Joe Biden will handle Sarah Palin with "kid gloves" during the debate. For those wanting red meat...

[Blue_Roses]

it ain't gonna happen. Here's why: First and foremost, Joe Biden is a nice guy. He cares about family, friends, and honesty. He knows Sarah Palin is lying during these interviews (and you can be sure he has watched them to the point of memory) but he also knows the repub machine and how they use their own. This is where Biden will be soft.
No matter how "pitbullish" Palin is, Biden will cut her slack.

I have no doubt he will bring clarity and wisdom to the debate, but he will not do anything to diminish Sarah Palin as a woman, mother, and human. He's just that nice.

And that's why Barack Obama picked him.

And that's why I'm so proud of our Democratic ticket:D

[billyoc]

1. Joe just has to answer the questions, the truth will out.

(I think it's KID gloves) :hi:

[Blue_Roses]

5. I'm from the south and everything rounds off with a

t or d.:D Just spend some time in Houma, LA. However, I'll change just to make sure it's not taken as a joke

thanks friend:D

[billyoc]

6. Some MORE time in Houma, you mean.

I stayed in Morgan City for years, working offshore. :hi:

[Blue_Roses]

8. Church Point?

Layfayette...Breax Bridge Crawfish Festival? Fun times. I went to LA Tech,lived in Shreveport all my growing days, ran with a "fun" crowd during Mardi Gras (never understood that baby in the king cake) and loved the hell out of Bloody Mary's at the Court of Two Sisters...


What were we talkiing about again...fun times...:D

[WinkyDink]

33. (It is "kid" because of being made with baby goat leather, which is very soft. :) )

[Democat]

2. Is this a joke?

Would you be proud if president mccain got to pick two more right wing supreme court justices for your children to grown up under?

Democrats who are proud of the high road are not thinking things through.

How many children are dead in Iraq because Kerry took the high road?

Disgusting!

[npk]

3. You are wrong

And I can guarantee you that you want see Biden taking it easy on Palin. She can kiss the coasting she has been getting away with goodbye. After Biden is finished with her she will heading back to Alaska with her head hung in shame.

On edit: changed topic

[Enrique]

10. what can he do?

if it was a real debate, yeah, he could do some damage. But they're not real debates. Whatever Joe says, Palin will respond with her scripted talking points and zingers.

[npk]

11. She will probably try at first

But further into the debates she will have to start responding with legitimate policy and substance, all of her weaknesses, and when she does she is going to get burned. If she doesn't respond to a substantive debate then she will get laughed off that stage. I know many conservatives, friends of mine, that already have her on a tight leash, and after her interview with Gibson last night, that leash is turning into a choke.

[Blue_Roses]

12. she will have ONE debate with Biden...

that's it...

[npk]

13. What is your point? n/t

[Blue_Roses]

14. I guess I was responding to this:

"But further into the debates she will have to start responding with legitimate policy and substance"

[npk]

16. Spell check f/up

I didn't realize I pluralized debate. I typed to many "s". I should have said further into the debate she will have to respond with substance.

[Blue_Roses]

18. that's what I thought you meant. no big deal...

we are all "Palined out" tonight and I think I need to go to bed.

It's a shame that one dumb person has us second guessing our grammar:crazy:

:D

[npk]

21. Yeah I need sleep

About a years worth of it. I will be glad when 2008 is in the bag, and this time next year we are not talking about this stuff.

[Blue_Roses]

23. me too...I've put so many things on the back burner

because I am determined to NOT have another Bush term. But for tonight, I think I better go to sleep.

[enigmatic]

4. If Palin is stupid enough to go after him during the debate, he'll defend himself

And it won't be pretty for Palin. Joe's a nice guy, but he's not going to lay back if he's being smeared or his record being lied about. He'll do it politely, and without question Palin won't come out looking good afterwards.

[Blue_Roses]

7. very true. but that's not what I'm talking about.

