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2008 VP Debate Thread

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Originally posted by: Wag
Meh. Actually, Mcain knows that Acmajdihnajihad doesn't control the power base in Iran, it's Palin who doesn't. Heh.

Biden can't say that, though, it would be demeaning and sexist. 😛
 
Palin is wearing a scary amount of make-up. I haven't seen that much thick black, slathered on eye liner since I last stopped at a rest area on the turnpike in North Jersey.
 
Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Originally posted by: bozack
Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Hehe, she's switching between nuclear & nucular. Can't pronounce the leader of Iran's name, either, but then again 98% of Americans probably can't.

Compared to how people predicted she would do here I am really surprised, I would be crapping my pants up there...

She's really good at staying on her target, unfortunately, she's not very good at answering the mod's questions.

I'm not particularly impressed by either one of them. I had more intelligent & articulate high school teachers.

Yeah, they both suck.
 
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: dmw16
Repeat after me Pailin...it's pronounced NU-CLEAR.

Usage by politicians

U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Sarah Palin have all used this pronunciation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular

If someone uses it accidentally that is one thing. She said it 4 times in a row. It makes people sound dumb.
 
Originally posted by: bozack
Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Hehe, she's switching between nuclear & nucular. Can't pronounce the leader of Iran's name, either, but then again 98% of Americans probably can't.

Compared to how people predicted she would do here I am really surprised, I would be crapping my pants up there...

And she actually is pronouncing Ahmadinejad's name properly. The 1st syllable is "Ach."


Palin insinuating that Obama/Biden aren't strongly pro-Israel was pretty ridiculous though.
 
So far Joe Biden is owning the hell out of Palin. She sounds like she just memorized lines out of the Karl Rove GOP handbook.

A big LOL at Biden dropping deep sighs every time Palin tries to get all cutsey in her answers.
 
People really don't care much about this shit. They just want their sons and daughters home and want to be able to put food on the table and pay their rent.
 
We'll learn from past mistakes by making sure we never ever discuss them!
 
Originally posted by: Juddog

What's there to be surprised about? Palin is simply repeating talking points so far that she memorized.

Everyone predicted that she would make some catastrophic error or mis-speak severely, haven't seen it yet

And I remember reading something recently that said she would do "fine" if she stuck to what she knows and avoided everything else...seems like she is doing a good job at that.

Biden comes off as somewhat of a massive dick though IMHO.
 
I think that Joe Biden is just dumbfounded at her catch phrases instead of answering the question at hand.
 
Originally posted by: dmw16
Originally posted by: loki8481
Originally posted by: dmw16
Repeat after me Pailin...it's pronounced NU-CLEAR.

Usage by politicians

U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Sarah Palin have all used this pronunciation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular

If someone uses it accidentally that is one thing. She said it 4 times in a row. It makes people sound dumb.

I'm willing to chalk it up to local dialects.
 
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