Wonkette
Happy Night of the Century, fellow Americans! We have longed for this night, and we have dreaded it. Poor Gwen Ifill was walked to the stage like some dead pope, the contestants are here and ready to go, our drinking game is also ready to go — are you?! And the pre-game liveblog is just a sweet click away. Ready your beverages, people, and let’s do this thing.
9:00 PM — It really was sad seeing poor Gwen walked in by four or five bodyguards/nurses. She told the crowd, “If you have any questions — I fell, I wasn’t pushed.” (True!)
9:00 PM — Oh look they are here! Sarah just said, “Hey can I call you Joe?” Joe smiled and said sure.
9:02 PM — Well, they both look great.
9:03 PM — But Gwen … good lord, why are you wearing Hillary’s old weird patterned blazer? A tribute?
9:03 PM — Simple talking points on the economy and the Obama plan: “We’re going to fundamentally change the focus of economic policy. We’re going to focus on the middle class.”
9:05 PM — “I betcha ya gonna hear some fear in that voice.” Oh lord she is talking about soccer games. She did not answer the question. She is repeating this, her eyes are even moving as she reads this, in her mind — or maybe shined on the inside of her glasses.
9:06 PM — Oh lord, five minutes in, just 90 seconds into her first answer, and it is total gibberish. And she looks down at her notes and grimaces.
9:07 PM — Biden quickly and cleverly gets in a bit about how he worked on legislation to stop “violence against women.” How’s that, Mrs. Buy Your Rape Kit You Rape Victim?
9:08 PM — Palin responds to the “McCain was saying fundamentals of the economy are strong” with … uh, she says “fundamental,” singular, and says “maverick” three times. Drink, drink, drink.
9:10 PM — Uh, Sarah, there weren’t really many $100,000 houses even before this decade’s housing boom … unless you’re buying a $1.75 crack house in Saginaw on eBay!
9:10 PM — Hey, that is a good common-sense point, from our Gov. Palin: “Don’t go into debt when you can’t afford it.” And then she says Heck, Betcha, Gonna, Git ‘er done and who knows what else. Could we let Sarah not be Sarah for a little while, please, Alaskan Inuit God who lets her live on Your Holy Lands?
9:12 PM — Biden talks about McCain’s article in a “major magazine” about the great GOP plan to ruin health care the same way they ruined the financial industry. Of course it was just some trade mag and McCain didn’t even write it — he doesn’t write anything under his byline.
9:13 PM — Ha ha, now Biden is going to clobber Palin with those dirty liberal facts. Wow, he is pretty good at this, isn’t he?
9:14 PM — Ha ha, Palin just ignores everything. “I may not answer questions the way the moderator — I’m gonna talk about being mayor.” What?
9:15 PM — Gwen cuts off Palin. IN THE TANK.
9:15 PM — Biden wants fairness, for people who are not rich. What an elitist! Got to refill the Goblet of Fire here.
9:16 PM — Well, there is the clip from Biden. Middle class, no increases in taxes for anyone making under a quarter-million, tax cuts for everyone making less than $150,000 per year, simple, didn’t sound like a lecture.
9:18 PM — Oh lord, Palin just recites some stuff they told her about “wealth redistribution.”
9:18 PM — Ifill: “Governor, are you interested in defending Senator McCain’s health care plan?”
9:19 PM — Well, that’s one definition of defense?
9:20 PM — And the Biden knife comes out: “McCain TAXES your health-care plan from your employer … and TWENTY MILLION of you are going to be dropped. I call that the ultimate Bridge to Nowhere.” (GROANS, GASPS FROM CROWD.)
9:21 PM — Palin is just busily reading her notes to herself. Her lips are moving!
9:21 PM — Biden has his first stumble, on the word “characterize.” The campaign staff is in the back all crossing their fingers that this is the only one. Oh shit he just called McCain policies “unpatriotic.”
9:22 PM — Palin wants to go back to the energy plan. Has the energy plan been mentioned tonight?
9:23 PM — “Tell ‘em.” “Somethin’ else.” “Bless their hearts, doin’ what they need to do.” “Aren’t comin’ to the big multinational corporations.”
9:24 PM — This is the “Let Sarah Be Sarah” thing the wingnuts want so bad.
9:24 PM — Ifill: “Governor, could you possibly pretend to answer at least one goddamned question, please?”
9:25 PM — Biden: Obama voted against oil company tax breaks, McCain voted for them. The End.
9:25 PM — Biden shows some nice class with some “folksy” talk about how he likes how socialist Sarah gives $1,000 checks to Alaskans every day.
9:26 PM — Ifill: “Gov. Palin, could you just answer something about subprime?”
9:27 PM — Palin: “Yes, I could,” and then recites something about how “we have John McCain to thank.”
9:27 PM — This is exhausting, listening to her.
9:27 PM — Ha, Barack Obama the child was warning the Fed & Treasury two years ago that the subprime nightmare was already happening. (Your editor knew this, too, which is why he sold his house in Nevada just before the whole bubble imploded.) But John McCain was “surprised” by the collapse in December. Really?
9:29 PM — Exasperated Gwen Ifill: “Gov. Palin, would you maybe like to respond to what somebody here actually said?” Palin: “He’s wrong. So let’s talk about my experience givin’ breaks to folks.”
9:30 PM — New liveblogging thread!
IT’s ON! We need a Rescue plan about now…
did you hear sarah ask “can I call you Joe”.
Well that started good for Palin “Nice to meet you, can I call you Joe?”
“hey, can I call you Joe?”
“You can call me anytime, baby.”
…her first goal was achieved, she didnt trip coming on stage or vomit onto Joe Biden. +1!
