Which Sarah Palin will be showing up at the debate?
- By Walter Johnson
- Published 10/2/2008
Walter Johnson
I'm a 28 year old computer programmer an web designer. Most of my interests revolve around computers and computer gaming and have been since I was 10 years old. I also love to learn new things. It has been those interests that have propelled me into earning my high school diploma and my bachelors in Computer Engineering from NC State University. Since then, I've been trying my best to better myself and my understanding of both my chosen profession and the world around me.
With only a couple of hours to go to the debate, I find myself actually considering whether or not to skip the usual nightly routine of relaxing with a good session of World of Warcraft and watch the VP debate instead. It's one of those few times in history in which the VP race was actually pretty interesting. Compared to the last two candidates, at least.
With the type of coverage the debate's been given, you'd think there was only one candidate on stage answering questions tonight. Sarah Palin's performance is key here for a couple of reasons. The first and foremost, of course, is whether or not she'll help boost the Mccain ticket. But the second, and probably the more prominent, is whether or not she'll be good entertainment and draw in the network ratings.
We've seen quite a few Sarah Palins in the news. At first, she was the hockey mom bringing a breath of fresh air to a rather dull and scripted national political party convention. Then, after all that hubub died down, she became George Bush in a skirt. She even had the fundamentalist "Because God told me to" thing going for her. Now, she's becomming the national ditz. I mean really. If you don't read the news or other print media that often, don't respond with "I read all of 'em". And if you're going to be Vice President, it would be more convincing to know of more Supreme Court cases that you're against other than Roe v. Wade, especially ones that concern your state.
Of course, "Debater" Palin could show up to. After all, that's what we heard about her when she was first picked. When she ran for Governer of Alaska, that was her major advantage--a good debater. But with Joe "the Lionheart" Biden on the other side of the stage, on a national stage at that, the odds of "Debater" Palin making the only appearance out of the Palin crew seem to be waning and waning and waning.
And of course, she has to realize that if she does poorly, she'll end up with another sketch on SNL this weekend. If anything, bad political blunders spawn great entertainment. And she's been making it real easy.
Of course, we could all be eating our words tomorrow and it turned out that Sarah "Hockey Mom" Palin could show up and wipe the floor with Biden.
With the type of coverage the debate's been given, you'd think there was only one candidate on stage answering questions tonight. Sarah Palin's performance is key here for a couple of reasons. The first and foremost, of course, is whether or not she'll help boost the Mccain ticket. But the second, and probably the more prominent, is whether or not she'll be good entertainment and draw in the network ratings.
We've seen quite a few Sarah Palins in the news. At first, she was the hockey mom bringing a breath of fresh air to a rather dull and scripted national political party convention. Then, after all that hubub died down, she became George Bush in a skirt. She even had the fundamentalist "Because God told me to" thing going for her. Now, she's becomming the national ditz. I mean really. If you don't read the news or other print media that often, don't respond with "I read all of 'em". And if you're going to be Vice President, it would be more convincing to know of more Supreme Court cases that you're against other than Roe v. Wade, especially ones that concern your state.
Of course, "Debater" Palin could show up to. After all, that's what we heard about her when she was first picked. When she ran for Governer of Alaska, that was her major advantage--a good debater. But with Joe "the Lionheart" Biden on the other side of the stage, on a national stage at that, the odds of "Debater" Palin making the only appearance out of the Palin crew seem to be waning and waning and waning.
And of course, she has to realize that if she does poorly, she'll end up with another sketch on SNL this weekend. If anything, bad political blunders spawn great entertainment. And she's been making it real easy.
Of course, we could all be eating our words tomorrow and it turned out that Sarah "Hockey Mom" Palin could show up and wipe the floor with Biden.
