Sarah Palin: A Better Debater Than You Think

[1thislife]

She is not debating... debating requires listening to opposing sides... She is just talking.

[pepetrueno1967]

What experience?? to see dollar a dollar sign and leaver her post?? stupid and ignorant bitch, she went black and never came back! Its been centuries I haven't see her, she is still getting balled in some bro's crib drinking malt liquor..

[wewatch007]

Palin isn't able to keep her own children in school...passion of money, and nothing else.

Sarah WE know, we know and soon the entire world will know your lying ways.

[cdixon5150]

ahhh....conservatives who think she's presidential, funny. LIberals who waste their time getting angry and pissy about her...whining and crying like babies, funnier. My take, i'd never vote for her as president, she's not dumb, she's not that smart either, and she's hot. I'd like to make out her.

[cdixon5150]

@cdixon5150 make out WITH her...oops.

[tonic2gin]

If she would have debated in this fashion during the general election '08 might have been a different story. For some reason, her handlers decided that they needed her to folksy up her demeanor in order to appeal to the Republican base, but by doing so alienated the sizable independent body. In this debate there is none of that eye-winking, "I'm just you", soccer mom crap, but a confident woman in control of her facts. What has become of her today is a sad sight to behold indeed.

[EGarrett01]

Here she looks like a hot chick who knows her stuff on top of it. Oh, what we were to learn in the months that followed...

[Dorfdepp555]

how does this show that she can debate? we only see her talking

[EphesianRose]

it's incredible how relevant some of those issues and her expertise are now to the NATIONAL scene: think oil spills and oil company regulation. Palin 2012! :)

[tylerderdin01]

How is this suppose to redeem her. This  doesn't mean anything. what matters is the addled, rambling, talking point saturated responses she gave to questions any politician runnig for the highest office in the land should be prepared to elucidate. What's this, some debate for governor of Alaska LOL. Just because little Sarah got a B in finger painting class doesn't mean she's destined to attend MIT.

[incrediblehulkmovies]

Bravo sarah.

[silverton7777]

This is the person you want with her hands on the nuke. Crazy metally ill lady doesn't even know basic simple geoghraphic priciples. Like Africa is not country. Shit talk to her staff who prep her for these interviews. She want all questions ahead time so she can have her staff google them. If you don't believe me have do FOIA on her internet use.

[237769356]

A better debater? Oh, come on.

She's been prepped for this and uses notes.

But there's no knowledge behind that speech - and no curiosity and no desire to learn or to educate herself.

She's ignorant and condescending of educated, intelligent "elitists" but ambitious enough to use whatever means she has to get what she wants.

Just look up some videos of her rallies:

"Her" audiences are mobs chanting "Obama is a terrorist!" and "Kill him!"

And she just smiles...

[hsmp363]

showing her make speeches doesn't prove she is a good debater. what constitute a debate are two opposing sides with questions as well as answers.

though these examples may be good evidence that she is a capable debater, they're not valid unless you have the entire argument.

[katarasmoon]

wow, without tina fey imitating her and making fun of her accent, she looks a LOT smarter (not that I ever doubted it). Now I'm remembering why I wanted McCain to pick her in August.....She has some REAL potential.

[johnvines]

she can be a porn star maybe we will see one of them sex tapes in the near future who knows as a politician

i don't think so !

[JDPTB]

It's going to be very interesting to see Palin four years from now when she's had time to reflect on and think about national issues.

[Robert8smith]

Small politics and issues. Outside Alaska she's clued out on the issues. She's a religous rogue divider !

[daris89]

remember people, obama had 2 whole years to prepare for what he ran for. i would love to see him doing the same interviews she did. he would have sucked!!!

[mrscorie]

It not her debate performance that troubled me. Its her lack of curiosity and knowledge about national and international issues. I mean for us its fine but she is a Governor who wanted to someday be President. I blame John McCain, he had 5 months running unopposed while Barack and Hillary were fighting itout. He could have given her 5 months to prepare instead of 8 weeks. Not that she would have been ready but she may not have made a fool out of herself.

[daris89]

I understand what you're saying. I never though she was ready! but i know her potential. she went from city council in 1992 to mayor then governor. thats many, many more years than obama. i believe if she really puts her head into it, 2, 3, 4 years maybe more.. she will be one HECK OF A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY! 2012, or 2016, she will be ready! I also blame McCain, I love him, but there were mistakes done! and Palin had to deal with them :-(

You Betcha ;-)

[mrscorie]

The problem is Sarah Palin was picked by John McCain she was not voted in. So if you are saying she isn't ready and you are not in politics why didn't John McCain with all of his experience make that same assessment. And what does that say about what type of President he would have been if he couldn't even recognize that she was not ready to lead this country in the event he couldn't when regular Americans did.

