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- Duvie, on 10/05/2008, -22/+167Yep, Rusty's right. Palin dissed Ms. Ifill, The Commission on Presidential Debates, Joe Biden, and the American people. She needs to go back to the Far North and never, ever venture down here again. Her latest comment, a misquote at that, that "there is a special place in hell for women who don't support women" suggests as well that there's another place she can go
- MindyB, on 10/06/2008, -12/+149Palin and the McCain camp are benefiting from the sexism coming from their own camp-McCain, and the right wing media. In a serious VP debate, she is not graded by the substance, facts or knowledge but by her "folksy style", "smiles", "common speak", "winks", "poise", "confident looking". By their extremely low standards set only for her, a pet rock could have also been deemed successful in this debate!
If she were a man, would she be as coddled and protected by the media--especially the right wing media?
If she were a man, would she even be taken seriously for a minute?
If she were a man, could she have gotten away with the absolutely ridiculous contention that she has foreign policy experience because of Alaska's proximity to Russia?
If she were a man, could she have gotten away with resorting to winks, cutesy folksy talk, and speaking in nonsensical sentences that have absolutely nothing to do with the topic in question?
Palin is a disgrace, she knows she has the benefit of sexism to get away with being a completely uninformed, intellectually incurious, specious idiot by flapping her eyelashes, winking and speaking like a "folksy" child.
What she is doing is disrespecting and making fun of all women who work very hard to be taken seriously in the world. What she is doing is setting women's progress on a reverse course. She is worse than the men who espouse sexism to keep from taking us seriously.
Her and McCain are among the most despicable human beings I've come across. - Rusty626, on 10/05/2008, -36/+136How can Palin claim to be for women's rights and be so disrespectful to Gwen Ifill? And did you notice how David gregory toally ignored Palin's dis of Ifill? It jst killed him to say anything negative about her at all.
- sfgamergirl, on 10/06/2008, -10/+96If Sarah Palin wants to be a "maverick" and rewrite the rules of a formal debate... what else will she rewrite when she has Dick Cheney's power? Is that what America needs? An aspiring dictator who is a heart-beat away from the POTUS?
- Dantewolfe, on 10/05/2008, -15/+83I was wondering if anyone would have the courage to say that Palin didn’t answer the most important issue of the debate concerning the economy – Did McCain support massive deregulation? When asked on SNL Tina Fey said, “No thanks,” Palin in real life just ignored the question.
What’s great about SNL is now a magnifying glass is going to be put on the very issue the McCain camp thought they could avoid! - inactive, on 10/05/2008, -5/+67Tell you what, Bill. At your next job interview, ignore the questions, then tell us how it went.
- nodonjuan, on 10/06/2008, -12/+68I haven't heard so many "you betcha's" since I watched "Fargo" last. Why does everyone think small town values are any better? With small towns come small minds and Joe Six Pack beating his wife.
- gdonald, on 10/06/2008, -9/+55Sarah Palin is a moron.
- Dantewolfe, on 10/05/2008, -5/+37I was wondering if anyone would have the courage to say that Palin didn’t answer the most important issue of the debate concerning the economy – Did McCain support massive deregulation? When asked on SNL Tina Fey said, “No thanks,” Palin in real life just ignored the question.
What’s great about SNL is now a magnifying glass is going to be put on the very issue the McCain camp thought they could avoid! - streak, on 10/06/2008, -3/+31I thought Ifill did a very subpar job as the moderator. She could basically have phoned in her performance, and in this clip, Ifill basically "blows off" her responsibility. The very first time Palin didn't answer the question, Ifill should have said, "No one has suggested you answer the questions the way we want, but you do need to answer the questions." And at, say, 30 seconds into her response, if it seemed Palin was still going to avoid answering, Ifill should have interrupted to push Palin for an answer.
My own opinion: Ifill was neutered by the questions about her book that the RNC raised the day before the debate. Even though the RNC knew about the book deal when they vetted her. - cquinnd, on 10/06/2008, -2/+28Please provide examples of Bias, and a definiton of an "anti-Palin" question to attempt regaining credibility.
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -7/+32"All you do is ask the person to answer the question. And don't move on until they do. "
If Gwen Ifill "didn't move" until Palin had answered the the question, she'd still be sitting in Missouri. - MindyB, on 10/06/2008, -6/+31Gwen did not have the option of pushing for the questions to be answered! The McCain camp made it very clear that if Palin was ruffled in any way they would blame her and accuse her of bias--so Gwen was forced to do what she did, just let the spoiled brat of Palin do what she wanted to do on stage.
