Palin's Performance...

the expectations on her were so low all she had to do was not fuck up. democrats kinda shot themselves in the foot bashing her all week. did people really think she wouldnt be ready for this?

if Dubya could ramble his way through debates, anyone can.

saveuplife wrote:

How do you grade HER performance based on your PRIOR expectations. Give a 1 to 5 rating.

I go 4. I think she did very well handling herself.

What do you think? Be honest.

She didn't show she understood anything. She used talking points, and when counterattacked, she changed the subject. She didn't answer some questions. I didn't think she would fail stylistically, I wanted to get substance, and it wasn't there. She didn't defend when she attacked.

So I think she did terrible in regards to someone that could be President, but since the bar was so low, many think she did better.

She definitely did better than I thought she would. No major gaffes. Based on the expectations scale, I think that she handed in a 3. The "folksy" moments had me cringing.

2

She wasn't atrocious. She didn't implode.

But anyone who thinks she was great...give me a break.

SuzannePjam wrote:

S The "folksy" moments had me cringing.

doggonit, you betcha!

*gag*

She did approximately what I thought she would do. She's not an idiot, she had some good moments and a few bad moments. She didn't seem to know the name of the commander in Afghanistan. She thinks it's McClellan and she clearly doesn't know what McKiernan actually said. Her line about teachers getting their reward in heaven is a potential bomb among teachers, who clearly feel that they are getting their reward daily as they see their students progress. Biden had some really excellent moments; his tone was pitch perfect. He hit her with McCain's health care being the ultimate bridge to nowhere. He also hit her with "past is prologue" when he really drilled home the idea that McCain has elucidated nothing new/different than Bush on a whole raft of issues.

I think Palin did what she needed to do to not embarrass herself and her party further, but her performance was far from any game changer. There will be no huge impact on the polls because of it, and as a matter of fact, independent women voters seem to be rushing to Obama/Biden--not based on Biden--although he handled his single parenthood exceptionally--but because women don't like what Palin has to say.

Ifill: "As Vice President, there's nothing you've promised as a candidate that you would take off the table because of this financial issue?"


Palin: "There is not, and how long have I been at this? Like five weeks?"

Not a game changer for sure. I don't think McCain's gambler's instinct on picking Palin was a very good one.

I rate her at .....................1

beachdweller wrote:

She didn't show she understood anything. She used talking points, and when counterattacked, she changed the subject. She didn't answer some questions. I didn't think she would fail stylistically, I wanted to get substance, and it wasn't there. She didn't defend when she attacked.

They all do that. Obama, Biden especially, McCain, Palin. They change the subject constantly. What it comes down to most of the time is they simply disagree. You can't take it any farther than that. The problem is, disagreement is "bad" considering both sides are trying to appeal to everyone. So they change the subject.

I give her a 4 also. I just can't wait to see how the Dems and the media will somehow try to get a new stereotype going about Palin. That is all that has been done against Palin. Stereotyping. She's not the VP yet, obviously, she never did anything glaringly abhorrent as governor or mayor. Actually, she did a pretty good job. So, all they had to go on was the idea of portraying her as the psycho religious, milf, redneck, pit bull fanatic from Alaska. Pathetic.

It's a sad state of affairs when people's political opinions come entirely from SNL.