[daris89]

he was convince by many, his mistake! i feel bad for her...i always said a leader acting as a sidekick is no good even if that person was meant to be the hero! she needs time! i'm a republican/democrat/independen­t...i sometimes dont even know what i am. i lean towards the right but sometimes have ideas that swing both ways. i just go with whats right and stay away from the wrongs. i believe in her!...

[daris89]

...she thinks almost exactly like me. i disagree with her gay marriage views and religious views, because i'm not religious at all. but agree in almost evrything else! i can't even kill a cockaroach, much less a moose, but i like her because she loves this country, she shows it! she likes people and cares about them. she's smart even though people make her look dumb! there arent stupid politicians, just politicians who care and politicians who dont care...she cares! and thats what matters!

[keybladeblastcalibur]

@daris89 you`r right, and its politicians who don`t care about anyone else who try to make that good nature look like stupidity.

[freakylocz14]

Because American voters are uneducated.

They play the "blame the party" scapegoat game instead of assesing and individual candidates record. They are so eaily swayed by a Adolf Hitler type good speaker who can make empty promises that to this day remain empty and some turned out the opposite.

Sarah Palin has more executive experience in one bone than Obama, Biden, or even McCain in that matter have put together.

[mrscorie]

Her executive experience would only be relevant if Palin, Obama, Biden and McCain was running for Govenor of Alaska. There is a big difference between state government and national government. Our great Presidents who were govenors were not great because they had executive experience, they were great because they were knowledgeable about the world outside of their own states. They actually understand politics on the national level, they payed attention to what was going on in the country.

[freakylocz14]

Yes I do agree to an extent. But lest face it nowadays elections are more like popularity contests and who can unconver the most skeletons in the closet of their opponent or get the people to feel sorry for them.

[keybladeblastcalibur]

@freakylocz14 well I don`t know about mcain but the other 2 surely.

[better22cen]

John Mc MotherGarbage = George W Deuche II)

Get ready to $9.89 gas if Nasty Betty the oil whore gets in office! & the worst economy in the last 20 century..

[daris89]

the government can't control gas price!!!

[therealbs2002]

Nobama will bring about the worst economy in the last hundred years you moron.

[mirz86]

She talks well here cos shes confident and knows her subject: is it not slightly worrying that shes less prepared-to the point of becoming farcical-when it comes to running for vice presidency? Shes totally out of her depth.

[48evergreen48]

I see the Obama Bots are out in full force to Slam Governor Palin.

Do you see the difference in this than what the Media, Couric and Gibson is force feeding you.

Wake up people they deliberately made those interviews look they way they did.

[whoo689]

This is pathetic. And yet, voters in Alaska gave HER a plurality??? Are you shittin me? They would've been better off with the Independent.

[daydreamnation54]

wow...she could talk half-decent back then.

now look at her.

Obama/Biden '08!

[CHANGE4Z]

This white bitch wont be in power.Obama FTW.

[shawno66]

There are a lot of assholes in Washington DC that have experience up the yang but can't balance a budget. So what? Their approval rating is 9%!! She has common sense. That is more important to me than the crappy "experience" of some 30-year capital hill veteran like that blowhard Ted Kennedy.

[mln9898]

ya that's really hard to find in someone isn't it? COMMON sense? lol

And you know she's an idiot, stop lying to yourself. She has answered "What does a VP do?" wrong 4 times so far. She thinks she has foreign policy experience because she can see Russia from her porch. She really has said so many retarded things it's unbelievable that you'd try to claim she has good common sense.

[Bardlettt]

I have no problem with her being in control of Alaska- mostly because I don't live there.

She is not, in any way, intelligent, knowledgeable, or experienced enough to be vice president or president, of the US. End of story.

Thinking she's pretty, charming, or "just a normal family woman" is not criteria befitting someone in the highest office of this country. Let's not set women back 80 years, tyvm.

[Ansonidak]

I didn't see any debating. Mostly I saw her reciting prepared statements. So she can remember a script and sometimes not go up on her lines. Lots of rhetoric but short on real content. The closest I saw to debate was when she kept interrupting someone else trying to speak.

[LizzyxDarcy]

She is great!

