Live Blogging: Biden & Palin Get in the Ring… 1
Biden and Palin get in the ring.
Okay, I’m about to get going with another live-blog for the Biden/Palin debate. Like many of you at home, we will also be playing Palin Bingo. Not that I need some sort of excuse to get drunk, but this is a good one. Here are your drinkin’ words for tonight:
Palin Drink Words: Maverick, Reform, Russia.
Biden Drink Words: Experience, Obama.
See you in five…
Domestic and Foreign policy matters will be the topic.
6:00:
Palin greets Biden by saying “It’s great to meet you…can I call you Joe?”
6:04:
Biden says Obama! Twice! Drink!
6:06:
Palin looks at the camera and says the word “Reform” three times! Drink!
6:08:
Palin can’t stop staring at the camera. Says Reform three times and Maverick twice. Drink! Palin also seems to believe that you can still buy a home for $100,000. Gwen Ifill then points out that neither candidate answered the question. The question on deck was how they would solve the current financial crisis.
6:10:
Joe-Six-Pack is Pain’s (typo but I’m keeping it) secret phrase! Shots!
6:11:
Joe Biden says Obama. Drink! Biden is also focusing his attention to Gwen Ifill.
6:13:
Palin accuses Obama of wanting to raise taxes on families that make $42,000 or less, just like McCain did last week. Biden debunks the claim and says that Palin is simply not answering the question. Palin then says she may not answer questions the way people want her to but she will “straight talk”. The question on deck is, are raising taxes class warfare.
6:18:
Question still on deck Is raising taxes class warfare. Palin’s hair is stuck to her eyelashes. It’s killing me. Claims she and her family have always been middle-class. That dang hair is still stuck on her eye! She ends by making a promise about $5000 tax credit for America.
6:23:
Biden warns that McCain’s $5000 credit would be raised by taxing the health care system. Says the word “un-patriotic” and gestures heavily toward Palin.
6:24:
Palin’s flag pin is sparkly. Question on deck is what promise if the candidate has made a campaign promise that they would not be able to follow through on, due to the financial crisis. Palin states there is nothing that John McCain has promised thus far that he would not deliver on.
6:25:
Biden says Obama! Drink!
6:27:
Palin said the word Reform! Drink! Calls the financial crisis a “toxic mess”.
6:28:
Biden said Obama. Twice! Drink!
6:33:
Palin decides to talk about Energy. The question on deck is still on tax issues. Gwen decides to move on to the topic Palin has decided she wants to discuss. Palin admits that she does not want to argue about what is causing climate change, but just wants to solve it. Do you think Palin is familiar with the Kyoto Protocols? Please someone ask Palin about Kyoto! Anyone?
6:35:
Question on deck is offshore drilling. Biden refers to the war call for offshore drilling as “Drill-Drill-Drill”. Palin counter Biden war call by saying the correct saying of the phrase is “Drill Baby Drill”. Uses the words rape for some reason. Maybe because she’s still thinking about savin’ rape babies.
6:38:
Question on deck is if the candidate supports granting same-sex couples medical benefits. Palin counters that while she is tolerant of adults choosing the best relationships for themselves, says she will not support defining marriage as anything other than between a man and a woman, which she calls traditional.
6:39:
Biden and Palin agree about same-sex marriage. The audience laughs. Drink.
6:40:
Question on deck is the candidates plan for the surge and withdrawing from Iraq. Palin says it would be a travesty to leave Iraq before they were done. She does not describe a plan.
6:41:
Biden said Obama! Drink! Also says the fundamental difference between Obama and McCain is withdrawing from Iraq.
6:43:
Palin says “victory is in sight in Iraq” and we must not wave the “white flag of surrender”. We also have our first Palin BINGO! Drink!
6:45:
Biden says he loves John McCain but he has been dead wrong on Iraq. Says Obama again! Drink!
6:49:
The question on deck is who is more dangerous in relation to nuclear arms, Pakistan or Afghanistan. Palin says that she knows the threat lies in Iraq. Says Iran wants to wipe both Pakistan and Afghanistan “off the face of the earth.” Says the words “Americas respect for women’s rights” in relation to the cultures of each region that were in discussed. I bet that hurt her to actually say “women’s rights”…
6:50:
Biden says Obama. Drink! Goes on to talk about McCain’s ignorance regarding our relationship with Spain.
6:52:
Palin refers to Israel as a “peace seeking nation.” The question on deck was the current administrations policy toward Israel. Says Obama (okay, Barack) twice. Drink! Biden goes on to say that the administrations dealings with Israel have been an abject failure. Palin says she is glad that she and Biden both “Love Israel”. Wheee!
6:55:
Palin says the word Reform! Drink!
