Heard just now on CBS: "Joe Biden looked Presidential; Sarah Palin looked mayoral."

[Fly by night]

Great line. The CBS "body language" consultant (don't know his name) said that as his closing line.

Despite all the furious spinning re: Palin in the corporate media this morning, I think the post-debate polls showing Biden the winner by a 2:1 or 3:1 margin says it all. And my guess is that Sarah's flirting with the camera turned off many more people than it swayed.

Sarah Palin: the "bull-hockey" mom at the end of the bar, winking at all the Joe Six-Packs.

[stray cat]

1. Mayoral - thats generous!

[Fly by night]

4. I agree. But, again, the corporate media was desperate to say something nice about her.

[KansDem]

5. She sounded "PTA-ish"--I'll grant her that!

Biden, on the other hand, had much more command of the subject matter and a much better grasp of the facts.

[mscuedawg]

14. P.T.A. in this case stands for People To Avoid eom

[SuperTrouper]

24. Not even PTA'ish; she sounded like a bureaucrat, hmm Regulator..??

[zbdent]

16. small-town "mayoral" ... you know the kind ... where everybody gets their

term as mayor ... it was just her turn ...

[goclark]

21. Mayor of what tiny town?

Hockey Ville?

[NewJeffCT]

23. In New England - a lot of small towns don't have mayors

They have a board of Selectmen & Selectwoman, and one person is voted First Selectman/woman, and they end up heading the board.

My town of 16,000 is run by the town council - there is no mayor. And, make no mistake, it is a TOWN, not a city like they call Wasilla.

[KittyWampus]

2. that encapsulates it quite nicely. Thanks

[Supersedeas]

27. i'd agree as well

[calmblueocean]

3. That's totally it. She looked like a small town mayor with an overinflated ego.

She ought to be cutting the ribbon at a shopping mall opening, not a heartbeat away from the presidency.

[Fly by night]

8. Yeah. If I were a married woman, I wouldn't want Palin anywhere near ...

... the nuclear button, the nation's budget, or my husband's belt buckle.

[blue2helix]

6. More Like Student Body President for High School.

Mayoral is way to generous.

[kick-ass-bob]

7. But noooooo!!!!

She is the governor of the biggest state in the Union.

[Fly by night]

12. If acres could vote, Palin would have a lock on the "back 40".

[LibraLiz1973]

9. I think she looked like an asshole

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. That gets my vote too.

[SuperTrouper]

25. Me, three. LOL!!

[bdamomma]

10. Joe Biden made her look like a schoolgirl and she

pretty much acted like one. Very immature, and cutsy, ugh, can we have some adults running things again.

[soleft]

13. When asked about what mistakes they had learned from

He spoke about learning how to work with opposition party in US Senate.

She talked about balancing a budget in Wassilla.

[Fly by night]

18. She balanced the Wasilla budget like Bush balanced our national budget.

No wonder Rethugligans embrace red as their party's color -- it just doesn't look good on our governmental budgets.

[FloridaGrl]

15. No Plain looked dumb

We don't need another Bush in the Whitehouse. Yes she didn't run off the stage but might as well she did because obviously she could not comprehend the questions that were being asked and kept reciting her notes. Her voice cracked and at times she was searching her notes for answers. I see no difference with her performance and the Katie interview. She is definitely not ready and should not have been chosen.
The republicans are grasping at straws.

[Raschel]

28. It's crazy that we are even in this situation - everyone tuning

in to see if a Vice Presidential candidate can handle a debate.

[Fly by night]

17. On NBC now: Palin: "'maverick, maverick, maverick, change, change, change, ...

... wink, wink, wink.' That sums up her performance." That was from a panel of women.

My guess is that a large number of undecided women were disgusted by her behavior, and a large number of undecided men --- once their glands calmed down --- would not want to take her home to meet the wife.

[Raschel]

29. I just wish Joe or someone would once say, "why are you using

our slogan? McCain and Palin stole Obama's slogan, it's just bizarre.

[lonestarnot]

19. I think she looked more PTA 'l than mayoral.

[Fly by night]

20. There are lots of PTA moms out there who don't want Palin's values anywhere near their families.

[opihimoimoi]

22. She is a SCAMMER....a FRAUD....just like the rest of the GOP

[Toucano]

26. No lipstick on a pig; lipstick on Gomer Pyle!

GOLLEY!

[uponit7771]

30. EXACTLY!!! When I was listening on the radio I thought she did OK but when I SAW her on TV when I..

...walked into my house she looked like she wasn't mature enough to stand there and debate with a straight face.

[gordianot]

31. If Palin would have Biden's numbers 2:1-3:1 Media shills would say it is all over.

They would be burying the Democrats.

[Schulzz]

32. I loved how the reaction meter went down every time she mentioned Maverick.

McBaghdad's image is really damaged.

[Tesla]

34. I couldn't believe she handed that tiny baby to the smallest girl

She is almost as big as that baby!

[rucky]

33. When RW talk-radio hell is calling it a "draw"

you know who won.

[Fly by night]

37. You betcha!!

[calimary]

35. Well, it was just really transparent. I kept thinking - who's she trying to con now?

Lots of Little Miss Sweetie-Pie to the camera. She WAS flirting. The smiles, the winking, the cutesy little cock of the head ever-so-slightly to the side. For heaven's sakes, this wasn't trawling for a prom date.

Didn't fool me for an instant.


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[LynneSin]

36. She looked 'Mayoral' if the city has no more than 8000 people

No way she could mayor my city of Wilmington Delaware