Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart

[mckitterick]

This little graphic sums up my analysis of Sarah "I've only been doin' this fer, like, five weeks" Palin:

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PS: Here's the debate transcript in case you didn't get a chance to watch last night.

Chris

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[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Whoah, did Sarah "Say it ain't so, Joe" Palin really insult him like that? On TV?

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

Not really, no. She brought up her experience "as a mom" and said it would make her a good VP.

Palin: "But it wasn't just that experience tapped into, it was my connection to the heartland of America. Being a mom, one very concerned about a son in the war, about a special needs child, about kids heading off to college, how are we going to pay those tuition bills? About times and Todd and our marriage in our past where we didn't have health insurance and we know what other Americans are going through as they sit around the kitchen table and try to figure out how are they going to pay out-of-pocket for health care? We've been there also so that connection was important."

Biden took that and was able to get in his dig about being a single dad.

Biden: "Look, I understand what it's like to be a single parent. When my wife and daughter died and my two sons were gravely injured, I understand what it's like as a parent to wonder what it's like if your kid's going to make it.

I understand what it's like to sit around the kitchen table with a father who says, "I've got to leave, champ, because there's no jobs here. I got to head down to Wilmington. And when we get enough money, honey, we'll bring you down."

I understand what it's like. I'm much better off than almost all Americans now. I get a good salary with the United States Senate. I live in a beautiful house that's my total investment that I have. So I -- I am much better off now.

But the notion that somehow, because I'm a man, I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, I don't know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to -- is going to make it -- I understand."

So no, she didn't really insult him...but he did do a lovely job of turning it around on her to make it look as though she did.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

The insult he meant was telling him his wife would receive her reward in heaven.

She did not know he had lost a wife.