by smallpoxgirl » Thu 02 Oct 2008, 23:06:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('venky', 'I') think Palin did extremely well. I think the defining characteristic of her during the debate was likability, must have played extremely well with her base and right leaning independents. Her arguments were coherent, while Joe Biden sometimes came a bit stuffy more often than not, negative.
Yeah, boy. I'd have to say that anyone who read that as likability is an exceptionally poor judge of character. She struck me as nervous, off center, disingenuous, and sickly sweet. Whenever a patient walks in my office and acts like that, I know the next thing is going to be trying to hit me up for a huge script for pain pills or something. Biden was a far better actor. He seemed calm, in control, and warm without being overly forward. He's the kind of guy that could reel you into a conversation, and you wouldn't notice till half an hour later that he stole your wallet.
I was impressed that Palin actually answered all the questions. Not even one "I'll have to look into it and get back to you." I think that's definitely score one for her. She clearly had practiced saying Akmadinajad and she nailed it perfectly, but christ people. If you're possibly going to be president, you really should know that nuclear is pronounced new-clear not new-cue-lar. I'm taking off a point for diction.
All in all....I'd say it was clearly a win for Cthulhu.