple. Can we really say that about Obama. IF Obama gets in there, we will pull out of the war, and they will come after us on our own soil. Because this man knows nothing about war. Nothing. My brother is in the army and will tell you the same thing. They don’t speak of all the good that is going on down there. Sarah and John both have kids in Iraq, and when that happens, it becomes personal to them and they will put an end it, I’m sure. Joe Biden is an idiot, whow as laughing at this women. Just because Sarah Palin isn’t a liberal doesn’t mean she is going to fight for us woman.
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I agree. Joe Biden is a liar. He is a cunning guy, who has been said of plagiarism, linked to lobbyist, his cunning way to hide all the dirty things he has done.
Obama is a just show off guy, who talks a lot but he can’t never get anything done realy.
John is a honest, hard working man and devoted to his work and the people. He will work hard to serve people. Although Sarah has 2 years experience of being a governor she had actually worked harder than that 35 year long staying-in the Congress man called Joe Biden.
So you do the math and figure out who is better than who.
You can vote for a big talker, show off man and a liar, cunning old guy to be in the White House and may God bless your nation.
i think she is the biggest ****** i have ever seen in my life she is sucha dummy there going to loose the election..
OBAMA IS HECKA FILTHY
ALL YOU BRAINWASHED OBAMA SUPPORTING INBREDS NEED TO SHUT YOUR FUCCKIN MOUTHS!!! AND START MAKING SOME SENCE !!! SARAH PALIN WAS AMAZING SHE WON EVERY POLL DONE AFTER SAYING THEY THOUGHT SHE WN THE DEBATE BY A LANDFALL…ALL YOU LIBERAL FREAKS ARE JUST SCARED SHE DIDN’T SCREW EVERYTHING UP , LIKE YOU SO DESPERATELY WANTED HER TO DO….BUT SHE DIDN’T SHE OUTSHINED BIDEN WHO’S BEEN IN THE SENATE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS …. I LOVE ALL THE POINTS SHE MADE , LIKE HOW THEY WERE BOTH FOR THE WAR AND ALL OF SUDEN THEY AREN’T NOW…AND ALWAYS BLAH BLAH THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT HOW MCCAINS THE SAME …BULLSHITTTT!!! EVERY PARTY WANTS CHANGE !!!!!!!
MCCAIN/PALIN 08!!!!!!!
“ITS PATRIOTIC TO PAY HIGHER TAXES” -JOE BIDEN
FUCKKK THAT!!!!
Mccain/palin2008!!!
Joe biden is such a liar…. hell say anything to get in office just like obama bin’ lyin… republicans will win again this november …Mark my word!!! And I can’t wait !!!!
NOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah definitely won. Especially now, the morning after when you hear that Joe Biden made 21 irrefutable false statements. I knew the Lebanon didn’t sound correct when he said it but WOW 21 errors……I mean he’s is suppose to know this stuff inside out.
Palin showed her strengths from her resume: tax cutting, budget slashing, fight corruption & her bi-partisan reforming.
While she did get in some very effective shots at Obama, she stayed focused on fighting for the future of this country. Telling Americans that McCain/Palin believes in America’s exceptionalism.
It was a breath of fresh air after these last couple of weeks of grim financial news and Nancy Pelosi’s pathetically partisan speech on the floor of the House.
Nobody should be worried about Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency.
Especially if a woman as stupid and a demagogue like Nancy Pelosi can be two heartbeats away. Nancy Pelosi is idiot. She’s the embodiment of what’s wrong with the government.
#122 totally agree with you
The reason we got into this economy crisis is thanks to the DEMOCRATIC congress!!!! That’s what brainwahsed democrats don’t get …maybe if they had half a brain!!!!
Thanks #123.
Check out this new ad by the NRCC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxVZTKq1vA
It edits down the famous email that has been circulating the web this week with all the Democrats on the banking committee saying every thing was A.O.K. with freddie & fannie.
The fact that Obama is going around talking about regulation, regulation and doesn’t even have the intelligence to see it was the Democrats who didn’t want to regulate Freddie & Fannie….pathetic.