[Lakishia]

She was great back then, but the celebrity status has gotten to her head. No country accent here, so was she putting on a show for the VP debate????

[wuxuelingfeng]

she is so beautiful and good!

[RationalEmotive]

"She is expert at making values-oriented statements." Yeah she is Noam freakin' Chomsky! It is hard to follow for two reasons, one she is talking as fast as a machine gun and second if you actually are fast enough to catch what she says you realize that it is so full of logical fallacies that it is hard to extract an argument.

[machopicasso]

This is definitely not the same Sarah Palin who, in the VP debate, followed George W. Bush in repeatedly pronouncing the word 'nuclear' as "Nuk-u-ler". Gosh darnit, somebody's learned to speak with fake folksy charm over the past two years.

[cambria93428]

So where is the heavy Fago accent we heard during the Biden debate? She is a FAKE!

[blaquemark]

Just finish watching the debate and have form this opinion about Ms P...alot of charisma...but VERY little substance. Perhaps,if Newt Gringrich were to tutelage her in grasping the issues she could one truly be a force to be reckon with. Otherwise...she is interesting but,pointless.

baROCK & JB...change is coming!

[superhiyahman]

.....so i wanna know who was the idiot that picked the head line for this video "sarah palin a better debater then you think" ??? anyone can debate on simple issues they have studied over and over. again "SIMPLE ISSUES" .... i know its not in this video, but she thinks because she sold the little jet that she has the skills for VP...HA!

[empirical22]

This just shows that she belongs in position at a state level of government. When it comes to national or federal issues she's absolutely clueless and is very unqualified and uneducated about national issues. Just because she can debate intricate policies of Alaska doesn't mean she'll do well in a vice presidential debate because she's clueless on the larger scale of government and she's in no way ready to be Vice President of the most powerful nation on earth.

[franknyt]

Evil Twin? or Rather Smart Twin?

[jonathanichikawa]

How 'bout that. She used to run campaigns with a solid grip on the issues.

[uscitizen2008]

It is hard for me to decide. The best of two evils. There is always Ron Paul who makes alot of sense. Then on the other hand is Bush even going to give up his power.

[debbadepp]

GO SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm hoping your true self shows through tonight & you kick butt. I'm rootin' for ya!

[aaronski2007]

You all say Palin is full of BS yet you praise obama and buy those cute little shirts that say hope! How decieved are you?? do you know how much obamas social programs are going to cost? Yet he promises to cut taxes. Hmm where is this magical money going to come from? maybe from all the money his chief financial advisor has imbesseled? Raise your hand if you know what ACORN is? anyone, anyone? do some research with something other than a remote control!! you want BS? Then Vote Obama

[NShutterbug]

Read his proposals. Everything will be paid for. One of the biggest sources is the elimination of govt waste - which is huge.

[shawno66]

"One of the biggest sources is the elimination of govt waste..."

Let's hope you're right but remember he is a politician. I'll believe it when I see it. Doesn't the "spread it around" comment bother you?

[NShutterbug]

Many companies do not pay taxes, but the working class do. That is spreading the money to the rich. No business could make any profit without the hard work of the employees - and yet the CEOs earn disgusting salaries. That money should be "spread" down to the workers who deserve more - i.e. equitable pay for work.

[shawno66]

He's not just talking about millionaire CEO's, he's taking about BUSINESSES who earn $250,000 a year. That is most small businesses. That tax burden gets shifted to share holders.

[NShutterbug]

98% of all small businesses make less than $250,000 a year. Businesses that make over that amount can get tax breaks if required. Obama would take the country back to Clinton rates - where 22 million new jobs were created - a whole lot better than what has happened over the last 8 years, and would happen with McCain (who once thought Bush tax cuts were wrong).

[Bardlettt]

Yes I want BS -Better Solutions.

[stopandthink2007]

Listen closely to her accent.

I find it very interesting that she does not have that "twangy, folksy" accent in this video that she is currently using on the VP campaign trail. Is this an intentional tactic by her handlers to make her seem more like an average Joe rather than a politician? If it is, it's backfiring.

[amandacalifornia]

Well, first of all I think she knows about Alaska issues much more than national ones, and not only that, but when I actually went back and listened for specific policy ideas, she never really had any. We'll see how she does tonight.

[itsnotian]

LOL this is about alaska, did you watch the CBS interviews? she knows nothing about national issues.

