Democratic Diva

God I hope so.   The “wink” has been shown and mentioned on several news outlets, and not in a good way.  Bloggers started swapping .gif files immediately: Can’t wait to see what Tina Fey is going to do with this.  Palin didn’t screw up at the debate but those silly winks and verbal tics – you betchas [...]

Not a great performance, but good enough to far exceed the low expectations that had been set. But doggonit, she sure didn’t really give us an answer now, did she. Also. Oh, and I love Joe Biden.

1.  Sarah Palin will exceed expectations fantastically.   The bar is so low that an anorexic centipede couldn’t crawl under it. 2.  Palin will answer every question will be answered with non-answers, glittering generalities, and folksy anecdotes.  So what if she doesn’t possess all that smartypants elitist “knowledge”?  She’s cute!  You can relate to her!   3.  [...]

Ok, not really, but I am expecting some kind of disaster to happen in Alaska, maybe Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning, because the McCain campaign is that desperate to get Palin out of Thursday’s debate. I think all of the stuff McCain pulled last week about putting his campaign on hold and wanting to reschedule [...]

Under the hot lights of the debate set, the next president articulated his vision for America. Will the next president be the candidate who threatens things will get worse if he isn’t elected, or the candidate who looks straight into the camera to viewers in their homes and offices, and tells us in his own [...]

Okay, I didn’t see that debate.  I was in South Tempe, watching the LD20 Clean Elections Debate.  Which bears little resemblence to a debate, even the watered-down soundbite format that constitutes the Presidential ones nowadays.  It’s a forum, where each candidate gets 2 minutes to answer the same question.  Typically, the moderators are careful to [...]

Anyone interested? If so, drop me a line in the comments, and I’ll get it organized.