6:58:
Palin can’t say the word nuclear. It sounds like “nu-cler”. The question on deck is intervention regarding the use of nuclear weapons. Palin asks if she can talk about Afghanistan again. She talks about the counter- insurgency and then says that we are building schools and helping people in Afghanistan.
7:00:
Biden says Obama. Drink! Goes on to say that McCain has been opposed to controlling arms in other regions of the world.
7:01:
Biden says Obama! Drink! Gwen Ifill then says that Biden has often called for intervention in foreign countries and cites examples. Biden states clearly that he does not have the stomach for a war in Darfour.
7:04:
Palin calls herself a “Washington outsider”. Says Americans are craving straight talk.
7:07:
BIden says McCain has said the same things as Dick Cheney. Calls McCain “lock-step” with Dick. Palin says John McCain knows what “evil” is and will know how to win a war. What the hell was the question on deck?
7:09:
Gwen Ifill asks Biden about being “a heartbeat away from the Presidency”. Biden calls the proposed situation “a national tragedy of historic proportions.” I can’t wait to hear Palin’s answer.
7:12:
Palin answers by saying “heaven forbid that something like that would happen.” Says the word Maverick. Drink! Goes on to say that supporting the Obama/Biden ticket would kill jobs and the economy.
7:13:
Biden said Obama. Drink!
7:14:
What in the hell is Palin talking about? A big shout out all the third-graders at Gladys Wood School? What? Shout-outs? Did Palin just call Biden, “Senator O’Biden”. Where’s me Lucky Charms???
7:15:
Gwen asks Palin about her gaffe regarding not knowing “what the VP does”. She and Biden exchange about a similar comment Biden made about how he would never want to be a VP. Palin ends by saying how she answered McCain’s request to run with him, and I quote, “I can’t wait to work with ya’”.
7:17:
Biden says Obama! Drink!
7:18:
Biden calls Cheney the most dangerous VP in the history of the United States. Goes on to say that the authority of the VP does not apply to Congress. The question on deck regards each candidates weaknesses going into the VP seat, the VP’s authority and Cheney’s legacy as a VP.
7:22:
Question on deck is the experience the candidate will bring to the White House. Palin answers by saying her executive experience in Alaska will help in our quest for energy independence. Says that as a Mom of a child in Iraq and a special needs child gives her a a connection to the everyday American. Praises Ronald Reagan, just as McCain did in the first debate. Also mentions that the VP’s “powers” should be expanded. Palin said the word Reform. Drink!
7:29:
Biden almost cries! Drink! Palin counters by using the word Maverick. Twice! Drink! Twice!
7:30:
Palin just said that McCain is the man we need to leave. Did I really hear that? Then she used the word Reform. Again. DRINK!
7:35:
Question on deck is the single policy issue that the candidate has changed their stand on during their career. Biden says that it took him five years to truly come to terms with his opinion of judicial philosophy. Palin counters by saying that she never compromised her when it comes to her ideals and beliefs.
7:36:
Biden said Obama! Drink!
7:38:
Palin says the words energy independence for like the 10th time and that Obama will increase taxes. Says it is a “clear choice” on November 4th.
7:40:
Closing statements. Palin says she and John McCain have always been proud to be Americans. Mentions Ronald Reagan. Says the words “blood-stream”. Says there is only one man who has ever fought for you and that man is John McCain.
Biden says this is the most important election in our lives. Says progress in American is measured by being able to pay your mortgage and send your child to college and also by how we treat our Veterans. Says Obama! Three times! Drink! Said his Dad once said “Champ, when you get knocked down, get up” and that it is “time for America to get up”.
Post-Debate Update:
We have a clarification regarding Palin’s timely use of the word “RAPE”. We also seem to have agreement that Palin called Joe Biden, Senator O’Biden. Which makes me happy since I’m both drunk AND Irish. Thank you to the Queen of the Twilight Exit for bringing the real, straight-talk.
Twilight Exit says:
Palin says Biden claimed drilling offshore was “raping the continental shelf.” I want to know if the Mccain/Palin ticket plans to bill Democrats for their Continental Shelf Rape Kit to keep budget lines in tow. Anything for Americans!
PS: I am 99% sure she called him Senator O’Biden at one point. But then I fell off my bar stool in hyperbolic ecstasy.
Cherrybomb post debate roundup:
A good nite and a good hangover to you. I’m giving this debate to Joe Biden because if there was any “straight talk” last night, it came out of his mouth. Also, if you live in Washington State, your last oppoutunity to register to vote in Washington State is 30 days prior to the election. If you miss that mark, the next deadline to register to vote in Washington State is 15 days prior to November 4th. At the 15 day mark, you must register in person. I’ll leave it to you to do the math and geography on that one.
