10:01 pm
Live Blogging the VP Debate II
9:37 Question on partner benefits. Biden hits it out of the park. Palin: choosing to be gay? IT’S NOT A CHOICE YOU DIMWIT. Palin argues gay marriage.
9:38 When Biden said that he and Obama don’t support gay marriage, Molly said “coward.”
9:39 Here we go — foreign policy. Palin is clenching her teeth while talking about Iraq. Repeating the lie that Obama did not support the troops.
9:40 Palin: I oppose early withdrawal. Maybe that’s why she has five kids.
9:41 Iraq: McCain is noun, verb, Petraeus. Obama is noun, verb, Maliki. Biden then hits on the timeline issue, fact that Iraq is spending money
9:42 OOOH Palin just called Biden a surrender monkey! Shouldn’t the Iraqi government tell us when they’re ready? And she just called Obama worse than a surrender monkey. . . a surrender ferret?
9:44 Biden is failing to do something fairly important: he’s failing to link McCain and Bush.
9:45 Hey Gwen, why the false dichotomy on Iran and Pakistan?
9:46 Biden is hitting all the points on Pakistan-Iran, but does anyone care?
9:47 Hey Sarah, who is that leader of al Qaeda? How many times did she practice Ahmadinejad?
9:48 Damn. I didn’t pick Ahmadinejad in our drinking game. Palin plays the Israel card.
9:49 Especially Henry! News flash: Dictators hate America!!! Who knew?
9:50 Dueling Ahmadinejads!! Biden plays Spain card.
9:51 “Secretary Rice meeting with leaders on one side or the other dere.” Friends, that’s experience we can believe in.
9:52 She’s gone from a noun, a verb, and energy to a noun, a verb, and Israel.
9:53 Joe Biden just referred to himself in the third person.
9:54 Does Palin know the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas? Finally he talks about Administration, but fails to say Bush.
9:54 Americans are going to get tired of pointing fingers at the Bush Administration? HAHAHAHAHAHA.
9:55 THERE we go. McCain = Bush. Over and over again. And switch to new question leaves no response.
9:56 Nuclear weapons would be the be-all and end-all to too many people. Here we go — Incoherence alert!
9:57 STOP SAYING NUC-U-LAR!!!
9:57 She’s lying more about Obama’s record than McCain does.
9:58 Biden needs to stop speaking of himself in the third person.
9:59 Biden is talking circles around her, but she’s not cratering. Bet pundits will say she won.
10:00 Palin is actually coherent and forceful on Afghanistan.