Just ending: AK governor's debate on CSPAN repeats at 1230EST

kristopher

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Sun Sep-07-08 09:58 PM
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Just ending: AK governor's debate on CSPAN repeats at 1230EST

repeats at 1230EST I think.

If you haven't seen this you should. Palin has a great deal of poise and covers her lack of knowledge extremely well.

Obama campaign is playing this right; forget challenging her on competence. Instead, make it clear she is more Bush than McBush.

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speedoo

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:06 PM
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1. Yes, she won't be a pushover by any means.

Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 10:07 PM by speedoo

Of course those two clowns she was debating were not exactly Joe Biden caliber. And the questions were not at all like what she will have to handle in the VP debate.

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orwell

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:24 PM
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2. I thought...

...her answers were vapid. She was very telegenic, far more so than the others. But she came off as a standard pandering politician.

I was prepared for some real command of the issues after what I have read. I was surprised at how empty headed she was.

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kristopher

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:28 PM
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4. I agree.

Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 10:28 PM by kristopher

But did you notice her memes? For example, even though it would require a constitutional amendment, she kept repeating that on using the oil fund for a pipeline, she would "bring it to the people for a vote".

Pandering, yes. Effective pandering though.

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speedoo

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:52 PM
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7. Agreed. She was always looking into the camera.

Obviously she had the situation very well scoped out.

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kristopher

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:25 PM
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3. They've already neutralized the media

All she needs to do is not trip over her own feet and she'll be acclaimed the winner by Fox and all her fundie friends.

So I don't think the debate is going to be that significant.

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mccain_pwned

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:29 PM
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5. Thanks for the heads up *NT*

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mokawanis

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Sun Sep-07-08 10:32 PM
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6. Yes, Obama's campaign is handling it right

and linking, or likening, her to Bush was exactly what he did in the interview with Stephanopoulos . He's using the right line of attack.

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