|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) |
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:41 AM Original message |
Sarah's bag of tricks: what happens if she cries during the debate? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Then she loses big time. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I'm not talking about crying in reaction to a tough question |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MSU_Spartans (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
36. People already think she's human and vulnerable... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. But that idea wouldn't work in this context. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Exactly. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. you said it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JohnMcCant2008 (464 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. For one thing - I wet my pants laughing!! I have NO sympathy for the woman - none, nada, zip, zilch |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. It works for boehner ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Really? By what measure does it work for Boehner? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
elizfeelinggreat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. He is the minority leader |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. I don't doubt that you dislike him, I just question that crying has helped him |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. It will end there. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Does Biden ask to stop the debate to give her a moment to compose herself? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It might be even better if he did |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. "It's okay, Sarah. I understand." sez Joe, caringly. Then he signals to Gwen Ifill |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. The she kisses the election buh-bye right at that second |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. My take on it, too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. or the "unfair" attacks on her family. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. What if Joe Biden cries? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. He's come close to tearing up a few times, you can see him pushing back the tears. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I was thinking the same thing |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Is she known to have ever used the crying tactic? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
16. I think it would be the end of it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. I don't think she'd be caught dead crying. Hillary didn't want to do it either, but |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. I agree.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. Ugh. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. Dupe. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. It didn't work too well for Hillary, so my guess is it would mean another downhill spiral |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Didn't work too well? She charged back and won NH against all expectations. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. But it was a short term gain and a huge long term loss |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Long-term loss? She would have been knocked out for good had she lost NH. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. The kitchen sink phase happened because the tears couldn't |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. If I were Biden I'd rip her up |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. Absolutely |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Hard to say. I would have thought Clinton's were a terrible idea, but they were brilliant. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not in New York. The Daily News & NYT treated HRC like trash. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. And who was laughing after the NH results came in? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. It didn't matter. NY turned her into a cockroach. And... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. NY needs to get over itself. Nobody else particularly cares. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I've been saying that for years. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. "Leave New York alone!" Waaaa. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. Ugh. It's nice you can read her mind. And it's hardly like the tears were flowing. She got a bit |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. No, they'll all laugh at her. How do I know...because MSM teared HRC to bits for tearing...n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
25. Biden should beat her to the tears. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. Is she gonna cry the next time Putin rears his head??? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Then Biden should quickly pull out his hankerchief, dab Miss Piggy's tears away and give her a hug. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. She's a pit bull. Pit bulls don't cry. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Pit Bull image is wearing off - she needs a new tactics |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Might make |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
31. You are buying into the media crap... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Furthermore.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
32. Ask Ed Muskie. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I still believe it was snow |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh, I do, too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. ... I thought of Muskie immediately as well. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. You're not crazy. We're so used to Republican tricks that we |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. There was a repub on yesterday... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I think I saw that segment with the strategist or whatever |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. That was Todd what's-his-face, McCain's old advisor, on Tweety--I saw that. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
37. I doubt Palin would cry, she is a very cold person. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
46. Crying is not in her personality... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
53. Do Pit Bull Barracudas cry? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
54. I think if she cried about her son in Iraq she'd be okay |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
55. Joe would shout, "Crying! There's no crying in politics!" N/T |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. But there is. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
themaguffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
58. Crying won't work. She would immediately lose regardless of her "reason" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Willo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. It would hurt. She doesn't have room to tell a personal, heartwarming story. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
elkston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. She's not going to cry. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
67. I think she should bring a hammer and bust a watermelon like Gallagher |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
68. Cry over WHAT? Biden will NOT go for a personal attack, so if she tries that ploy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm more worried about her giving birth during the debate |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I needed a laugh today..... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Stop Cornyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
72. FauxNoise makes much of Joe Biden crying during campaign speeches; perhaps we shouldn't make such an |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
74. She will have taken an anti anxiety pill to calm down. IF she crys it's because she cracked. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Wed May 08th 2024, 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC