At 53-minute mark, debate is a yawner

I’ve already lost my imaginary drinking game for this evening’s presidential debate. John McCain has said “my friends” five times in the first 45 minutes of the debate and a shot each time would have me passed out on the floor by now.
I’m writing another post and only halfway listening to the “town hall” “debate,” [...]

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Palin avoids face plant in debate, salvages some pride

The veep debate was last night. Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin. Honestly, I found the whole thing pretty boring. Neither candidate stumbled notably, dammit.
Biden choked up once, talking about the tragic accident that killed his first wife and almost took all his children as well. Other than that, he seemed to stay on message — [...]

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Palin strikes again; please, governor, just go home

This evening CBS news aired an interview with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Once again the Alaska governor displayed her own special command of important issues.
When asked to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with, she said:
Well, let’s see. There’s, of course, in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, [...]

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If not Gwen Ifill, then who?

PBS’s very capable Gwen Ifill will be moderating the vice presidential debate tomorrow night. Conservatives are now blasting Ifill’s selection because she has written a book scheduled for publication on Inauguration Day entitled Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, about the younger generation of black politicians.
I am not unbiased in this election, [...]

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