Debate? What Debate?

October 17, 2008 

Juan Cole said it best:


Not only was there no debate but Sarah Palin was not required actually to answer any of the questions put to her, and she announced before she began that she was just going to throw up on us all the talking points that she had binged on in Arizona for the past few days.

She mugged for the camera, winked like a bar fly, and just went on talking and talking and talking, oblivious to whatever anyone else said. Not only did she ignore most of Gwen Ifill's questions,she paid no attention to what Joe Biden said. When he choked up over the loss of his family, she did not have the decency to express any kind of condolences. It is almost as though she is autistic and unable to connect with human beings.










I didn't stay up to watch the debate last night, but was able to watch it this afternoon on Turkish television. It's shameless, really, the way Sarah Palin just babbled through her memorized talking points rather than answering half the questions she was asked. And it's even worse that the media gives her a pass on this. Time magazine gave both Biden and Palin the same grade—a B. Frankly, I think Biden deserves better, and Palin should get nothing more than an incomplete.


 
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