[johnchoe4]

her voice in this debate footage is about 2 octaves lower and 10X less annoying. If she sticks to this tone and speaks with clarity, confidence, and knows her stuff, she's got a shot. Otherwise, Joe's gonna eat her up alive.

[eekdog2005]

A Better Debater Than You Think? Or a better LIAR?

[wang0fett]

nice interrupting people to spread you BS, statistic oriented, endlessly droning, republican packaged lies

[writemrbond]

The problem is that once her BS is fact-checked, everyone sees what a liar she is. She left her town in debt.  She led a corrupt administration.

[SonOfByfordBroOfAL]

she made more alot sense before she was given scripts to stick to by the mccain prep and damage control team. once they got ahold of her it's been downhill.

[foxilocks2007]

you talks so much because she's empty upstairs and she's trying to hide it from us. It's not how MUCH you say, it's WHAT you say and how you say it. She's got good delivery here.  But she had command of local facts and politics. VPOTUS is not local Alaska politics. She will be owned by Joe Biden this evening.

[OTsuperduper]

Yes, we are all looking forward to Joe Biden screwing up history facts like when FDR was president and when the T.V. was invented.

What's next? When George Washington used the telegraph? With that kind of aging mind, I am definitely looking forward to his "owning."

[flutterbychaos]

Princess Palin: Master of the nonanswer. Silly people don't you know that as long as you're beautiful you don't need to have experience or know anything. Looking good trumps just about everything in this country. As long as you're hot - lack of brains matters not.

[TheIllegit]

That's because the debates are actually about issues, not 'do you know a supreme court case', 'what magazines do you read', etc.

[CrapFiveThousand]

not much debating there.

[petefrt]

YES! My kind of feminist!

Palin! Palin! Palin!

[Winwood13]

I think it's important to make the distinction between a debate and a speech (whether presented in the debate or not).

Yes she manages to get across a lot of points that flow well but the Republican party has been intentionally promoting a false image of her as a poor debater until the VP debate (which I doubt), I still think she will lose out to Biden.

[Tcheuchter1]

Masterdebater, sorry Masterbater, sorry Tosser

[Mare416]

SHE NEVER SHUTS UP!!! A never-ending stream of verbiage ... and the other candidates eventually just retreat into silence (out of chivalric courtesy???) while she goes on and one and on and on and on and on

[jennymac]

Yada, Yada, Yada, what blather!. Did she ever take a breath?? Not to mention that she had notes. WTF was she even talking about?? Sheesh, someone give her a timeout like any kid that doesn't shut up when asked to give it a rest. Phew, my ears hurt, not to mention my brain. Help, she's driving this Jill Six-Pack insane!

[cjames1369]

These clips show areas where she knows exactly what she's talking about and they sound very rehearsed.

[artin74]

if mc cain dies ,who is gona take over ? does she knows anything about vahabis,soudi arabia or iran, iraq or differences Between persians(iranians0 and arabs???

[OneOfaKind949]

You must be Persian... are you?

[wg5516]

She may know a lot about Alaska's politics but she's clueless about the rest of the world. Her interviews with Katie clearly proved that.

[youngflymista]

Exactly, if this were the race for the president of Alaska, even I would vote for her. BUt it's not.

Her supporters need to stop being indenial

[KayakFreak]

Bless her fluffy little platitude spouting head. So, you CAN make her look of average intelligence if you cut and paste bits of her spouting sound bytes. There were plenty of able women out there for the Republicans to choose. They choose this divisive extremist.. go figure. She's out of touch with us here in middle America and she's out of her league on the national and international scene. What scatterbrain.

[astrea79]

I think it's hillarious she talks about the need to keep kids in school while her daughter Bristol is skipping school to help her campagn. Bristol needs to complete her high school education if she wants to get a job and support her baby. Or is her unemployed, high school drop-out fiance going to pay the bills?

[dougzilla]

Since the debate between her and Biden will be a joke anyway, she should get Tina Fey to stand in for her.

[ladytomorrow]

yes, but in this case, palin knows what she's talking about. she's talking about, and putting a favorable spin on what she did every day as mayor of wasilla. she's talking about alaska politics, and she has lived her entire life in alaska.

the debate on thursday will be different. she'll need to comment on issues she doesn't know as much about. the audience will be bigger. the stakes will be higher.

i don't expect her to come off anywhere near as well as she has here.

[MidnightChimes]

Yes, but she's misrepresenting what she did.

She lowered taxes but left them with a huge deficit and debt.

I don't want anyone to lower my taxes so they can take on more debt. That's stupid.