RED FM shoes? cute suit though… Nice to meet you, can I call you Joe?
Nice snatch, Palin.
new 2 commenting here. WTF r u people doin’ over there? i mean: is this real? damned. more from germany soon…
Better response to “Can I call you Joe?”
“No, call me daddy. As in, “Who’s your daddy?”
Holy Christ, the high-def is not kind to Palin.
OMG! Kids soccor games?! WTF?!
Hold on to your skirts ladies, we are about to enter Hell.
What? No Blingees?
YES - She’s already talking gibberish!!!!!
Kid’s soccor game???
Crazy eyez Palin!
You can call me anything, babe.
biden already made me sleepies. drink!
Socker Mom!
Betcha!
Drink!
This is awful. A from “Can I call you Joe” to her stupid rhinestone American flag.
soccer? in the first damn sentence!!
Does Joe Biden ever pause for breath?
good god. Biden sounds like Charlie Brown’s social studies teacher.
Sarah got herself some highlights
Is it just me, or are Palin’s eye’s really red?
Suspending his own campaign, LOL!!!!!!
gawd, pass the bong…
Well, she is avoiding answering the first question, and rambling. God help us. People will probably call this authentic.
Palin in Coherent Opening Sentences Shock!!
Holy Crap! complete sentences! Dayum!
Soccer moms!
Rush:
That’s Alaskan Gibberish!
…is it wise for her to use up all of her pre-progammed talking points in the first minute?
quick cut to palin’s shaking hand. her feet are gonna hurt after a while.
Well, she’s done a good job of reciting so far.
germanchriz: Yes, this is real. All too real.
I can’t stand her, and yet I am nervous for her.
But, she looks hypno-tized…
aabbbiee: Yes, no blingees! It plays hell with my refresh button..
she was talking 4 more than a minute w/o a blooper. more than europe expected…
Isn’t soccer a EUROPEAN game? My kids only play saber-football.
SHE WAS PUSHED!!!!!!
It’s a conspiracy.
ATTACK JOE! PALIN IS THE MOOSE!
She winked!
Genius.
The American Worker is getting thier ass kicked you dumb ass.
she just winked BLEEEEEAAAAARRRGGGHH
She just WINKED.
“team of mavericks” - mush mush
“a team of mavericks” - after less than 5 mins. cool.
Workforce: Canned Answer.
Beep!
Nullset!
Reboot!
team of Mavericks?
Team of Mavericks! Who’s on first?
…she said “maverick”, take a drink everyone!
and…we begin with the ALSOs!! everything right on track
Team of mavericks my ass.
Maverick count: 2?
Love it!
Go, Maverick, go!
get down to gettin business
stolichnayaaa: I’m not, but so far she hasn’t fucked up too bad yet.
Was that a twitch or a wink? MAVERICK DRINK!
I want sparring and blood. no, all i’m seeing is telepropters or rote memorization
what i’ve done… is ahh…. something something… maverick… blah blah…. jobs….
omg i feel like i’m drunk i can’t follow anything thing she is saying and i’m sober
shut up!
I’m so nervous about this debate! But Joe is doing great. I love how they are keeping focused their candidates.
Sarah woulda been good 6 months ago. Too frickin’ late. Soccer game. Jaysus.
She just gave the “elect me to the junior high senate” pitch…
She keeps looking right at the camera. It’s a little unnerving. Joe looks at Gwen when he speaks.
Why are all the Republicans afraid of making eye contact with the blacks?
Yes, we want something new - that’s why we want OBAMA!!
Darn right!!!
I just want to give her a hug and tell her everything’s gonna be alright.
For every Palinism (gibberish) take a drink. I am damn sure I’ll be wasted by 9:30.
she must be good…she has a REALLY big flag pin. It is all about one’s flag pin.
A Maverick? Jamakane has been in Congress 20 plus years…Litrally half her life.
Ha ha, Gwen owns them both.
Did she just say Maverick three times in that run on gibberish?
“No, that’s okay. Can you ask Joe all the questions first, Gwen?”
Her shoes clash with the carpet. Why didn’t she just wear black pumps? Always stylist, plus it matches her actual outfit.
OOOH. Bitch slap from Gwen. “Answer the questions, you bastards!”
Those bangs are going to poke her eyes out.
If she winks at the camera one more time I’ll puke and waste all this beer.
6-pack! drink!
she’s switching subjects with lightning speed
“if you could only afford a $100,000 house” ?????
where can you buy a $100,000 house? I’d like to know.
Hockey Moms! BAND TOGETHER!
NEVER AGAIN!
hockey mom
Biden is glowering at her….
“JOe Sixpack, hockey moms everywhere.”
glug glug glug
So we get to say “Never Again” again.
Did anyone great Saracuda’s “happy smile” when she nailed her memorized ‘John and me in the white house’.
I think I heard Joe signing at one point. Easy does it Biden. Debate Gwen, not Sarah.
…GOD DAMN IT!!! I’m tired of hearing about “Joe Six Pack” and “Hockey Moms”!
is a joe sixpack hockey mom transgendered?
Yes! Blame Wall Street! They’re deceiving us!
Get ‘er done!
Jeebus Chripes I’m wasted already from all those drink-lines.
is she blaming the american people 4 being stupid? what’s that “buying a 300.000 § house if u can only afford a 100.000 § house” thing all about?
what kind of house do u get 4 100.000 $ anyway? pooh…
Come on, Joe! Get in there and rip her a new one!!!
Personal responsibility?
Like wearing a condom when he’s banging your daughter?
She’s looking wonderfully tanned. They get great weather in Alaska.
The bank loan guys are taking advantage of me!! Never again, Sarah, never again.
Wait, oversight of those entities? Did she let know John McCain about this?
