This 'debate' tonight might be a competition of who can dig themselves to the bottom the fastest. It will happen in slow motion. The master of the non-answer vs the master of foot-in-mouth.
Beauty vs. the Beast?
Most voters are not smart enough to figure the questions out themselves. Sarah can answer with whatever she wants, as long as she does it with her usual charm!
I hope Sarah does well tonight -- I don't like seeing girls cry.
Aside: As you all know (or should know) I'm from St Louis area where the debate is going to be held in an hour or so. The city is filled with cops from all over the state and secret servicement. Today, someone robbed a bank in St Louis, escaped the cops around the back, then ran smap dab into a bunch of secret servicemen :) At least that's the story I heard on our local talk radio today.
Well, she didn't fall flat on her face, which is what I was hoping to see, but she certainly gave a lot of non-answers and rabbit-trailed off into "folksy" patter that had absolutely no real content. Irritating to listen to if you want a real answer to a question, but it does appeal to her "base". Certainly can't pin the "intellectual elitist" label on her.
>>"Getting knocked out has its advantages."
I guess Joe missed his chance then, because she didn't even wing him, much less knock him out. She did manage to stay on her feet to the end though, doing better than I expected going in.
She spoke more to idiot America, with a cheerful, emotionally charged, do-gooder attitude that people love. And its true that America votes for the best speakers, because psychologically we're stuck in a deferential society based on emotional response from debates and speeches.
Like one of the previous posters said, Biden was factual and boring. Basically, all he came back with was "let me answer that... blah blah blah buhh buhh buhh."
>And its true that America votes for the best speakers
Or for cutest . Since the beginning of televised debates, looks is a winner.
However, I want to point out is only Half-America (56.70%) which votes. The other half prefers another pastime entertainment.
America does seem to vote for the most attractive - Nixon vs Kennedy was the first tv debate and Nixon thought it would be 'girly' to wear makeup. No on doubts that his permanent 5:00 shadow and profuse sweating under the lights doomed him.
But I think that the American public has matured since then.