The crap about "unamerican" is ridiculous and out of place! So you are saying that because Gwen did not force Palin to answer questions she is "unamerican"? The only one who acted "unamerican" was Palin for refusing to follow the debate questions and deny the American people the opportunity to be able to make intelligent decisions based on facts coming from both candidates. - magus_melchior, on 10/06/2008, -4/+28LOL. Brokaw opened with the SNL sketch! Nice man.
Good commentary all around, too. They saw what Biden and Palin were trying to do, and Ifill's dilemma as a moderator having to deal with two people essentially giving stump speeches. At least Biden had the courtesy to answer Ifill's questions directly; Palin could only dance. - SelfHomicide, on 10/06/2008, -2/+25So if you and the American people saw it, then why can you still not give an example?
- barfooz, on 10/06/2008, -0/+23You're really stretching with your first point. Supporting equal rights for women and observing protocol in a debate moderated by a woman are two very different, unrelated things.
- widget1985, on 10/06/2008, -14/+36Is it me or does every other story seem to come from just the huffington post?
- SethEllis, on 10/06/2008, -7/+28I don't understand why you are all so surprised. After all the McCain campaign told us that Palin was going to do this long before the debate ever began.
- CoreyTamas, on 10/06/2008, -6/+26"Palin 'Blew Me Off'"
There has to be a better way to say that. - charm803, on 10/06/2008, -1/+21During one of the satires, they didn't even make fun of Palin, they just used her ACTUAL ANSWERS!
- kraetos, on 10/06/2008, -1/+21That's funny, because just like the first Obama-McCain debate, roughly twice as many undecided voters thought the Democratic candidate won.
Out of curiosity, how much is the McCain campaign paying you? - lola29, on 10/06/2008, -6/+25I think if Gwen Ifill would have confronted Palin more it would have been used against her. Ms. Ifill did fine, but I wish she would have required Palin to answer the questions. Palin's answers were dizzying in their vagueness and lack of content.
- NyteStarNyne, on 10/06/2008, -6/+25I thought Ifill did a very neutral job, despite the controversy before the debate.
- davemitchell59, on 10/06/2008, -9/+28Ifill failed miserably. She didn't follow the format outlined, 90 second responses and 2 minutes for rebuttals. She asked different questions of each rather than keeping the questions the same for each. She didn't press either candidate to answer the questions that were asked. She was no more than a referee at a boxing match, keeping the opponents in the ring.
- ligyron, on 10/06/2008, -0/+18Is there an echo in here?
- mrshickadance9, on 10/06/2008, -4/+22I'm still in college. I admit i don't have the most experience with the ways of the world as some may. But at the same time, I feel like I could honestly debate her and win. That's not right. I want someone that is smarter than I am to potentially hold the most important job in the country.
- ducky101, on 10/06/2008, -1/+18yet not one example of bias, just a blizzard of words..
- inactive, on 10/06/2008, -3/+20Didn't you realize yet that Obama and Biden do not care at all about Palin? Obama barely acknowledge her existence.
And thats a good thing. - Dipsomaniac, on 10/06/2008, -2/+19Wow, not a single example of an anti-Palin question.
Oh, and the undecided voters thought that Biden did better by far, and the projections have favoured Obama / Biden even more since the VP debate.
You just can't win for being terribly and stupidly wrong, can you? - PunkRampant, on 10/06/2008, -2/+19IFILL: Governor, please if you want to respond to what he said about Senator McCain's comments about health care?
PALIN: I would like to respond about the tax increases. - mrogi, on 10/06/2008, -3/+19"I'm not going to answer that black woman's questions. I am not here to debate Joe Biden. I am here to speak directly to the American people and push my agenda." - Sarah Palin
- ulmedas, on 10/06/2008, -0/+16She claimed to be a feminist during an interview last week.
- TBombadil, on 10/06/2008, -6/+21satire is often closer to the truth than many other forms of media fool. and Palin sucked.
- PunkRampant, on 10/06/2008, -2/+16Topic: Economy
BIDEN: There are ways to help people now. And there -- ways that we're offering are not being supported by -- by the Bush administration nor do I believe by John McCain and Governor Palin.
IFILL: Governor Palin, is that so?
PALIN: That is not so, but because that's just a quick answer, I want to talk about, again, my record on energy versus your ticket's energy ticket, also.
I think that this is important to come back to, with that energy policy plan again that was voted for in '05. - wexmajor, on 10/06/2008, -1/+15"If she were a man, would she be as coddled and protected by the media--especially the right wing media?