She’s not flopping yet. And is she supposed to be looking at the camera that . . . fiercely?
this debate format sucks…we need to have some cross questions going on
Curse you, horrible horrible easy credit. Why do you buy such beautiful lovely things? And DAMN YOU chocolate, why do you have to be so delicious?
Maverick! Maverick! Maverick! Palin left all her gs at home, I think.
i tried watching but i just washed my hair.
They can’t self regulate! They can only self-love!
Where’s the earpiece?
Joe doesn’t look so hot on high def either.
He’s debating McCain and not her.
…if Joe Biden calls John McCain “a good man” one more time, I’m going to vomit!
I can’t possibly drink every time she says maverick. I’ll be drunk by 9.
It’s great that Joe calls him John too, just like BHO…John this, John that…he needs to call her Gov. Palin.
What in the holy hell is wrong with these “undecided” Ohio voters CNN is polling? They are buying $300K worth of bullsh*t
“You betcha!”
“Yer darned right.”
Am I watching a debate or “Fargo”??
Monsieur Grumpe: Authentic Alaskan gibberish!
“joe six-pack”…urgh. JB is looking relaxed and mellow…which is good. She seems to be falling back to a smirk, which should play poorly…
Second answer and already McCain is a Maverick. She’s nervous and speaking fast.
Biden really does need about 30 seconds of each question just to get going. At 90 seconds, he is just hitting stride.
Darn right we do, ya!
Darn right!
*Palin waits patiently to recite memorized lists of supreme court cases*
God, her voice makes me want to out my head in the oven.
STOP SAYING DARN RIGHT. I want to punch something.
What a weird voice this chick has. Now she recites a line about taxes.
Joey Danko is my drug dealer! He has the dankest sticky icky!
Oh God please don’t tell me anyone is buying this boy-howdy crap.
I hate her so hard. I don’t want to talk to the soccer moms on the sidelines of games in suburbia because they are by and large completely and totally fucked in the head.
“I am a scripted robot, I have no independent thoughts”
Biden as a gas station friend. His name, I believe, is Joey America.
She winked at the camera, as if to give meaning to the endless stream of non-sequitors. Darn right you betcha!
Got I hate this bitch.
…the way she stares at the Camera is creepy.
How long until she runs out of memorized lines?
Call her on her bullshit Joe!
Government growth! Somehow took my job away!
The winking is nice. Is she flirting with America?
Bogus standard…Rock On, Joe
i seriously think she is reading these lines from the inside of her glasses. her glass are the teleprompter! never again!
dshe looks like a freaking robot..only a matter of time before her batteries die..she can’t kep it up for 90 minutes
Its on!
Is it just me, or does this debate have absolutely nothing to do with anything? I’m getting drunk.
Obama supported increasing taxes over a million percent! Sarah’s going to kick him in the works!
git her Joe GIT HER!
…uh-oh BITCH SLAP from Biden!
mirrorball: You can buy my house in Pittsburgh for WAY less than $100,000. New kitchen and new bath included.
I’m bored. Ask her about dinosaurs Gwen!!!!
JOE BIDEN SAYS SARAH PALIN ANSWER THE QUESTION! BIDEN IS A FUCKING SEXIST PIG! A SEXIST FUCKING PIG!
mirrorball: Yeah, but nobody expects him to. And for my money, he seems to have better make-up people than Bible Spice.
“I may not answer the question you or the moderator may want to hear”
way to avoid it!
omg… who the hell does alaska barbie think she is?
Poor Sarah Palin. It is almost a tragedy…this poor woman is just somebody’s scared mom. She’s had a fucked up life and suddenly is in this place that she doesn’t deserve and doesn’t understand, and she is just struggling to regurgitate shitty talking points.
Fuck I’m high.
oooh!!! Way to go, Joe! Snap!
“I’m not going to answer the questions of the moderator…” Nice.
Laughing at her attempt to weazle out of this.
I think Joe is intentionally pushing her buttons.
She’s breaking the fourth wall, like our beloved KITTY HARRIS! GO KITTY!
“I’m not answering your questions!”
Palin just said she doesn’t have to answer questions. Huh?
Joe must be boiling inside.
“The governor did not answer the question”
“I am not going to answer the questions”
Jesus, she is dumb.
TIME IS UP for bitches who don’t answer the fucking question.
hahahahhahahahahaha nice try time’s up hockey mom
she’s not going to answer Gwen’s questions? hey…can she get away with that?
Sweet Jesus, this woman is a parody of the people they want her to connect with.
The moderator is in the tank with Biden and I won’t answer their questions.
her voice, honestly, makes my teevee hiss and cry. seriously. only her voice!
After this, I’m gonna watch Fargo!
She sounds absolutely terrified. Her calm held for about 15 minutes.
She needs to pace herself more- going to throw a rod or something.
tax relief 4 f***in’ whome???
OMG - she’d be pulled off the stage here in germany within 10 seconds. angela merkel would be ashamed if that woman would be member of her notsoconservative CHRISTIANDEMOCRATICUNION….
Come on Joe! Let her have it.
“While my opponent was pinning 15-year-old virgins to the bed so her yokel husband could brutally rape them, then mailing them an invoice later for services rendered, I was in the Senate actually doing shit.”
is she reading notes ?
Fuck this.. I’m going to talk about me with No respect to you Gwen.
Oh, thank Cthulhu for liveblogging…I simply cannot take two seconds of her voice. It’s as worse as Bush, I think.
I saw a soccer mom filling up her gas tank with pig lipstick and her husband Joe Sixpack didn’t know how much it would cost to fill ‘er up with golden dubloons…sad,really
Warren Buffett just said he is paying less than he has ever paid and “it is not fair.”…
Flag pins 4 everyone!