I certainly don't want anyone to use that as a 'positive'

[DirkFunk08]

Looks like she's a fine debater when she knows what the hell she's talking about (hometown/Alaskan affairs). The problem for her tomorrow will be her complete ignorance when it comes to national/international issues.

[rhymeswithtexas]

It's easy to lack the nervousness she portrays in her recent interviews when you know that only 3 people are watching the program.

[shawno66]

"only 3 people are watching the program"

why, was she on msnbc at the time?

[NotSoOldHippy]

LOL! She's an insane Christian terrorist and a fascist.

[bgmcourage]

Trojan Whore for the oil company interests.

[RZetlin]

This reminds me of George W. Bush.

Bush was actually a good debater when he was Governor of Texas.

[baddmanaz]

so what happened?

[Skyluna07]

Wow. She's fantastic! My Aunt Vi lives again. The Gov. lies faster than Joe Isuzu. Boy, she gives me a headache.

[timmyblaze]

She's donefore. Better debater than I thought?

I am going to tell Congress thanks, but no thanks on this bitch from nowhere.

[nxrisetaker2003]

Well hopefully we can get pass the notion that she's an idiot.... She isn't up to date with national issues.

Barack obama had 18 months to get these issues down. Sarah has a matter of days.

[tanio12]

"Well hopefully we can get pass the notion that she's an idiot.... She isn't up to date with national issues. Barack obama had 18 months to get these issues down. Sarah has a matter of days."

Oh no she is not an idiot by a long shot.Also if she was not aware of what the VP did why did she accept the position? Also they are lowering the debate to meet her level. NOw do you think they would've done the same for Condi Rice,Olympia Snowe or Kay Hutchison, hell no!

[epiphany4z]

she does very well with subject matter she knows...she lived and breathed Alaska politics..but do they work on the national stage?

I suspect she will do a bit better than most expect.

I also suspect that Biden will do great.

[armstrnc]

She sounds... not stupid? Generally coherent? It's a shame that's the bar she needs to aspire to in order to "win" the debate. This woman is clearly far from qualified.

I wish Couric was going to be moderating.

[earthlingdave]

Everyone needs to see this to adjust expectations for Thursday night. I think they're making her look clueless so as long as she doesn't totally screw up, it will look like she won.

[sublicon]

The stuff she's discussing at length on this video is mickey mouse crap compared to what she'll be tackling at the debate.

I think she will be in over her head, this video is no indication of future success.

[gnatelise]

someone just needs to inform her on national issues and she'll do fine. she's actually a decent speaker although lacks details, which most voters won't even notice. and she is awful in her interviews with katie couric, bc couric is a bitch!

[oceanbound222]

my god, she can't keep her mouth closed to allow others to speak.

[ForEmily23]

well, she's certainly arrogant and hateful - so she'll do just fine with Republican voters

but in this video, she's running for a state position in Alaska. She was confident about what they were talking about. But she knows she has no clue what to say about national and international issues. That's why she looked so lost with Katie Couric and even Charlie Gibson, to an extent.

if Biden v. Palin is actually a true debate, Biden will eat her alive

[eshfemme]

Wow... she seems like a bitch and a petty politican. Have you guys seens those videos of George Bush being very eloquent and then seeing how much it contrasts with his Idiot-in-Chief role? I get the feeling that Palin was only able to seem so verbose because she's able to be as bitchy and passive-aggressive as she wants since she decided the message. In other words, she just isn't suited to play the #2 supporting role for McCain because she's too much of a fucking diva queen.

[FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Ms Palin. To get a better dill? Or to get a better DEAL?

[sarcasmi]

in what way, Charlie?

[FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Priceless.

[wolfsrevels]

with the lowered expectations of the average American all she has to do is appear any where near this coherent to be considered the winner.bidden should be more careful pit bulls aren't smart but they are dangerous.

[lcswoosh]

yeah, she's familiar with state matters and all, but, really? national issues/foreign policy? No wonder she hasn't been put in the media intentionally, she's obviously undergoing some sort of crash course on it all. It's just a shame that we have the lowest expectations in her as a candidate for VP in America's history.

[NiceRaps]

Heres the problem with your central point. In those clips, Palin was debating from a sincere place. Nobody was pulling her strings. She talked about issues she had experience, you know . . . things that affected Alaska. However, as VP she is just speaking on things she's unfamiliar with. And in addition, she's being coached heavily to say things and she fumbles because the McCain camp is using her like a puppet. She's not talking from her gut.

