9 PM Eastern: St. Louis Vice Presidential Debate Live Thread

c-span.org ^ | October 2, 2008

[2ndDivisionVet]

Okay, folks. Let's keep an eye on this debate and see if Sarah can beat down hairplug.

[SeaHawkFan]

Any special drinking words for Biden?

Obama just hopes Biden shows up sober.

[retrokitten]

I posted nearly the same thing last night!

He’s like that relative everyone has who blurts out the most wildly inappropriate thing at the worst possible time.

[zwerni]

your not kidding - i’d be ill right now if I were her. Wait - I’m ill just thinking about it.

i can’t bear to watch tonight - i will just be checking in here to monitor the pulse.

[trisham]

LOL! Exactly!

[don-o]

She just learned all this stuff within the past month and half or so.

Did you forget the sarcasm tag on that?

She appeals because of who she is, what she believes and what she has done. And, btw, what IS "all this stuff"?

[zwerni]

i wish - but i’m afraid not.

[zwerni]

ditto

[cleveland gop]

Locked and loaded!!

[advertising guy]

she has no intention of moderating another debate.....This is her shining moment in history in her scrambled mind and she is gonna dance...............dirty !

[cdga5for4]

Exactly. Her job has been to focus on being the Governor of Alaska, not train for the quiz bowl national championships.

[trisham]

SMCC1

Since Jul 6, 2008

He's only been here a short time. He hasn't yet had a chance to "learn all this stuff" about being conservative. :)

[macamadamia]

My prediction:

Biden will keep repeating verbatim everything Palin says. Gwen Ifill and the audience will be stunned into silence. Palin will say things like, "I is Joey and I are stupid." Biden will jump in quickly and say, "I is Joey and I are stupid." Tomorrow, the MSM will declare Biden the winner and will accuse Palin of being a plagiarist.

[Jim Robinson]

If she stands by her conservative principles and values, she’ll do fine.

[Hanna548]

Its not about what she has learned. It is about what she has brought to the campaign and will take to WA DC. That is strength of character, honesty, a sense of what is right and what is wrong with government and how to fix it. A fundamental understanding of how our government is intended to work and solid ideas as to how to get it back to what it was intended to be.

No one moves into the oval office fully qualified to do the job. Bill Clinton, JUST LIKE SARAH, was a Governor before he went to the White House. The only foreign policy experience he had was subversive.

[SMCC1]

I know, I honestly could care less about the debate. I care more about competence in getting things done (which she has) than in answering questions.

However, she has just learned a lot of this stuff...i.e. Foreign affairs (which there probably will be a lot of) and the mortgage crisis. I’ve read she gave some “rote” answers in some of the pratice debates.

[ZX12R]

What will Biden call his opponent? Sarah? Governor Palin? Ms. Palin?

[cleveland gop]

qualified, stand{ing}

[doug from upland]

[retrokitten]

Biden will keep repeating verbatim everything Palin says. Gwen Ifill and the audience will be stunned into silence. Palin will say things like, "I is Joey and I are stupid." Biden will jump in quickly and say, "I is Joey and I are stupid." Tomorrow, the MSM will declare Biden the winner and will accuse Palin of being a plagiarist.

ROTFL!!

[Momaw Nadon]

Prayers up for Sarah!