Of course you can reduce taxes in Alaska, you’re swimmin’ in oil money!!
Every time Biden speaks, an angel gets its wings
I want to be a $150K middle class person…!
I like how she furiously scans her notes while he speaks.
“I’m not gonna answer the damn question, Joe. I’m too much of a maverick for that”
She’s not going to answer the moderator’s questions coz she’s a maverick.
*swigs from turpentine bottle*
Oh dear God, she just can’t help herself. I’m a partisan, but she rambles and just hopes to get her key words out.
And you got to love “I won’t answer the questions the way you or the moderator might like.” (why attack Gwen? She is in a wheel chair for God’s sake.” I do think Biden’s point was that you didn’t even answer the question, much less as he liked.
What did she just say?
I want the government to tax John Mcains face cancer
I am NOT Middle Class. I am Side Class.
Look at Sarah! trying to look tuff!
Redistribution of wealth! You commie!
“don’t look into her eyes”, I said to my dad and then I left the room at least a half a minute into her television anchorwoman days/daze but I can’t tolerate this it’s inconceivable that that lady is human and I can’t distinguish her from Margarete Thatcher
ja Germanchriz
StripesAndPlaids: I hope you’re right.
She’s running out of gas…. can’t afford to fill the tank, either.
I cringe when she says “Barack.” She’s so uppity!
Her hair is stuck in her eyelash and moves when she blinks…
know what, the average person in Scranton is about to turn this wonk fest off and watch wrasslin’ in the cable.
ohhhhh todd and i… awwwww ken and barbie…. make me sick
yyeyyayaaaaaaghghhhhhhargagrbl I canNOT watch this woman.
Paying your taxes *is* patriotic. It is what funds nice things like roads, and schools and libraries. Twit.
shes reading notes
She is middle class?
Good gravy, her double-talk Kung Fu makes no sense.
Hey its the wealthy’s money in the first place, even if it is teh middle class paying the taxes. How dare Joe say that the selffish middle classes want to keep it.
you said that higher taxes…or asking for higher taxes…or paying for higher taxes…errr…line?
I’m punching my TeeVee. Feels goooooood.
Patriotism is weakening the government. Funny, Sarah, I call that treason.
Patriotic is forcing your daughter into a loveless marriage with a shotgun you last used to kill a moose.
OMG WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT!!!!! THIS IS THE END OF THE WORRRRRRRLD!!!!!
Palin wants to stab Joey in the eye. They smile with hatred at each other.
She was well prepped. This is ending in a draw unless Biden is drinking the way I am.
Oh shit! Joe forgot about the millions of small businesses! How could you, Joe? How could you?
patriotic is letting my daughter preggers by not teaching her sex ed. you betcha!
I think her total lack of making sense is hurting Biden’s stride. It is hard to think about nonsense.
Nice punch she landed with the Biden “paying taxes is patriotic” line…
Don’t underestimate her appeal with fat middle aged white guys. She’s looking really milfy tonight.
Rolling your eyes is not presidential.
That’s what she said.
aren’t the Feds the ones who are bailing us out of the mess Wall St created? She makes no damn sense.
And Palin COMPLETELY FORGETS to answer the question. “Uh, Sarah…. McCain’s health plan…?” OHYEAH!!!!!!
Scranton!
My Black Lab luvs Mojitos - does that make him ‘uppity’ or a ‘foreign policy expert’?
Oh dear God, you can see when she thinks of a line. She brightened when she it clicked that she had “If you are happy with anything the government is running right now.”
joe “scranton” - chug up chums
Scranton! Drink motherfuckers!
Would she f**ng stop flirting with the camera????
HILLARy!!!!!! COME BACK!
scranton!!!!!!
…wait… did babble space jess say payin taxes is not patriotic? yee-haw! ahm gonna be a big patriot
Oh my goodness. Am I the only one contemplating suicide at this moment? Yea; the voice. The voice is telling me that death will be the only relief.
Schilde: she’s like that albert finney movie Looker!
smellyal8r: Why does he need to call her Gov Palin? She asked if she could call him “joe” and she was on mic when she did it. Why is it necessary for him to call her Gov Palin, when she asked for and was granted permission to call him JOE?
PROTIP: Tax exemptions are not revenue neutral; they reduce revenue.
You would think a governor would know that.
My sorority house is officially drunk. And Freudian slip, with Joey confusing Barack and John?
shortsshortsshorts: Love it!
We call it fairness dammit….oh boy Joe is getting excitable!!
Mrs_T: She’ll never run out of memorized lines. Line (singular) really, as that’s the full capacity of her brain-lump. It’s just a string of “Yup gotta gonna youbet fundamental uh maverick tax values burden backwards yaknow er competition dontchaknow” that she scrambles up and gibbers out for every question.
Geez, she’s effing annoying. Yea! Joe is destroy McCain’s health plan!! Woot!!! Go go go!!!!
She keeps calling Obama “Barak.” I wonder, by the time it’s over will she be calling him “boy”?
Her talking points sound like they were given to her by a cold blue hand reaching up from Ronald Reagan’s crypt. I’d check the DNA on those pages she’s flipping.
Paying your taxes *is* patriotic. It is what funds nice things like roads, and schools and libraries. Twit.
And I am rapidly getting tired of her smirk…
bridge to nowhere! drink!
Ultimate bridge to Nowhere!
Bridge to Nowhere blast….more, Joe!
YES! Nice bridge comment JOEEEEE
oh lawd the ultimate bridge to nowhere
That’s the ULTIMATE Bridge to Nowhere!”
Zing!
OWNED! Bridge talk!
Nice bang bang with the bridge to nowhere 20 mins in. Good prep Joe B.
SNAAAAAAAAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this like in football, where coaches script the first drive ahead of time? What happens when Palin actually has to consult her “playbook”?
Is that a ladder in your tights or is it the ultimate bridge to nowhere?
HOOOOOAWT biden. the ultimate bridge to nowhere!
Biden keeps confusing Obama & McCain.
Biden did well on the healthcare issue.
OOOH BITCH! BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!
Jesus, why didn’t we nominate this Biden guy during the primaries?
I just couldn’t deal with her after the health care thing. I turned it off.
Joe just kicked her ass hard on that one.
Joe’s fact laden spiels: will they convince Jack and Jill 6 pack like Fargo Winkyface?
BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
How much extra do I need to drink if I’m from Scranton???
health care - complicated. in germany, too. very complicated. joe, don’t get lost in numbers. just say: german employees and german companies each pay 7.525 percent of every employee’s salary for health insurance. and amazingly - it works!!!
wow, good to know that OLD EUROPE can be cool sometimes…
Well, Biden gets the first joke. He is being pretty aggressive without go over the line so far. I actually expected him to be a little more passive.
Based upon the CNN chart of undecided bitters in Ohio, The women are bringing the love for Biden, the hate for Palin. Men seem not to care, other than when Palin blinks her eyes at the camera.
Scranton - technically offshore.
Go Joeeeeee!
Tobywankenobe: No you’re not. I’m looking very longingly at the gas oven.
graceless: To tweak McCain. He’s always calling McCain “John” just like Obama did Friday night. I think it’s funny if he shows Palin the respect “Governor”. Ha. Rather than “Sen. McCain”
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT???
simetrias:
Seriously, her looking at me is making me want to ruin my parents’ hugenormous tv with my non-six pack cup of alcohol.
i’m sitting here listening to my refrigerator humming, it’s much safer. all of you are so much braver than i’ll ever be. keep watching though. the wonkette filter of smirk suits me fine.
and nice to have germanchriz on board. welcome.
You know what I did in Alaska? I loved Ted Stevens, and raised money for him.!
I had to take on the oil companies by praying for a new pipeline.
BIDEN IS LAUGHING AT PALIN… drink!
WTF? $5000 is barely enough for one person to have a decent health care plan! Even if you take the $170 version from Carefirst for one person, you’re thousands short annually for a family of three, let alone of 4.5.!
Bless the hearts of those corporate CEOs!
is her pin a sparkly flag/dollar sign?
Well, so far everyone’s sticking to talking points. Booooring.
Palin says she takes on big oil. ha ha ha ha ha !
Pronouce the fucking “G”, lady!!!
Bless their hearts????
Oh, fuck, this woman is driving me crazy.
oh also…”i’m a mavrick so i’m not gonna answer any of yer questions i don’t want ta!”
Biden has got to wake the fuck up.
Palin just needs to keep sounding retarded.
her teeth…she has a bridge in there somewhere
You all playing the drinking game must be getting destroyed, but not as destroyed as Palin.
Bitch is getting served.
To us trash-types in the boonies, she is sounding better than expected. Not that her message is particularly valid. Of course I am gathered around the radio (sorry Joe).
How about the millions of gallons of toxic waste you let Chevron dump into the Cook Inlet Sarah? Oh yeah, the studies on heavy metals have been stonewalled….
People who drop their “g”s should be killed….really.
crookedE: It’s an earmark. It’s like lint with her.
Ohio bitterz men just hated Biden…the Ohiya wimminfolk bitterz…unrequited love.
oh, f**k - energy plan. now there’s her point. her point of cumming back to alaska. and her familiy. where’s her family having their house heated by natural gas from alaska that cums from pipelines drilled and buildt by GAWD!
hard 2 stand…
Did she just reinforce that she has five weeks’ experience on the national stage?
Nice.
dano: I loved the routine about she was talking straight to the American People, so she doesn’t have to respond to the question. She blurts out answers like a Furby blurts out gibberish.
Oh god she just winked at the camera, i.e. me, I totally have a hard on right now.
“There hasn’t been a whole lot that I’ve promised” … the CNN focus group chart went negative for both been and women on that one.
Is David Lynch directing this POS?
Black is not great for her.
every response by palin sounds canned. she’s got to run out of material soon.
I don’t believe a word this bitch says.
And Sarah Palin sucks, too.
oh she’s all slogans and lies. it took 5 weeks to prep for this? “and darn it i had to say to those darn oil companies ‘no!’ you betcha!”
You know what she had to do in her state? The state of Alaska? Up there, in Alaska, which is where Alaskans live, she took that dirty Obama money that Obama gave to the Big Oil companies in Alaska, for Alaska. Yup-yup, that’s what she did all right.
“I’ve been at this … what, five weeks? I haven’t promised anything!”
that’s awesome.
What’s up with the Uncommitted Ohio Voters graphic on CNN?? trippy…….
whedonsgal: So about this half a person in your family… maybe you should have a doctor take a look at that.
I’M CUMMIN HOLD ON….I’M CUMMIN HOLD ON…REACH OUT TO ME GIRL FOR SATISFACTION…UUHH WIAT..
John McGoo’s assistant lost her grip and the moment was lost…the worm turned….
oh joe, must you praise the governor? and a thousand dollars gets you a 12-pack of coke and 3 gallons of gas. in the dark.
She’s giving well-prepped answers…too bad they’re not answers to THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS THAT SHE IS BEING ASKED
True Alaska is so shitty they give $1000 if you are unfortunate enough to spend 365 days in a row there.
