Yes, I am a paragon of pessimism, paranoia, and other negative things that begin with P. But here’s what I see happening: Palin, as expected, makes a bunch of mistakes in a cute way and is forgiven for them, because everyone knows she’s unqualified. Biden makes one small slip-up, or perceived slight, and it is magnified to the size of Brooklyn by the Republican chattering class and their stooges in the press. Verdict: Palin wins and McCain is invigorated.
This is exactly how Bush beat Gore in 2000. And Palin is Bush with boobs. All she has to do is stay awake to win.
This is what Melissa said to me in IM today:
Melissa says:
did you see when she winked???
you don’t wink at the VP debate
just
don’t
she is George W. Bush in drag
she is the same
she speaks like him
she screws up the same words
she circles around the social issues
she has the same snarky tone and smug smile
I need her to go away
Seriously – I CRAWLED out of my skin when she winked. And I had to mute her a bunch of times. And how many questions did she actually answer? I can’t remember her answering even one. She always said “I don’t want to talk about that, I want to talk about energy”.
And did you know that Alaska is an energy-producing state? Because it is. Know how I know? BECAUSE SHE MENTIONED IT FIVE BILLION TIMES DURING THE DEBATE!!
Oh, and you might enjoy this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2910848788_36000de2a2.jpg
PS. I think I *own* your comments section.
Hi Deirdre,
Yes, you’re the cult leader of my cult following. Perhaps I can sell ad space to Kool-Aid.
Loved the flow chart.
I’m glad to see I was wrong about Biden being accused of God-Knows-What. He was the best I’ve ever seen him. When he choked up, I got worried. But when she just soldiered on, coldly, with the next soundbite, without even acknowledging what had happened, I thought her entire folksy, maternal demeanor was exposed as a calculated fake.
Palin was certainly charming, but she was vapid. Her winking and repetitive assertions without any supporting evidence were extremely reminiscent of Bush. Like I said in my Facebook status bar: she sounds like Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka. Throw in a little of Dana Carvey’s Church Lady too.