If she were a man, would she even be taken seriously for a minute?
If she were a man, could she have gotten away with the absolutely ridiculous contention that she has foreign policy experience because of Alaska's proximity to Russia?
If she were a man, could she have gotten away with resorting to winks, cutesy folksy talk, and speaking in nonsensical sentences that have absolutely nothing to do with the topic in question?"
Ask Dubya. - chrisduser, on 10/06/2008, -3/+17"Palin 'Tripped and her tongue landed in my vagina,' it was an accident, I swear!"
- diggproof, on 10/06/2008, -2/+15"anti-Palin questions". That's pathetic. You need to get a candidate that knows something other than drilling oil and boy do you need one quickly. She's got no substance. She couldn't answer some of those questions if her life depended on it.
So tell me, what were some of the "anti-Palin" questions, you pathetic shill? I guess when your candidate brings absolutely NOTHING to the table except for the fact she has breasts, then all they questions are going to appear like they're made to school them. She got schooled big time by Joe, Joe knows foreign affairs and ran circles around that novice.
Where was her rebuttal to the the criticism of McCain's health care plan? The one where he taxes your employer and will drop 20 million people. She was remarkably silent about that *****. The audience wasn't because they were laughing at the Ultimate Bridge To Nowhere, a direct stab a Palin's enormous gaffe that she said her first day on the trail.
I could go on, and on, and on about how weak Sarah Palin is and unqualified she is to even be on the same stage as Biden. Obama wasn't quite the governor of Alaska, but what's funny is as a state senator he was responsible for more people than her entire damn state.
So please, let's hear those questions that you thought were unfair, because I hope you realize that all the damn questions were anti-Palin because Palin is anti-knowledge. - EtherGnat, on 10/06/2008, -0/+13I see the inherent flaws in the current debate system, but what's "illegal" about it? It seems to me anybody could set up a debate that felt like it, and that candidates are free to agree to or refuse any events they want.
Not arguing, I'm legitimately curious what your view is. - Apokalyps2547, on 10/06/2008, -2/+15No no, you've got it all wrong.
Asking Palin any questions at all is biased against her ;) - Ahnteis, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13"You Betcha" isn't a value -- small-town or otherwise. It's a colloquialism designed to make you think she HAS small-town values.
- ulmedas, on 10/06/2008, -1/+13I think he was pointing out the lack of forethought by the bush administration, in pushing for an election in an area that doesn't have any political infrastructure, then being completely surprised by the results and essentially placing economic sanctions of the people who live there because they were pushed to vote for their leaders.
- BossKey, on 10/06/2008, -0/+12I agree that Ifill did not hold Palin accountable to answering the specific questions, but it was clear that the weak debate rules themselves do not hold Palin accountable either.
If "you do need to answer the questions" was true, then every time Palin (or Biden) failed to answer a question, Ifill should have been empowered to say "You haven't answered the question either in your statement or rebuttal, therefore you have violated the rules of this debate and your allotted response time for the next question is reduced by 30 seconds..." or "...your score is reduced by 5 points" or something like it.
But there is no actual penalty for not answering the question! Because of this, Palin knows there is absolutely nothing stopping her from ignoring the question and saying whatever the hell she wants, knowing the networks will broadcast every last word. It's the perfect, free, high-ratings platform for a message repeated a la informercial, she and the Republicans knew it, and used it!
When will we have an actual accountable debate between candidates, instead of a simple exchange of statements? - jaxcs, on 10/06/2008, -0/+11If this book is shows such strong bias why was her appointment as moderator approved by the McCain camp?
- Mujokan, on 10/06/2008, -1/+12We got a perfect example of GOP empty talking points and boilerplate blustering, at least. Why don't they just sing the national anthem every time they're asked a question about anything.
- saranagati, on 10/06/2008, -0/+11HEY YOU GUUUYYYS!!!
- eyepennies, on 10/06/2008, -1/+11Calling other Americans "unamerican" is the most unamerican thing you can possibly do.
- hierophantus, on 10/06/2008, -1/+11Really, you're beyond obvious as a talking-points spouting paid troll (even if only paid in McCain points). Seriously, it's embarrassing. Pick a different name and try again.
- enclaved, on 10/06/2008, -3/+13I agree, He did go at McCain during the debate, but how was he supposed to debate someone who was pretending to not be at a debate?
- JenovaWitness77, on 10/06/2008, -6/+16This is ridiculous. It's an insult to Democracy that these two are even close to Obama and Biden in the polls. If you can't see that McCain and Palin offer nothing to this country, you deserve exactly what you get.
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