Joe, when it is on tact, is very strong…I hope it plays as well to people who read/know/pay attention less…
ohio hates gwen!
ok , ok ok..i figured out how she does it. the genius’s at microsoft have given her a pair of cutting edge telespecs…that’s right, steve schmidt is dicatating her replies and funneling them into her micro teleprompter glasses…those rovian dawgs.
I can definitely see how she was elected president of some small town PTA. She’s sharp.
You know, if Sarah Palin was a true Maverick (TM) she would flash her breast at the camera. That would be a real game changer.
Be nicer, Joe! Talk slower and be nicer. Plus, your eyez look Chinese.
Street Organizer: That is my Mantra tonight.
I’m pretty sure that was a ‘maverick’ comment on McCain so drink.
She’s not aware that the bankruptcy laws were amended. She’s doing her first answer again…
crookedE: it’s a flag on a g-clef — she’s making the flag sing… for it’s dinner. Seriously — if the middle and lower class make up 95% percent of the american people, they’ll have to entertain rich people for money. Her party’s plans would leave us screwed.
Gwen Ifill’s jacket is tur-KOISE, boy. I mean no joke.
Man, I’m drunk.
Using “Bless Your Heart” above the Mason-Dixon Line is punishable by six months, according to the Criminal Code of The Confederate States of America.
Only five words come out of Palin’s mouth, a noun, a verb, greed and Wall Street.
Is it me, or is Palin already starting to unravel?
REVELATION! Jesus is a-comin riding his tyrannopony! Oh, she’s just fucking blathering about taxes or something.
Reared head! reared head! DRINK!~!!!!
Sarah speaks from the heart about “rearing the head of abuse.”
I had to step away from all things Wonkette to listen to the debate.
She is winning.
“rearing that head of abuse” really? like putin??
what is it with head rearing?!
‘main streeters like me..’
The effects of tanning bed abuse are self-evident, in high def…FAILIN’
She’s repeating herself now. SHE’s a TOXIC MESS. Also. Again.
Puttin’ the campaign aside made a BIG difference! The initial vote failed.
Wow, so Palin is deeply shocked at the corruption on Wall Street. I wonder if she and her running mate will be returning some donations now.
I tried to watch her online, but I just can’t take it. She makes absolutely no sense.
I’m relying on you guys to keep me “informed”.
Ifill’s doing well; much better than Coach Lehrer last week.
“main street is the problem and it’s affecting wall street” - umm did that really come up in her talking points?
My glass is mostly full of Amaretto. Barack’s is half empty. Joe’s is half full.
Two running mates, one cup.
WikipediaBrown: God you’re easy!
OK, she is running out of steam here. Startin’ to stutter and repeat.
She is having the moose in the headlights look.
The bridge to nowhere comment and Joe’s look shot at palin afterwards made me fall of the couch and nearly spit out my beer. He’s finally out of his cage? (a little)
Toxic mess on Main Street spilling on to Wall Street? Whooops!
Biden: Lay off the wonkiness!!!
the ladies love the biden
She’s not drooling. WIN Palin.
Biden is, excuse me, totally presidential. Palin is, well, dential. She smiles nicely.
She is giving my willy the willies.
MAKE HER STAY ON TASK!
snapppppppppppppp she has failed to answer and gone back to ENERGY - Holy Zimbabwean aragula!
Palin: “I want to talk about my 18 month record on energy”.
Biden is kind of kicking her ass. It’s hot.
She’s not answering the questions, she is making shit up. Failure = Epic.
We’ve got energy all over this great land.
Genius.
EAST COAST POLITICIAN????
The women all love Joe Biden.
“Your ticket’s energy ticket also”. WHat?
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ENERGY NOW, BITCH!!!! STFU!!!
Oh please, if their is a God, let Biden answer Palin talking about McCain putting the campaign aside by saying “Governor, the only thing John put aside was an appearance on Letterman.
Apparently Palin has been directed to answer every question with an answer about oil.
your ticket “also”
Does this drive anyone else apeshit?
“because this isn’t what I want to talk about…I’m going to talk about something else”
EAST COAST politicians.
Nice try, Miss Sarah. You are an ASSHOLE.
God help me. This woman makes me want to pull my hair out.
Nonsensical?
Drink
I am pretty sure she is into me.
Can she answer ONE FUCKING QUESTION! Also, my stupid feed from msnbc keeps stopping on my computer. Pissing me off!
Palin really only wants to talk about energy. A few mentions of mainstreet thrown in there, but just energy. Repeating the same stuff over and over.
She is NOT winning. She’s mouthing tripe that didn’t fly three months ago.
East Coast politicians? Those America-haters!!
well ain’t she purrky.
She’s still repeating herself. Has anyone mentioned how pretty her makeup is? That silver eyeshadow is haawt!
I see why she is hard to debate. She is so fucking all over the place, where do you start? If it isn’t memorized, she is just making up shit, stringing together buzz words.
Babble Spice, beaches!
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…HELLO DUMB-ASS you are running for the VP spot not Alaska governor! So stop mentioning it!!!
Alaska produces snow.
BarakObamaBarakObamaBarakObamaBarakObamaBarakObama. Furcrissakes, it sounds Moselem. Call him “my running mate” or something. On a positive note, Sarah is getting less coherent as the evening progresses.
Is she EVER going to actually answer a question?
Fuck sakes Joe STOP AGREEING WITH HER because she has no idea what she’s saying…
Lionel Hutz Esq.: win
The EAST COAST elitists want to give your money to the BAD GUYS instead of the fine patriots in Alaska.
questions? palin don’t need no stinkin questions. it’s about a heck of a lot more than that.
I love how Joe is able to hit her back with familiarity at the senate vote record attacks they made her memorize. Whenever she tries to distort the record on what Barack or Joe voted for, he remembers the vote and sets her straight right away.
