Watching the VP Debate

Discussing today's upcoming debate, I floated an idea by a friend of mine, a theory that I have (I'll get to that later). He didn't agree, but did express concern about the fact that Joe Biden can do nothing but lose, and Sarah Palin can do nothing but win given the expectations. He wanted him to go out there and attack Palin, but I suggested staying nice, staying on the high road, would be better for him.

Palin Quotes that remind me of the SNL skit where the fake Katie Couric asked fake Sarah Palin if she realized that whenever she (Sarah) was backed into a corner, she got more adorable (something I hadn't noticed but am finding amusing as hell now):

'Joe Six Pack', 'Darn right',

An interesting approach that Palin could take, that I noticed as she answered the first question: just repeat what Joe Biden says. Paraphrase it, say 'maverick' and 'middle class'.

Wait a minute: Sarah Palin is stating that she is not friends with the oil companies? Isn't she pushing offshore drilling despite endangering certain animals?

she's promised to do what is right for the American people. Wouldn't that be resigning the nomination to someone who is actually qualified to run the country?

'a toxic mess': offshore drilling, promoted by Palin.

What is true and what is false about the causes of climate change?
Palin: I don't want to talk about the causes. We have to clean up. We have to reduce emissions. She doesn't believe it's man-made.

Biden: If you don't understand what the cause is, it's virtually impossible to come up with a solution. We know what the cause is, it's manmade.

Palin: Environmentally-friendly offshore drilling.

Do you support same sex benefits?
Biden: absolutely. rights of visitation,
Palin: I am 'tolerant'. I don't support redefining traditional marriage

Do you support gay marriage
both said no, but biden said he differentiated between constitutional and civil matters, that marriage was up to the churches

he he she said 'early withdrawal'. I guess she wouldn't pick up on the humor of that with the abstinence-only education.

'that's fer sher'

I like how Biden has thrown out the names 'George Bush & McCain' and just recently 'Dick Cheney & John McCain'. subtle.

Ahmadinejad is not sane or stable. that's a good quote to put on camera before
goes beyond naivete and bad judgment. Did she say that name over and over again because she just learned to pronounce it?

What has this administration done right and wrong in Israel and Palestine?
Palin: a two state solution is the only solution.
Biden: it has been an abject failure.
Palin: no I don't think this has been an abject failure

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So anyhow, she does seem to be holding her own, but then, this is honestly the first debate I've watched for this long. I don't know what I expected, but she seemed way more prepared for this than for her Katie Couric interview.

But my theory, seeing how things are going now, and how McCain has been blatantly lying (to Letterman, on 'the View') after becoming the candidate based on his character, my theory is that he doesn't really want to become president. He wanted to become the Republican nominee, to show that the maverick who opposed his own party time and again could still win the nomination. But now, at 72, he would probably enjoy retiring with his wife while he can still enjoy hanging out with her. And when Hillary lost out to a less-experienced Barack, he thought, damn, I might actually win this one. Damn damn damn, I'm too old for this. What can I do to lose this? And then Barack chose Biden, and he realized that the inexperience problem was gone, and he felt comfortable with the fate of this country that he loves and that he fought to protect. It seemed truly that the only way he could lose this was to pick an absolute nobody with just the minimum of requirements (she's at least 35, and she was born in America). People suspected it was to get the woman vote, but there were any number of more qualified republican women who could have run with him. No, he chose an inexperienced woman who is ultra-conservative, as opposed to him.

Just a thought, Mr. Fox...