Oct 03 2008
Decidedly So Joe—You Lost…
Well, Joe, actually you didn’t do so bad except for that stupid smile you had on your face from time to time when Palin got a zinger in.
And, actually Palin didn’t do that great—could have avoided the Maverick reference, but because she didn’t give us the Bambi look in the headlights, and she did give us that vivacious hockey-mom-joe-six-pack-feeling that makes us comfortable! Let’s face it she did better than not falling on her face—she stood her own against a formidable fact creating machine.
How about that Gwen Ifill? She was the referee at a contest she can financially benefit from the outcome. Hmm… Even with a conflict of financial interest she did a pretty solid job, I did think a couple of her comments about the two debaters weren’t always even, making Joe Biden look slightly better, but it was subtle. This type of subtle bias now has a name: Soft bias. Ed Morrissey at HotAir wrote: Did soft bias again affect the debate? He’s talking about the latest Obama McCain tussle… Are the days of outright obvious bias over? I guess people are finally getting fed up with being fed what they see and hear—they just don’t want to know about it…
No, she didn’t have the knowledge base to hit back every claim Joe made, but when she could she did stand toe-to-toe and land punches! And no, Joe under strict restrictions not to do anything Joe if you know what I mean and he didn’t. Anything he made up would have to be checked and is now to late to counter affectively. 70 million people are back to grazing and aren’t waiting for the fact checkers to check in—they’ve made up their minds on the spot.
So, I’m going out on a limb to say the real winners of the debate of the century was we the people. We got a half way decent taste and debate of the two sides, without the splash of a lot of mud and spit.
It was satisfying… And as in my previous prediction the scales will tip slightly back to McCain and we still have a race, it’s not over by a long shot—and my outstanding prediction is that it will be in the lawyers hands before we have an answer.
Weighing in all day with an extended post my hero The Anchoress: Palin Biden debate reactions running thread
HotAir and Ed Morrissey: VP Debate analysis: Palin hits home run
Chris Matthews: Obama Won His Debate Because He Was More Attractive and McCain Was Troll-Like; On the Other Hand, Palin Lost the Debate, Despite Her Good “Performance,” Because She Didn’t Provide “Substance”
—Ace
Obama looks good on TV– reason for high praise.
Palin looks good on TV — but we didn’t hear “substance”!
Well, actually we did, Chris. But after making so much of Obama’s skill and gift at working a TV camera, it’s a bit much for you to now denigrate’s Palin’s similar skills and gifts.
Either it’s a superficial reason for choosing a candidate for both of them, or for neither of them.
Cameron Interviews Post-Debate Palin
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