BTW, I love Gwen.
She’s babbling on the climate question.
Translation: I don’t believe in climate change.
She’s undergoing a cyclical temperature change….
Again, pronouce the fucking “g”!!!
East Coast Politician…Jews?
Hungry Hungry Markets!
She’s very Alaska-centric, isn’t she?
Climate change. She’s giving the same answer she gave earlier this week, almost verbatim.
Oh lord, she is beyond words. What is she talking about — can anyone make sense of this crap, “East Coast politicians”?
FOREIGN COUNTRIES = bad!
Yes she may sound like a moron, but she is winning.
Sarah, your “cyclical temperature changes” rule my planet, at least.
Palin melt down! Gibberish is set to 11!
I don’t know how she’s going to make it another hour. “Thousand points of light…there, the end” Uhh…you still have 90 seconds, Governor.
She just said East Coast politians like it’s a bad, bad thing…what people on the left side of the country aren’t allowed representation. I need liquor.
Nice flip flop. I thought she said only Witch Gods of Nazareth caused climate changes.
possibility clean up this planet, nations, governor, causes of human kind, mccain’s scrotum, other countries who hate us, i am the, oil.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: That line is genius.
Gibber .. snow … changes … it’s cold up here … maybe a man left his fridge open … maybe it’s all the bicycle’s fault … how should I know, I’m only 5 years old?
Does Palin know that she’s running for VP, not re-election for Queen of Alaska?
other countries don’t care as much about the climate as we do? aren’t we the ones who refused to sign onto the kyoto treaty?
WHAT THE HELL IS SHE SAYING? I DON’T UNDERSTAND.
germanchriz: Are many Germans watching this debate?
“How are we going to positively affect the impacts?”
SCORE–I just orgasmed from teh stoopid!
she doesn’t wanna argue about the causes for climate change??? cause not. cause WorldWideWarming is just a sign of GAWD huggin’ us closer? man…
@ L. Hutz - Dead on.
Hydrocarbons!
Drink hard.
global warning is man MADE! the end!
Palin is the governor of the only arctic state, so she is an expert on climate change.
I guess the governor of Washington must be an expert on George Washington.
she’s all slogans. joe’s all numbers and facts. she wins.
Joe is burning her on climate change, no pun intended.
Yes! “There isn’t a whole lot that I have promised”
Oh God climate change word salad. Oh this is beautiful. There wasn’t a single complete sentence there. Joe smacks her right down. I just peed my pants for fun.
I wasn’t gonna drink, But its either that or kill myself.
Joe is doing pretty hard “facts” against her talking points….I hope it works
Whoever the poor sap who has the task of close captioning Sarah Palin’s empty talk must be nearing an aneurysm.
whew…she reminds me doing shakespeare quotes in hi school…as fast as
i could before i forgot.
but i did stop to breath.
i sense a breakdown coming.
Notice how there is no humor in this debate? Intentional, I mean….
Biden needs to hit her harder. They’ve got him pulling his punches. He needs to blody her tatooed lip.
Sarah Palin makes baby Jesus cry!
Energy all over this great country? She must be talking about solar and wind. No McCain votes against those.
Did she just get the human attibution thing backwards again?
Joe doesn’t like them lights flashing at him. That’s why he’s stumbling over words. He’s not chairman of the debate committee. It sounds like they worked with him a bit on timing, but he’s still rushed.
oh my - it’s just too painful to listen to her while she destroys the english language
OH MY GOD
that palin global warming cheerleader speech was PAINFUL.
Hunter Gathers: maybe not losing. She won’t last another hour, though. And they haven’t even started on foreign policy.
Oh wow! She’s such a wonderful idiot. She sounds so ridiculous when she has to “think on her feet”.
Is she running for president of Alaska?
‘Drill Baby drill?’ excuse me??
So I must fall into that category of “people who hate america,” then, since I’m not adamant about domestic drilling?
At least I don’t fall into the dreaded category of “East Coast Politicians”
lmao, joe, don’t you know the fuckin chant?
oh fuck…
Senator O’Biden.
Sarah’s talking about drilling for oil again. Wow, who knew this would be her main subject?
Senator O’Biden?
Genius.
Drill baby Drill? Drink baby drink.
Joe…. Lay off the big numbers. America don’t care. You betcha.
Senator O’Biden..hhahahaha…she’s just PRECIOUS
OK, everyone - a sip for every “energy producing state” as well….
So how old do you think the Hairdini is that she’s been using to do her hair?
drill baby drill…who chants that???
drill baby drill!!!
Her eyes lit up at “raping.”
SHE FUCKING SAID NUCULAR.
WHAT A GODDAMN RETARD
thwanger: Yeah, but so what. Wall Street is melting down and her numbers are falling like a rock. Coming out of this alive will keep her even.
She just said NUCULAR.
NEW-CUE-LER? Jesus Christ on rollerskates, she IS Bush.
and we’ll send you the rape kit costs, sarah
if the intercontinental shelf is getting raped, we should probably charge it for the rig.
I thought the “drill, baby drill” was a sex thing…like “harder, baby, harder”…
Dreamer: see
matineeidol:
I’m willing to bet money I’m right.
Gay power!
Gwen needs to shut the bitch up when she strays from the topic.
she said rape about offshore drilling! would she charge the planet earth for its rape kits??
Gwen is damn good. For someone writing a book about Black politicians.
This is a game changer for McCain. Enough to win? Maybe not. But Biden is sucking.
Teh gays! Oh boy here we go. Wheeee!
Uh oh, here we go down teh gayz road.
Wait, is Bam Bam FOR nukes? Isn’t that what Biden said?
Wedge issue! Drink!
pinkdc: Oh my god I fucking lol’d. You win.
