Comments on: Biden Goes Nuclear

By: Unstable Isotope

Unstable Isotope — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:57:25 +0000

Palin is able to read a speech. Since Republicans believe this is enough to make her qualified to be VP then McCain must not be qualified because he wasn’t able to make a good speech that was in the works for months. It’s kind of interesting that the GOP is making this election all about biography. Hilzoy did an analysis showing that McCain talked about himself 50% of the time and the state of country 43% of the time, while Obama talked about himself 14% of the time and the state of the country 86% of the time.

Republicans can’t win on issues. McCain had a great opportunity Thursday – he had even more viewers to his speech than Barack Obama did – and he did not outline any proposal that was new or mavericky, it was all standard Republican boilerplate.

I also read that Palin is using a teleprompter in her campaign appearances, basically giving parts of her speech again (does she do the part where she says community organizers don’t do any work?). It’s no wonder that McCain won’t let her be interviewed on TV. Besides reading ability, what are her qualifications?

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_09/014585.php

By: DavidV

DavidV — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:47:46 +0000

And every ummm, ahhhh, or you know was followed directly with a lie. That’s her job. McCain has no credit with the masses, for the moment she does. Their only hope is that if she tells the same lie enough times a few people may believe it.

By: X Stryker

X Stryker — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:37:18 +0000

What do you talk about, when you have nothing to say?!

What do you talk about when you CANNOT EXPLAIN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF FAILURE?!

I want to hear this repeated.

By: Pandora

Pandora — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:29:22 +0000

Actually, Sharon, I’d love to discuss something other that Palin’s reading skills. Perhaps if she gave an interview and let everyone knew where she stood on the issues we’d have more to debate.

By: Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:27:07 +0000

I have never made that particular argument. But the argument I will make, which I believe is supported by evidence, is that Obama’s thinking and reasoning skills are better that McCain’s, Palin’s, and even Biden’s.

By: PBaumbach

PBaumbach — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:26:34 +0000

Obama spoke to thousands in February for about 45 minutes in Rodney Square without a single note and without a teleprompter.

I know that the Republican talking points are that Obama needs a script (and Sharon does a wonderful job reading the Republican script), but, as with most of the RNC platform, there is no substance there.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:22:15 +0000

Yeah, she didn’t spend a lot of time “umming” and “ahing” and “you knowing.”

I love the argument that somehow, Obama’s reading skills are better.

By: Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:13:43 +0000

Palin spoke yesterday off a prepared sheet of paper with McCain at her side. Quite a difference…

By: DavidV

DavidV — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:49:51 +0000

Joe nailed it. McCain’s got no platform. He’s no maverick and Palin’s a pawn. His only remaining hope is to discredit the Dems and he can’t do that without consistently lying.

By: cassandra m

cassandra m — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:01:08 +0000

Too bad — it really is that good!

And I love how Joe (or anyone ) really doesn’t need to attack Palin — all you really have to do is just keep watching her keep connected to the Alaska version of the Culture of Corruption — Troopergate and the lying about the Bridge to Nowhere keeps reminding folks why the GOP cannot be trusted to govern.

By: DPN

DPN — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:53:58 +0000

cass, I’m not a dKos type of guy. If someone would like to, go for it.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:40:06 +0000

Poor Joe. He really must not have watched the same convention I did because John McCain did, in fact talk about unemployment and healthcare (among other things). Dems just don’t like the solutions Republicans favor.

And Poor Joe. He can’t attack Sarah Palin the way he’d like to ’cause he knows what a bully he’d look like. So, instead he whines and complains because Republicans told the truth about Barack Obama.

BTW, Republicans don’t talk about “middle class” because they don’t believe in “classes” of people. Oddly enough, they just think of everybody as “Americans.” It’s a quaint concept, I know, and one that doesn’t get Dems salivating like class warfare.

By: cassandra m

cassandra m — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:38:32 +0000

Nemski — that needs to be posted at dKos today. It is brilliant!

By: DPN

DPN — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:29:18 +0000

Seeing this video this morning got me inspired to make this.

By: Bill Dunn

Bill Dunn — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:31:49 +0000

That’s why my first ticket was Biden/Richardson and my second was Obama/Biden…. That and the fact that Obama after hearing that Biden dropped out of the Pres. race said that he thought he’d make a great VP.