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Biden's batting 1.000 tonight.

WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER

I love the fact that Biden is constantly writing down points to shoot down. Yes. Palin's tripping up, big time.

HAHA SENATOR O'BIDEN

People are really hungry for those domestic oil reserves mmmm mmm

Let's conserve those hydrocarbons.

I hate the Main street/Wall street lines. I just think it's kind of a shitty catchphrase from both camps.

This shit about letting families grow is just more fucking bullshit. Absolute bullshit. "I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS ON THAT" I called it. Good God Biden is tearing. this. debate. up.

I'm falling in love with Biden.

Yeah, great response from Biden there.

Joe Biden just now during this question is cocking his guns. Awesome.

All this about believing in the American work force is complete and utter fucking bullshit. More Palin bullshit. I hate this woman, I hate her answers.

McCain did not suspend his campaign to put his country first. He was in New York, NOT WASHINGTON.

And we're off and running.

No No Just... no +100

pics or it didn't happen

I'm looking forward to the debate strictly because of Biden. I think he and I would be friends.

It really makes me feel better inside to see that there's actually someone out there who agrees with me on this one. I've agreed with you plenty on this

She doesn't give direct answers, because as we have just discussed, that is not her answering style. It wasn't a ploy in the interviews, it was a representation of herself. She can't answer those questions directly because she doesn't have direct answers. You're saying that she wouldn't answer the questions directly because it would open you up to rebuttals on your specifics, but a) she doesn't have those answers, and b) she's received MUCH more criticism for being vague and skipping around the question way more than she would've been criticized had she just answered the questions.

You wanna back that up? I mean that ass.

It's good that the Kouric interviews have taken their effect, but they've lowered the bar very low for Palin. She can do less than satisfactory and score major points, which is pretty shitty. Palin has been studying for this debate like it's some midterm, and will be scant on details. She'll flash a few and the talking heads will throw her a bone. Biden will win this debate, there is no doubt about it. Palin will dance around the issue and recite lines and anecdotes. Some people will inevitably empathize with whatever she'll be talking about, and the analysts will either chalk it up to be a respective victory, or what it will most likely be, an unmitigated win for Biden. It's unfortunate that Biden can't shred her. He'll almost certainly be viewed as beating up on her if he did that, which shouldn't be viewed negatively if he does it with grace. Nevermind that McCain repeated ad nauseam that Obama "didn't understand" or told him, "YOU CAN'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT OUT LOUD!", Biden truly owning this debate as his territory would just be unfair territory. Biden should be the stylistic mouthpiece for a lot of people here, who are pining for candidates to drop the bullshit and actually tell us what we want to hear, but this isn't the most graceful move on the political spectrum. But the problem I have with her is that she represents a sort of populism that puts forth the thought that any Joe Blow is qualified enough to be president, and Palin is about as Joe Blow as they come. This notion is absolutely absurd, and, frankly, dangerous. The real test isn't these debates for Palin, but everything leading up to this point, which she failed miserably. She's going to keep on reciting talking points in the debates, that's a given. What people should be looking at is her performance up until this point. She's woefully underprepared, no matter which way you turn it. The points she'll be reciting tonight are McCain's aides', not hers.

Fuck firewalls, they are about as effective as putting up a chain-link fence. Even the most advanced firewalls have serious holes.

That's definitely not something I would like to have on the internet. That's just one thing that I'm willing to sacrifice expediency for; my privacy.

Which would probably lead to a shortage of doctors in a decade or so. The financial incentive to become a doctor is very strong, and taking that away would result in a lot of people jumping ship on the medical program.

Most people think of Tobias Fünke, but they're not from blue-jeans, they're from grey pants. They're somewhat fashionable in the bike culture, and I like wearing them more than pants. I inherited the "I get hot way too quickly" gene from my dad.