Tequila Face: dont think so - 3:36 a.m. here - thank GAWD there’s a holiday 2morrow (or now) - german reunification day…
can please alllllll americans still driving cars that need more than 12 mpg shut TF up? good…
just kidding. i LOVE america. and i’ll get back there as soon as barry is the president. (i’ve been boycotting the US 4 the last 8 years.)
sarah should also support gay rights if she acknowledges a right to privacy in the constitution.
graceless: She’s Alaska-centric because she didn’t know there’s 48 other states down here; she’s too busy looking at Russia.
She’s so tolerant. Uh, oh. Who’s gay in the family? Could it be don’t ask don’t tell in the Army? hmm…me wonders.
“I have a very diverse family.”
Ye gods.
Diverse family? Rednecks and retards?
tolerance? answer the damn question dummy!
Sarah may have just pissed off a few fundies. She’s not hatin’ the gays enough.
I choose a partner even though he is opposite sex - screw u McCain-Palin administration!
Why does she sound so very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very intolerant when she says the word tolerant?
i allow choosing of partners…like Bristol’s fiance
oh noe the gays….
“i am tolerant”
Biden just won my vote 10 times over–love that Constitution! vs. “I am tolerant?!” Please. But wait, we just can’t go for marriage. OK, fine, I will compromise for the good of the world.
Palin just referred to homosexuality as a choice! Five swigs of White Zinfadel to that.
Marriage *is* a legal construct…treating it as anything else is just silly.
Rosen is loving the gay marriage talk
one man. one women. lots of illegitimate children.
Two haikus.
Wonder what she writes,
on that stupid fucking pad.
She draws dumb flowers.
Biden is so drunk.
“Characterization”, dummy.
No more pre-gaming.
What an idiot! Could this woman be even more stupid? Has she even made sense once?
graceless: the mavericks always have a great regular season, then fold in the playoffs! they re what is referred to in the sports vernacular as ’soft’. this is nothing to be proud of.
Palin: No early withdrawal!!
No shit!!
“early withdrawal” - we don’t know nothin’ bout that.
If only Bristol believed in early withdrawal.
No early withdrawl, Sarah? Could make a Bristol comment here.
Ugh GOD, Sarah Palin is adorable. She’s adorable. She is a terrible, horrible, awful, intolerant piece of shit.
But, Jesus Christ, she’s so cute!
DIBS ON SARAH!!! I am optioning her life right now! If she makes it to the WH, can you imagine the series you’d get out of it?
oh, they agree about gay marriage? FUCK! i’m f***in’ gay… :-/
“With all due respect, I didn’t hear a plan.”
Joe, what the hell? More!
She doesn’t believe a word she says..because she doesn’t know wtf she is talking about
Shi’a extremists? Dogwhistle Iran, some?
Anyone who claims to be tolerant is so intolerant.
ok…white flag of surrender. She’s losing it.
how sweet! when i get gay bashed, my bf/partner can come see me thanks to the Veeps
…ruh-roh, she was caught off gaurd!
yes! gay stuff!
whoa, Palin: FAIL! (on IH-RACK)
She just called Biden a surrender monkey.
“Eye-rack”
why can Scrappy Joe not stop smiling? for the love of god, why?
Joe is making a scary laugh…she is just nattering on about war, victory….I’m confused and my head hurts…
GO JOE!!!
John McCain has been dead wrong. I love him…but he is dead wrong. Nice.
I’m SO glad I’m NOT watching or listening. I have teh Wonkette filter on. It’s less painful and probably more accurate.
Nucular Everyone drink!
I’m lookin at yer vee..oh my moose hair, get me a two by four and strap it to my ass, I’m bein pulled over the event horizon, forget he 2×4, get some moose antlers and maybe a bridge to nowhere, oh noooooo, the glory hole is pullin me in and there’s a red moose cock closin off all the light comin this way…mooooossseee…..
Ooh, a foreign policy drubbing!
“Both are extremely dangerous, of course.”
He might as well be clubbing her with a briefcase.
PS - “Nucular!” Again! And again and again!
NUCULAR ???? REALLY???!!!!!!!!!!!
joe is doing great! sadly, she is also doing better than expected. but i guess since people expected her to pose in a swimsuit and heels and stare into space, we weren’t expecting much.
UNCOMMITTED OHIO VOTERS: its NUCLEAR, not NUKULAR!!!
Sully says she winning on style points and he’s right.
She’s pronouncing the leader’s names right….Bush couldn’t even do that…
She goin’ for the Jews! She doesn’t know any! Cept for Joey L….
I think poor Wonkette just pulled a muscle or something…
Opps, she just refered to the leader of Iran as NOT sane or stable. Should she be saying that stuff right out loud in front of the entire world?
Eye-rack. It drives me as crazy as that Bewitched nose twitch. Will being a bitch work for her?
The CASTRO BROTHERS? Is that a new salsa group?
Clancy_Pants: Must’ve been code to the bitterz.
What was that back there about the leader of Al Quaeda being a more trustworthy source than John McCain? Go, Sarah!
kct: If he is not sane or stable what does that make you?
Is the moderator her teleprompter??? wtf.
And also….
They hate our freedoms! Oh noes!
Or maybe they hate our arrogance and bullying, hmmm?
And that Aye-Rack is driving me crazy.
Beans: Yes being a bitch will work for her. ALL those bitterz in Wingtardia think they are hot powerful witchbitches.
Did he just say Iran is closer to Obama?
I used the Castro Brothers once when I moved. They were punctual, well-groomed, and quite polite.
HUGE blenders in the war.
The blame game, change is comin’, pointin’ fingers…wish I had me some booze..I may have to mute the teevee.