Even Bill Clinton said the democrats are to blame.
While I don’t hate liberals. Some of Obama followers are starting to scare me more than his associates of Ayers, ACORN, Rezko, REv. Wright & Fr. Pfleger.
I wrote this on the blog for the Obama dress:
Ugly dress. And this is just one more example of Obama supporters getting scarier and scarier by the day.
First we had the video from Obama’s website (now removed) that has children singing to him that is reminiscent of something you see in North Korea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPSqL9_mfM
And in this video we have teenagers spouting their loyalty to Obama, in military fashion ala the Hitler youth days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXd8iH3OVQ
Obama supporters are getting creepier and creepier.
VOTE OBAMA, palin sucked money balls, she was talking but she wasn’t really saying anything, and how is she gonna deal with al those different cultures she WILL have to deal with, like pakistan and afganistan, shes gonna have to talk to those people, she doesn’t know anything, they wouldnt even understand her accent :P, may i remind the people she’s form alaska, people don’t know much up there, biden was very clear and he won, SO VOTE OBAMA
“Even bill clinton said the democrats are to blame”
Amazing quote!!!
Democrats don’t get it that it was all the democratic congress fault for every one of these economic downfalls !!! its time like these I’m so glad I’m republican!!!!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN IN NOVEMBER !!!
Don’t vote for OBAMA BIN LYIN! All they do is lieeeee!
“Even bill clinton said the democrats are to blame”
Amazing quote!!! SEE THE DEMOCRATS ARE EVEN SEEING THAT THE DEOMCRATS ARE FUCKKING UP! Lol soooomany more democrats are supporting mccain now , obama is going down!!!
Democrats don’t get it that it was all the democratic congress fault for every one of these economic downfalls !!! its time like these I’m so glad I’m republican!!!!
VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN IN NOVEMBER !!!
Don’t vote for OBAMA BIN LYIN! All they do is lieeeee!
I pray to God that obama doesn’t win!!!! It will be the end of america !!! We will be forced into communism!!! And our money will be “taken” from us as biden said before ! And biden said its patriotic to pay higher taxes , I can’t afford my bills right now let alone taxes ….fuckkk obama and biden !
We need mcain in 08!
Really How’s that deregulation of the Banking industry working out for you?
How about Sarah Palin’s pastor blessing her from Witchcraft–Witchcraft.
Everything Repugs. believe in has been executed by George Bush & **** Cheney.
Here is a list of your values…. your VALUES
How about Sarah Palin’s pastor blessing her from Witchcraft on TAPE.
Troopergate
S & L lending scandal
Walter Reed Medical hospital scandal
Refusing legislation to provide body armor
Firing of US Attorneys
Plamegate-exposing a CIA agent which is Treason
Scooter Libby
Where’s Bin Laden?
Blackwater
Katrina, Rita, Ike
warrentless wiretapping
Torture
K Street Lobbyists, Jack Abramoff
Where is the WMD?
Mark Foley Rep. Congressman trying to have sex with teen boys
Iraq
Afghanistan
Duke Cunningham convicted of receiving $2.4 million in bribes
Tom Delay indicted for conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws
(money laundering)
9.2 trillion in nation debt
Global Warming
Failure to implement the 911 Commission recommendations
US trade deficit
John McCain has supported this policies with his votes 90% of the time.
As Barack Obama has said:
“Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility — that’s the essence of America’s promise.”
“Let us keep that promise — that American promise — and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.”
#17- that is SUCH a SCARY statement! OMG.
Obama being president is scary. I’d rather Palin president over Obama any day.
Haha Jesse: Don’t vote for OBAMA BIN LYIN! All they do is lieeeee!
LOVE THAT STATEMENT SO MUCH!
MCCAIN/PALIN 2008!
Palin is a complete idiot. Come, on people! Were we watching the same debate? She was so phony and condescending throughout, and talked herself in circles. She didn’t actually answer her questions, just droned on about Alaska and being mayor, and “maverick” and blah blah blah.
