Does anyone else think she was trying to trap Biden when she asked

[pnwmom]

him if she could call him Joe?

Hoping that he would then call her Sarah (instead of Governor), and then get blamed for not treating her with respect?

[grannylib]

1. I think she was trying to put herself on equal footing. She's an arrogant

asshole.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. ROFL

:rofl:

Nicely done. I really laughed.

[GoesTo11]

2. She didn't call him Joe during the debate.

So it was a trap.

[Klukie]

3. Why yes I do....

I immediately thought that he had better not call her Sarah.

[Fla Dem]

5. Hmmmmmm......yep for sure.

[bookman]

4. Yes

She needed to know if she could use the "say it ain't so, Joe" line.

Although I think she blew it. Didn't use it at a good time.

[Clio the Leo]

7. that was an effort to overcome the coldness that John showed us last week...

"go out there and call him by his first name, they'll love that!"

[DinahMoeHum]

8. She was trying to be flippant and folksy, and given the past few days

most of the American public evidently was not in the mood for that.

:evilfrown:

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Yes. I was very happy when he called her Governor.

[pnwmom]

10. Me, too. n/t

[Mira]

11. It was coached, deliberate, and to put HER at ease for being a non-equal equal

[Monk06]

12. It was a set up so she could ask, "In what respect, Joe?" Also using first names

in a formal situation, such as a debate, has
the effect of false familiarity and friendship
which puts difficult or embarrassing questions
off limits.