But if your guy is honest, you can't lose! ;)
Wanna make a sig bet?
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It looks like Mrs Palin may be getting jobbed tomorrow night.
The moderator of the debate, Gwen Ifill, will be releasing a book on Inauguration Day titled "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama" singing Obama's praises. She has praised Obama for 'forging a new path'.
Who the hell thinks thats a neutral moderator?
Does it really matter???
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081001/cm_csm/yseaquist_1
Anchorage, Alaska - When he faces off against Sarah Palin Thursday night, Joe Biden will have his hands full.
I should know. I've debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. And she's a master, not of facts, figures, or insightful policy recommendations, but at the fine art of the nonanswer, the glittering generality. Against such charms there is little Senator Biden, or anyone, can do.
On paper, of course, the debate appears to be a mismatch.
In 2000, Palin was the mayor of an Alaskan town of 5,500 people, while Biden was serving his 28th year as a United States senator. Her major public policy concern was building a local ice rink and sports center. His major public policy concern was the State Department's decision to grant an export license to allow sales of heavy-lift helicopters to Turkey, during tense UN-sponsored Cyprus peace talks.
On paper, the difference in experience on both domestic and foreign policy is like the difference between shooting a bullet and throwing a bullet. Unfortunately for Biden, if recent history is an indicator, experience or a grasp of the issues won't matter when it comes to debating Palin.
On April 17, 2006, Palin and I participated in a debate at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks on agriculture issues. The next day, the Fairbanks Daily News Miner published this excerpt:
"Andrew Halcro, a declared independent candidate from Anchorage, came armed with statistics on agricultural productivity. Sarah Palin, a Republican from Wasilla, said the Matanuska Valley provides a positive example for other communities interested in agriculture to study."
On April 18, 2006, Palin and I sat together in a hotel coffee shop comparing campaign trail notes. As we talked about the debates, Palin made a comment that highlights the phenomenon that Biden is up against.
"Andrew, I watch you at these debates with no notes, no papers, and yet when asked questions, you spout off facts, figures, and policies, and I'm amazed. But then I look out into the audience and I ask myself, 'Does any of this really matter?' " Palin said.
While policy wonks such as Biden might cringe, it seemed to me that Palin was simply vocalizing her strength without realizing it. During the campaign, Palin's knowledge on public policy issues never matured – because it didn't have to. Her ability to fill the debate halls with her presence and her gift of the glittering generality made it possible for her to rely on populism instead of policy.
Palin is a master of the nonanswer. She can turn a 60-second response to a query about her specific solutions to healthcare challenges into a folksy story about how she's met people on the campaign trail who face healthcare challenges. All without uttering a word about her public-policy solutions to healthcare challenges.
In one debate, a moderator asked the candidates to name a bill the legislature had recently passed that we didn't like. I named one. Democratic candidate Tony Knowles named one. But Sarah Palin instead used her allotted time to criticize the incumbent governor, Frank Murkowski. Asked to name a bill we did like, the same pattern emerged: Palin didn't name a bill.
And when she does answer the actual question asked, she has a canny ability to connect with the audience on a personal level. For example, asked to name a major issue that had been ignored during the campaign, I discussed the health of local communities, Mr. Knowles talked about affordable healthcare, and Palin talked about ... the need to protect hunting and fishing rights.
So what does that mean for Biden? With shorter question-and-answer times and limited interaction between the two, he should simply ignore Palin in a respectful manner on the stage and answer the questions as though he were alone. Any attempt to flex his public-policy knowledge and show Palin is not ready for prime time will inevitably cast him in the role of the bully.
On the other side of the stage, if Palin is to be successful, she needs to do what she does best: fill the room with her presence and stick to the scripted sound bites.
The truth is that tomorrow night Biden cannot win.
If he softens his debate then he is condesending towards her. If he forces the issues strongly then he will be picking on her.....
I think Biden should just sit back and speak as little as possible and when he does speak then speak to the issues. Then he should just sit back and listen to what she has to say.......
Of course at the end he will have to submit himself to Sarah for a spanking for being such a bad boy!:D
I persomally think Biden is such a fool, Mrs Palin will win. It will be even more funny if she does knowing the moderator was on Biden's side!
When does Sean Hannity get to moderate a debate? ;)
MK, wanna sig bet? If your guy is telling the truth, I'm screwed. ;)
Take it man! You would have 8 years before you had to leave.
You know what will happen. Obama could cut taxes until he is blue in the face but it would never meet his criteria. This guy would never admit that Obama cut taxes.
Anyway there is another bet out there that this guy is afraid to take. And that one would be decided next month!:eek:
Your illiterate. Notice I said if he cuts the income taxes, I lose. He could do that quickly. But if he raises them, I win. It won't take 8 years. He will raise them within the first year is my prediction.
If it's an income tax cut I lose. If it doesn't happen or they get raised I win. PERIOD. That's the criteria. Now learn to read and comprehend.
Oh, I'll bet you once you show me it's a fair game. Once you show where McCain got money from a group with indicted and convicted people for voting fraud, I'll bet. You know this, I'm just guessing you haven't found any yet. ;)
Good thing that the world will end in an astronomical cataclysm in 2012. :D
Disclaimer: Simon McNeil does not believe in that stupid apocalyptic bullcrap. But it's more entertaining than this trainwreck of a thread.