Biden, on the other hand, was true class. He knew his stuff, and always had evidence to support his points. He was able to answer the questions clearly and concisely, and came across as being a true statesmen. He also did a terrific job hammering away at McCain. Furthermore, for all of Palin’s bragging about being a “hockey mom” or whatever, it is Biden who seems to me to have the more genuine family connection; I really felt for him when he choked up remembering his wife and daughter.
It’s abundantly clear to me that Biden ate Palin for breakfast in this debate. Only a neocon could think otherwise.
#133 it doesn’t mattr how sarah answered I’m not voting for vice president…and at this point I’d love if it were palin/mccain I’d vote for her any day for president …I think the point we are trying to make is …that ANYONE but obama is a good candidate …obama will ruin us!!! You liberals are blind and always flock to who your little celebrities are promoting …well guess what I’m not voting for someone because fuckinnn oprah told me to !
Mccain/palin 08!!!!
To Littlebitz: Are you kidding?!? I mean, be serious here. Biden clearly did not eat Palin. I mean, if you didn’t watch the debate and said that I would understand but she totally held her own out there and did a quite amazing job.
And, All Biden did was stare down and away from the camera and talk to Gwen. And I really don’t care what Gwen thinks. He never even had the guts to look at the camera. Palin stared at the camera, to the American people, the whole time.
sorry to break it to you we’re not sore loosers. what we republicans hate is the liberal belief that we have to pay for our neighbor’s food, clothing, homes, health care and education. but hey; i and my friends/family are more than prepared for an obama win. see, we’ve spent the last 12 months getting all of our money out of the united states. we’ve sold off our houses/condos and made arrangements with our employers to be transferred out of the country.
my parents have bought property in another country where they’ve had their money transferred to. my brothers/sisters have all followed. my friends and i are busy buying condos in other cities outside the united states where we’re being transferred to. guess what, we aren’t only ones. you’d be surprised how many others are doing the same thing.
we’ll stay gone as long as obama remains in power.
I think the new NBC spoof of the debate says it all. Sarah is easy to mock because she has too many weaknesses. It’s one thing to be able to connect to all those “hockey mums and Joe 6 packs” (which I think is quite insulting, but that’s a separate issue) - which is what she calls “the average American”, but it’s another thing to have an “Average American” as she says she is, ruling the country.
If this were the case we could all go rule the country.
I think she would be a great candidate in a few years time - she has the right attitude which is a big part of it. But right now it scares me that she could have so much power.
Hats off to how she managed to turn every question she clearly didn’t have a clue how to answer, into a question she did. “Yeah, but I still wanna talk about the oil companies” “well I am still not finished on the taxes”…
I don’t give a rat’s ass if Sarah Palin grew up middle class or poor like I did….she isn’t NOW. She and her husband make over $200K together. Anyone who has access to a MANSION is not POOR, for God’s sake. So for her to act like she feels our pain NOW is ridiculous and a load of crap. Joe Biden grew up poor too but he clearly said that he has a good life now and does not try to act like he can relate to how I feel. WAKE UP people..and open your EYES. Why do you care about how well you can relate to a politician anyway…you aren’t going to sit and drink a beer with them. You aren’t going to be BFF’s. Oh and to Jesse-#119…maybe you should actually read something once in while so you would know that Sarah Palin did NOT win every poll. She won on being more likeable…yeah, like this is some sort of freaking popularity contest…this isn’t American Idol…this is about our COUNTRY. Sarah Palin is a joke and anyone who thinks she is otherwise is a joke too.
BOOOOOOOOORING!!
the only reason i watched it was because my teacher made us do homework on it. i dont get why i need to know anything about this stuff at my age…
KR:
I don’t agree with you about the how Palin doesn’t have enough experience. I think she is ready and I like how she tries to relate to everyone. It makes her unique and I like that about her.
But, I have to say that if Obama were a little more experienced, I wouldn’t mind having him as our next president. He is very smart but I just would like it to be a couple more years till he is actually president. The fact is that he just hasn’t had a lot of executive work like being in charge of a big state, as a governor has to do. It just worries me that he is not experienced enough.
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