I have no doubt he will defend attacks, but I see it more as a "scolding" ...when's he's finished, it will be crystal clear who the better choice will be. That's the beauty of wisdom:D

[enigmatic]

17. I think she won't be able to help herself

And Biden's response w/ be another Lloyd Bentson/Dan Quayle moment. Quayle got elected VP, but his political career was ended by Bentson's rejoinder; if anything, I see the same w/ Palin.

These debates are going to be fun to watch...

[Blue_Roses]

20. yes they are...

just glad our guys are the ones that have done their homework:D

[complain jane]

9. I want to see Palin duke it out with a pitbull and a barracuda.

Sorry, been up late working overtime.

[lligrd]

15. She's A Pitbull With Lipstick By Her Own Admission, Joe

Protect your ass, we don't want to see any lipstick left on it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Kid gloves? No way. She's a Queen but can't have it both ways:

Kid gloves? No way. She's a Queen but can't have it both ways. She can't throw shit and not expect some to stick to her.

Biden can be polite and tough without being deferential. He can pound a stake in the vampire's heart and be a perfect gentleman doing it.

[PatSeg]

24. That is exactly how he'll do it

And as you say, he will be a perfect gentleman at the same time. There are few people who can pull it off, but Joe can and will, with that big smile on his face.

[Cosmocat]

25. I have been telling people this for a while now ...

He will be gentlemanly, and statesman like - he will simply answer the questions and be polite toward Palin.

The media will HAIL it as a victor for Palin, the right wing will hail it as a victory, but they would REGARDLESS of what happened, only they won't get to use the victim card.

The people with BRAINS will be left to decide between an incredibly well versed, likeable, statesmanlike Biden, and a sharky, completely unknowledgeable con artist.

Sorry, it is NOT going to be some "fullfilling" moment where Biden works her over - heck, all Charlie Gibson did was ask REAL questions and not be able to hide his disdain for interviewing someone not even the first bit equiped to operate at the national level and he is getting panned as being mean to her - AND THEY HANDPICKED HIM, over every "journalist" in the country.

[Bryn]

22. Obama/Biden are Professional and Diplomatic

whilst all McCain/Palin talk about ... pitbulls, pigs, lipsticks, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, ponies, etc. etc.

they're so morans! I am !!!series!!!!!

[cleveramerican]

26. Good Manners demand he go right after her....hard

He will have to walk a fine line... No easy task.
He can't be seen as demeaning her or bullying her or patting her on the head.
But He must deflate her line of bullshit, He must expose her as a faker.

I hope he nails her with grace and courtesy.
Good manners demand it.

[Jennicut]

27. Yes, Joe is a good person but he will call her out on McCain's policies and her lies

He won't drag her into the mud but he will make points about McCain's non policies and the lies she has spread about her record. Remember the debate is not a back and forth, it is non confrontational. It is set up to give the candidates different sets of questions and they answer those questions. I don't think they rebut anything, correct me if I am wrong.

[RagAss]

28. In what respect, Roses?

[nolabels]

29. All bets for red meat are off if she brings her moose gun!

:yoiks:




Btw, does moose meat taste like rattle snake or just chicken?

[RBInMaine]

30. YOU BETTER PUT ON SOME BALLS AND FIGHT OR WE WILL LOSE !!

WIMPY WIMPY WIMPY = LOSE LOSE LOSE

[terrya]

31. I agree. He'll be unfailingly polite.

But he will clearly display who is the better equipped to be Vice President. And President, God forbid, if need be.

Joe Biden knows this stuff. How many Senatorial debates/Presidential Debates has he done over the years?

Joe will make us proud. Again. :-)

[bigdarryl]

32. don't bet on it Biden sometimes can be an ass and doen't like to attack

[faithfulcitizen]

34. he went after Hillary pretty well in the debates.

[jberryhill]

35. You weren't around for his Senate run against Jane Brady, I take it

What a lot of people do not understand is that John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton are all senators, and among senators there is a particular type of institutional courtesy.