26 Oct 08 Red Baiting in Florida
Barbara West of WFTV in Orlando, Florida attempts to paint Biden and Obama with the old McCarthy “Red” brush. Biden cuts her off at the knees.
09 Oct 08 McCain Is Simply Wrong
McCain is making a last desperate attempt to win the election by ignoring the issues and appealing to fear. In the words of Joe Biden, “This is beyond disappointing, this is wrong.”
05 Oct 08 What Would Maverick Do
The smile, the wink, the talent portion, it’s all absolutely right on and totally hilarious. Nobody can send up Sarah Palin like Tina Fey, and she NAILS her to the wall, although I’m not sure she matched her nails. Thanks Tina! And a big sleazy shout out to Ronald Reagan too, thanks Ronnie! Maverick!
04 Oct 08 The Non-Debate
Thursday night’s performance was a series of sound bites, not a debate. There was no real interaction between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, just short answers to simple questions asked by the moderator. It doesn’t seem to matter to anyone that some of questions weren’t answered at all.
Juan Cole’s Informed Comment link:
http://www.juancole.com/2008/10/non-debate.html
Judging “how the candidates did” is rather like weighing in on the wittiness of the libretto of “Big Brother” or the pace of character development in the latest episode of “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” The genre of the political review assumes that both candidates are credible in their roles. It becomes self-parody when one candidate is a ditzy nonentity cynically foisted on the public in the same way a ‘reality show’ is, based on a targeted demographic and without regard to quality.
27 Sep 08 McCain Muzzles Palin
Poor Sarah Palin, McCain doesn’t trust her to open her mouth in public. He didn’t let her talk to any of the fun TV people after the debate last night. He must think she’s reeeeally stoooopid, too much of an idiot to even say “We Won!” in a believable way. The networks all wanted to put her up there on the screen like they did Joe Biden, but nooooo. McCain and his team locked her in a closet in Philadelphia and wouldn’t give her permission to speak.
New York Times link:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/palin-wont-spin-for-mccain/
