Palin did better than a lot of folks expected, truly.

But as a female resident of a small town–like her–and part of a family with financial concerns talked about at the kitchen table–like her–I was insulted by her overly folksy “hey, I’m just like your neighbor driving my SUV to the hockey rink.” She did not answer the questions posed to her, she just changed the subject to make it what she wanted to be. As an ordinary person, she did not connect with me.

As for Biden, he may have been too restrained. I greatly admire his comments about questioning judgment, not motives. And I truly felt that he was smart and detailed in his answers. But at times,
I feel he was a bit too cautious.

John McCain is a 72 year old man who has had the deadliest form of skin cancer four times. That scares holy he&% out of me.

Palin constantly repeated slogans, while Biden went into concrete ideas. It was eerie to see her actually answer specific questions with slogans on unrelated topics – I guess she hadn’t been coached on those topics. I’m sure she rallied the true believers with her constant harping on campaign slogans, but if you were undecided, she gave almost no information on what she and McCain would actually do. Biden on the other hand really came out with some serious proposals. Yes, the true Blue were probably invigorated, but more importantly, there was plenty there to help sway the critical undecided voter.

An excellent job by Biden, a missed opportunity by Palin.

Joe Biden clearly won this debate
by providing many answers with substance and depth
Sara Palin was a distant runner up
and the time limits allowed her to exceed expectations

It built slowly, ever so slowly
I didn’t note the exact time, but there was a tipping point
The last 30 minutes were excruciating
Shallow talk, double talk, maverick talk, circular talk, folksy talk
Excruciating

His judgement was that she has credentials to be #2

The issue is John McCain’s flawed judgement
He is willing to put the safety of our country at high risk with her at #2

One heartbeat away
on day#1

His judgement was that she should be one heartbeat away from having authority to
o run our country in a crisis
o give a state of the union address
o sign or veto legislation
o make decisions on complex problems
o nominate judges to our Supreme Court
o negotiate with foreign leaders
o be commander in chief
o press the big red button

His judgement was that she has credentials to be #2
A slap in our face

Slap him back on 4 Nov

Wow, what a complete “donkey kicking” by Palin. I can not remember a more lop sided debate win that I have ever seen in my 43 years.
Biden looked like an old insider. Palin, is one of us, I felt I got to know her and I really liked her, and I feel she will fight for me and us.
With the record that McCain has as the Maverick that does what is best for me regardless of the issue, and Palin’s “donkey kicking” tonight of Biden………………………………………….I’m voting for McCain & Palin.
Signing off & Voting…………….

I also love the MSM down dressing Palin connected with the full country on, very nice………………….

Palin’s family makes over $250,000.00 a year, she wears $3,000.00 suits, $600 glasses and has had five weeks to prpare, AND still didn’t come through for the lies of the GOP!

Palin’s not like us,

http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/17/john-mccain-and-sarah-palin-ongoing-campaign-of-lies/

Early results on the factual statement do not look good for Biden. Biden seems to have had a great deal of very clear “false” statements within the debate from the early fact checking, Palin not so………………………….. “donkey kicking occurred”…………………………as did lying……………….

Biden simply could not have done any better at this debate. Palin did about as well as she was capable of, but that just isn’t saying much. Biden was the clear winner, and he nailed her on every false thing she said. What an idiot she was to criticize Obama’s voting record in cases where McCain voted the same way. Is she that coached on the talking points that she doesn’t even bother to look at their voting records in order to make an informed statement? She didn’t do as poorly as I had expected, but nonetheless, she is unqualified, and the thought of having her in charge of the country is simply terrifying. I am glad that many conservatives are stepping up for the good of the country and saying that she has no business as VP. Thank you.

Now the true station FOX NEWS had Palin winning at 86%.You watch no other station will say that she won. Democrats will lie again and say not true…liar biden won.

Steve - What fact checking site are you using? Because the two posts I read on CNN’s fact checking site actually state that Palin’s comments were misleading. She cut taxes in Alaska, but she also raised some. And Obama wasn’t against funding for troops. He didn’t support the plan because it didn’t ensure an end to the war. He actually supported a different version of the troop-funding plan, one that McCain was against.

Palin spun the facts.

Palin was absolutely cringeworthy; almost as bad as the commentators after the debate who agreed that she failed to answer questions put to her, splattered generalizations and memorized talking points almost at random, but, gee, wasn’t it splendid that she didn’t come off just like Tina Fey? That must mean that she won! As for the “folksy” colloquialisms and the cute little winks, couldn’t she please give it a rest already?

And, by the way, I know that Biden had to avoid condescending to her, but somebody should tell her the head of the armed forces in Afghanistan is named McKiernan, not McClellan–and Cheney’s claim of legislative vs. executive status has nothing to do with her executive experience in Alaska.