In that regard, Biden crushed Palin. Period.

Putting aside my personal disdain for her patronizing attitude and heinously phony “folksy” talk (since, as I said, that’s not what counts), she absolutely failed to give straight answers. Any time she didn’t know what the moderator was talking about, she went back to “energy” because it was what she had been coached on. And if it wasn’t energy, it was “Alaska”, McCain being a “maverick”, or her experience as a mom. What do any of those things have to do with McCain’s policies? There were a lot of questions that she just didn’t answer clearly, and the few she did certainly failed to appeal to me. (Expanding the powers of VP? No, thank you!)

Biden, on the other hand, had an answer for everything. I loved the way he retaliated and listed reasons as to why McCain is not a maverick, because he was able to drive the point home for everyone watching. He answered questions clearly and to the point. He cited examples when he spoke and had good rebuttals for all of her points, and it was clear that he knew his stuff. He did a fantastic job, and I’m appalled that he’s not getting more credit for it.

I wish more people would wake up and realize that Palin has all the substance of a dime store bodice ripper. Biden is much more deserving of the title of Vice President.

She not only held her own, she won the debate. You would expect Biden with his decades of campaign experience to have done much better. But considering the fact that he has done nothing substantive in the Senate for all those years, it’s amazing that he got even 9000 votes in the primary. Palin did great and she showed us a more wholesome and refreshing persona. One without the smug conceit and deceit that Biden is known for.

It’s disappointing though that she didn’t point out that if McCain is just another Bush, isn’t it surprising, with all the democrats that it was possible to choose from, Kerry chose – not Biden – but McCain as his running mate. Of course McCain turned him down, and Kerry chose his second choice – Edwards – way way back in the old days, when Obama was still an Illinois senator and having parties with Rezko and Ayers & Co..

Folks, Donklephant is a political forum for people of all political stripes who have passionate opinions and appreciate healthy debate. What it’s not is a place to denigrate somebody’s character.

So TwitterHead, shape up or ship out.

She definitely has TV training and it shows by how she looked straight into the camera when she spoke.

Unfortunately, I think voters this time around (esp independent voters) are tuned in, so it does hurt her that she is a bit of a lightweight–an incoherent lightweight.

And how many twitters did you post that denegrated Biden? Read your twitters, dimwit. You are not only biased, you are lying to your readers about being neutral.