What was up with Biden's right eye last night?

[President Decider]

Seemed to be getting red and irritated as the debate went on?

Just curious.

[Parker CA]

1. An allergic reaction from having to look at the Moose so often.

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. It actually might have been -

I have often had allergic reactions to women's perfumes. A few years back there were some floral scents out that kept me from going to the theater because I couldn't sit in the audience for more than 5 minutes.

[treestar]

2. I didn't see anything wrong with his left eye last night

[smoogatz]

3. You didn't notice him poking himself in the eye

every time Palin called herself or McCain a "maverick"? He did it to distract himself. It was either that or rip out her esophagus with his bare hands.

[FloriTexan]

4. One of Palin's eyelashes dislodged ...

on one of her winks. She's quite a good shot!;-)

[yardwork]

5. I believe he became a little emotion when Palin slammed his parenting abilities.

As you may know, Biden's wife and daughter were killed in a car accident right after he was first elected to the senate. He became a single parent for his two surviving sons. He was sworn into office - on the Bible, just in case you were wondering - in their hospital room. Each night afer working in Congress he took the train back home to Delaware, to avoid uprooting his young children who had lost their mother and sister.

I suppose that some people could relate this without shedding a tear - and Sarah Palin certainly appeared completely unmoved - but it's understandable to me as a fellow human being that Senator Biden's eyes got a little red.

[rateyes]

8. I missed part of the debate. What did she say about his parenting abilities?

[yardwork]

9. I didn't watch it either, but apparently she tried to pull her "kitchen table" crap on Biden.

I heard that she said something that implied that Biden is out of touch with "ordinary people" while Palin alone knows what it is to be a mother, having to decide what's best for a family. Biden called her on it and teared up. She didn't even pause to say something nice or empathetic, but just rushed into her next talking point like the soulless robot she is.

[kenny blankenship]

7. He was downwind, in the "plume", of Palin's bronzer and hairspray SuperSite