Can you imagine a two-year governor and former mayor of Wasilia debating Joe Biden.....

[marmar]

..... on the Russia-Georgia conflict, nuclear proliferation and the Middle East?

[tridim]

1. I'll go out on a limb and predict she never debates Biden.

[wryter2000]

Don't forget

She was also Miss Wasilla. I'll bet she can beat Biden in the swimsuit competition.

[tridim]

6. "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so.."

"because some… people out there in our nation that don’t have maps, and I believe that our education, like such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should… our education over here in the U.S., should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future.., for our children... "

[baldguy]

20. Like, fer sher

[Bicoastal]

2. It depends on who's doing the moderating...

...if it's Fox, every question will be about aurora borealis and mooseburgers.

[wryter2000]

4. Mooseburgers!!!

:rofl: I don't know if even Brit Hume could keep a straight face asking mooseburger questions. :rofl:

[Mike Daniels]

25. Fox doesn't have any of the debates

Doesn't mean that another station won't ask her that though.

[Junkdrawer]

3. She'll do her Baby Seal imitation....n/t

[Donald Ian Rankin]

5. Yes, I'm afraid I can. Biden is verbose and gaffe-prone, Palin has a reputation as a skilled debator

Plus she's younger and more photogenic.

I don't think DU's general celebration about her selection is well thought through.

[Junkdrawer]

8. How much do you think she knows about foreign policy?

I mean, aside from being so close to Russia and all?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

10. A great deal, of course.

Not having been in power herself doesn't mean she doesn't know about it, and won't have been briefed to hell and back.

[Junkdrawer]

13. She's had her plate full moving from small town mayor to govenor...

As I said, she'll practice trying to make anyone who questions her look mean.

[Seeking Serenity]

11. But is that all the vice-presidency is all about?

Will the average voter see it that way?

[Junkdrawer]

14. 1.) Yes 2.) Depends on the media spin. n/t

[Seeking Serenity]

18. Really? The vice-presidency is all about foreign policy?

I'll bet that might be news to Al Gore.

Or is it just in THIS election, the vice-presidency is all about foreign policy? I'd be concerned about adopting that position.

[Junkdrawer]

19. THIS election we have a 72 yr. old melanoma survivor heading her ticket....

so THIS election it is....

[Seeking Serenity]

24. But to say that, in this year's election, the VP campaign is all about foreign policy

only, in my mind, seems to accentuate the notion that Obama, the presidential candidate, doesn't have it.

[Junkdrawer]

26. Obama vs. Palin on foreign policy....Let's see....

Who knows more?

Tough Call...

:sarcasm:

[Seeking Serenity]

9. That, and Biden has a tendency to get agitated.

If he starts getting . . . I can't think of the word I want here . . . in a debate and she keeps her cool, it could look bad for Biden.

[Mad_Dem_X]

17. Biden can bring it when he has to.

He'll shred her to bits.

[BostonMa]

28. You don't ever like anything that Du thinks. Why?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

29. Often I do, but I don't bother to post when I do.

It's quite true, I pretty much only ever post dissent.

That's not because I always disagree; it's because when someone else has said something I think is true, I don't see any need to say it again. I occasionally post thinks I think are corrolaries or consequences of another post than haven't been explored, but mostly I only bother to post when I disagree with what's being said; I don't see any value in repetition or bandwagon-jumping.

[undeterred]

7. She will have a wardrobe malfunction at just the right moment...

[Maggie_May]

12. I can't wait for the debate

[watercolors]

15. Can you even imagine her as a president

if mcnuts departs this world!! I think that will cause people to question this choice.

[Odin2005]

16. DU will be too busy attacking Biden for supporting Georgia... n/t.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. She has an advantage......(warning: some of you will call me sexist)

Biden can't go at her as hard as he would with say Romney or Pawlenty or Ridge because she's a woman. The media will be on minutes after calling him "mean", and no matter what he says of substance that will get the play. She nullifies any chance Biden had to slap around McSame's hand picked stooge.

[baldguy]

22. All the Obama camp has to do is bring out Hillary

to say "If you can't play with the big boys, you should stay home."

[Johonny]

23. I think she'll do ok

She'll lose yeah. But she'll Bush style lose. Meaning she'll speak to her target audience and they'll love the fundie crap she spits out. Bush lost every debate to Kerry and Rethugs could care less. Debates only sway logical voters.

[deaniac21]

27. Biden is so experienced and skilled. There is no way he will

EVER have a verbal slipup. He will bury her!