[billiegirltoo]

and, another thing, when you repeat a person's name time after time, it's called a "sales technique." i've been in sales, and it's curriculum vittae. that's what they do, that's what she's doing. move along. the same with the hand positions. watch your local news and see how reporters have been coached to hod their hands in the bizarre vee position while they walk.......same difference. you've got to be kidding. journalist does not equal president.

[billiegirltoo]

here's the thing. when you have lived in a state all of your life, you can certainly lure folks in with a half witted response to anything. but, when you get into a debate with a veteran of the senate and women's rights you're in the wrong league and double talking.

[JamesR1969]

She still comes off like a half baked, annoying, dolt.

[bobhardball]

no doubt: sarah knows little about issues of national interest. BUT biden should be careful and NOT underestimate her. ´Cause this woman has proven many times in alaska that she can use the so-called "bush tactic": instead of getting specific on issues you know little or nothing about, refer to (your) personal stories and hope that the viewers will buy your stupid and baseless arguments.

[tabalitigi]

She couldn't name a single newspaper for God sake.

[tabalitigi]

She's screwed. She has NO CLUE about world affairs, and the only reason she could talk about alaska is because she lived there most of her life. She has not made any answer about world affairs that actually had substance, and in contrast to this video that PROVES she has NO CLUE. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Pallin has been called dumber than Dan Quayle by conservatives.

[babagu]

Yeah...but she has been living there and knows alot about alaska. So she is good at talking about the things she knows.But the problem seems she has a limited knowledge about affairs outside alaska and she just can't cram it for the debate. Takes time and needs to read alot (news and political junkie kind of).

[kjboy27]

She is also a liar. Her record refutes much of what she states. She is like Cheney in a skirt but also an extremist "Christian" who was "blessed" by an African minister who prayed over her to keep the witches away. She does not believe in evolution, she does not believe that a woman has the right to choose if she is a victim of rape and/or incest,etc. etc., etc. She is an extremist and a neo-con nutcase and heaven forbid that she gets anywhere near the "White House".

[masterhook]

yea, she is good, but we know that. They have been trying to lower what we think of her and it has worked. She will do ok at the debate but all it takes is one time in the debate to kill her.

[gifoimir]

one has to remember that she is running fro VP of the most powerful country in the world.. this traits is not going to cut it.. i think a newsweek editor said she is utterly unqualified.. couldn't have said it better..

on another note i think jon stewart said that bush must have been a nice guy, but he is by a long shot qualified to lead the US..

[porplemontage]

President Palin.. #45. Should be fun!

[cobwebhead]

Now doubt she's a big political talent. With no connections and little money, she went from nowhere Alaska to the Governorship.

On national issues, though, she's an utter buffoon. It's clear that she hasn't even taken casual interest in the news of the day.

[tanio12]

"Now doubt she's a big political talent. With no connections and little money, she went from nowhere Alaska to the Governorship.On national issues, though, she's an utter buffoon. It's clear that she hasn't even taken casual interest in the news of the day."

Well do Americans take any interest in the news of the day.

[Munitalp12]

A lot of Americans may not take interest in the news of the day... but if you are possibly going to be Vice President or President you damn well better.

She says she is an average "Joe six-pack" but thats not who I want running my country and meeting world leaders.

Sarah = Average American

Average American =/ Vice President or President

[ladytomorrow]

tanio12 said: "Well do Americans take any interest in the news of the day. "

Leaders should so everybody else don't necessarily have to. They're paid to know what's going on, for goodness' sake!

Your argument is like saying, well, a neurosurgeon's patients almost never know anything about medicine. Why should the doctor, then?

[tanio12]

"Leaders should so everybody else don't necessarily have to. They're paid to know what's going on, for goodness' sake!Your argument is like saying, well, a neurosurgeon's patients almost never know anything about medicine. Why should the doctor, then?"

Ladytommorow, I understand your point but still Americans need to take an interest as well. We can't always rely upon the media or our leaders to guide us. That's what some anticipate, americans not being informed.

[ladytomorrow]

tanio12,

I don't think we are in disagreement. Perhaps I misunderstood your original post.

[burntonion05]

She at least looks her opponent in the eyes. I will give her that. It is one thing to debate in a little room around a cozy little round table of discussion, but it is entirely different if they have the same format as the last Presidential debate. Having said that she should do OK if she isn't over-coached and she knows what she is talking about.

[CitzenVain714]

fuck...fuck...fuck....fuck...