Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Opinion

How Should Joe Biden Handle His Debate With Sarah Palin?

Posted October 2, 2008

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Sarah Palin

How Should Sarah Really Be?

You always know when Sarah is around

Like boys seems like she wants to sound;

Wants to be man polishing a boat deck;

Her husband is exposed to a hen peck.

Always in house, wants to wear the britches;

Think she's keeping world in stitches;

Last son was born with Down Syndroe;

First joined military to get away from home.

In her family, many examples can see;

Unwed mother mother who has a pregnancy;

Of families, wants to be perfect example,

Of an American family taken in a sample.

Being Vice-President is not like sportscaster;

Maybe one day, might be Lord and Master;

Hockey moms may be good for the block,

But why put rest of us in perfect shock.

As final mission starts to unfold,

Do we need some Sarah who seems so bold,

Or as the voting time slowly nears,

Have to end up with bunch of bum steers.

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn

jthorn5656@hotmail.com

Bolivia, NC

Debate

Sen Biden should be able to debate Gov. Palin just like any other candidate. If she cant stand the heat, she shoud get out of the kitchen. She is supposed to be tough . Sen Biden would be remiss in his obligations to his supporters if he was unusually easy on her.

The VP debate

I think Biden should mention each time she fails to answer a ? with any kind of intelligence. If he points that out and she can't get away with her silly generlities then that will show America that she is not ready to be our VP!

I totally think she has an outgoing personality. That has and will continue to get her very far. But if Biden just calmly points out her lack of substance that will win him the debate. We all know Biden is ready!

Biden/Palin debate

He should be able to debate with her just as she was any other candidate. She got into this election stating she never blinked and she was "ready." Because she is a woman, people seem to think he should hold her chair, not offend her, not talk to loud to her and not be hard on her. If she can't take the heat, she should not have jumped into the fire.

There are thousands of qualified women out there who could have been picked and would have held their own. They have reformatted this whole debate just for Palin. It's ridiculous. They may as well just share receipes!

VP debate

Joe Biden should present where we a re to date

versu where we were 8 years ago. He should politely

lean forward to the camera and simply speak to us

Americans. Then, when Palin does her attacks and

one liners and doesn't answer the questions, then he

should counter attack.

Example: If she attacks him about the phrase "It's

patriotic to pay taxes", he should counter attack

and say "Yes it's patriotic to pay for the food

and clothing for the men and women in the armed forces,

it's patriotic to pay for health of their families.

My God, we are at war and we don't even have a "war tax".

They are risking their lives, we should at least risk

having some of our comforts to help them do what

WE asked them to do.

Steve Berger

Independent Voter

Wisconsin

BIDEN /PALIN DEBATE

BIDEN SHOULD ASK HIMSELF WHETHER OR NOT HE IS PREPARED TO TELL THE TRUTH TONIGHT OR WILL ACT AS HE HAS IN THE PAST.

MY MONEY IS ON SARAH PALIN .

WATCH THE GOOD OLD BOYS IN WASHINGTON RATTLE IN THEIR BOOTS

BECAUSE OF HER AS ARE THE LOBBIST.

Biden vs Palin Debate

I think if the subject of great one-liners that are on target come up, the response shouls be " Lucille Ball and Gracie Allen had great one-liners, but did that make you want them one heartbeat away from being President? "

Biden/Palin

Senator Biden should treat her like he would treat any other debator (man or woman). Why should he treat her with kid gloves and be afraid to offend her just because she is a woman? Ms. Palin does not know what she is doing and she doesn't get it. She can't even answer simple questions. Whenever she answers questions on her own, she is in trouble. All the speeches she gives have been written for her and she reads them from a teleprompter but when confronted without any help, she hangs herself. I hope Senator Biden doesn't try to be to soft on her, because if she wants to be a vice-president, she needs to take anything that comes her way.

Palin v. Biden

We're talking about the future of this country. In my opinion, if Joe Biden gets half a chance, he should tear into Palin like mad pitbull and show the people watching this debate how incompetent she is. This is not a beauty pageant. We need a leader who knows what this is all about, not someone who can't even answer simple questions asked by reporters.

Palin and women

Even Alaskan women think poorly of Palin. They recently demonstrated en masse against her. Interpreting their posters,I think they see her as a kind of arrivist.I might still have the pictures in my computer.

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