n/t

Darn! Darn! Darn! Darn! Darn!

got his @$$ handed to him

Could be.

I wonder how Rush is feeling this morning.

Recommended!

And now Romney and Ryan are 'in a world of $hit!"

There is a close-up of Joe's smile and a close-up of Ryan's frown in there ...

Here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/politics/gallery/vp-debate/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Joltin' Joe Biden wins the bout

By ROGER SIMON | 10/12/12

DANVILLE, Ky. — Whatever Joe Biden was drinking Thursday night, Barack Obama ought to order a case of it.

Biden took on Paul Ryan in the one and only vice presidential debate and did what Obama had failed to do last week in his debate with Mitt Romney: Biden not only won over the audience, but got under his opponent’s skin.

Biden smirked, sneered, and openly laughed at many of Ryan’s responses. It could have looked rude, but Biden made it look tough.

After all, Biden was the 69-year-old defender and Ryan was the 42-year-old challenger. But by the end of the evening, Joltin’ Joe had done real damage to his opponent.

In fact, as the 90 minutes flew by - - it was the rare debate where one actually wanted it to go longer - - Ryan began looking younger and younger. And not in a good way.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82323.html

Joe Biden Beat the Shit Out of the Brains of the Republican Party Tonight, and He Did It for You

by Paul Constant
Oct 11, 2012

I stand by my original post-VP debate analysis, but apparently, I am supposed to "write" "sentences" for a "living," so here's what I think about this debate, in non-superhero-movie-video-clip form.

Republicans love to mock Joe Biden for being an idiot. Hell, even most Democrats wouldn't put Biden in the top twenty intellects of the party. Paul Ryan, though, is admired by many Republican politicians as the brains of the Republican Party. Mitt Romney chose to elevate Ryan to the VP slot because Romney needed a serious Republican thinker to codify his weak control over the base. Republicans think of Ryan (and Ryan likes to think of himself) as the serious numbers guy, the guy who comes up with the plans that other Republicans follow. He's generally considered to be the smartest Republican in a national office today.

And Joe Biden creamed Paul Ryan. He laughed in Ryan's face and left him speechless. He shook Ryan's ideas until they fell apart like the crepe paper and chicken wire that they truly are. (It's important to note that Martha Raddatz's fine moderation held Ryan to the truth, too. Republicans are surely going to target Raddatz in the next few days, as they do all "uppity" women, but Raddatz should be proud of the fact that she reminded America what a great debate moderator is supposed to do.) Biden clearly stated his beliefs as a Democrat. He argued that America cares about Americans, and he fact-checked Ryan at every turn. (I was particularly moved by Biden's personal opposition as a Catholic to abortion, but his commitment to the fact that, as an elected official, it's not his job to impose his will on the American people.) Biden out-argued, out-spoke, and out-thought the smartest man the Republicans have to offer, and he did so armed with the courage of his convictions.

Read more: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/11/joe-biden-beat-the-shit-out-of-the-brains-of-the-republican-party-tonight-and-he-did-it-for-you