what is up with Sarah Palin?for the record, it is one of the most distressing thing that she would choose to run in a time such as this. not only is there a war going on, the financial sector is collectively caving in on itself, and baby-boomers in America are getting older and in need of health care, but this is also the age of YouTube, Digg, Huffingtonpost, and SNL. people will make fun of you the moment you commit a mistake and they will blog about you, impersonate you without mercy, and play your video over and over again.
where perception is readily accepted as reality, you have to play the media-game very carefully. it's bad enough that the McCain camp has to limit media interviews to a very few journalists, but with the few interviews she's given, she... well... sucked.
i used to be involved in campus politics, and debates always mean hours and hours of preparation on the part of the candidates (or slate, in UP jargon). of course there is always an allowable degree of B.S. (bull excrement) that is expected from speeches, but it should never be excessive. one rule we did enforce was: if you don't know the issue behind a question, admit it. there is always room for humility even in politics.
honestly i dread Thurday's VP debate. i cringe at the thought of it. i have heard Joe Biden speak, and i love the calm temperament. Ms Palin hugely banks on her feisty demeanor to intimidate. Joe Biden banks on quiet experience to outwit. eeeee.... *cringing*
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nag expect ko na makatug siya pag ayo sa debate pero she did better than i expected. although she did wink at the camera once..turn off kaau when she has to resort to being adorable to worm her way out of a sticky situation.
and i think naa jud siya lines na gi-memorize...she said the exact same thing in the katie couric interview and the vp debate..about barack obama and his "dangerous" and "naive" stand on diplomacy..as in mao ra jud na lines bab!!! bwahahahaha!!
i watched the katie couric interview sa youtube ...ang comments niya about russia.."ay-raq" and "ay-ran"..bwahahaha! laveht when katie uses the word "specifically" in her q's...and den si palin kay generalized kaau ug tubag..hahah..usbon na lang ni katie iya q :D
and si joe biden bab..kay hapit nihilak..ang question was "what is your achilles heel as vp candidate?" and den nisturya siya about sa iya life...and kinda ni-choke siya with emotions..char..i kinda expected theatrics from the GOP candidate..si joe biden diay to muhilak..ngek. pero in fairness naluoy ko niya hehehehe..murag true jud to iya feelings..go joe!
ako gi-cnn online ang debate. joe biden killed it!!!
hmmm... kinda expected tita sarah to pull out all the stops. of course she had to play the part of the middle-class soccer mom to appeal to that demographic because john mccain never cared to acknowledge them during the pres debate. although she played it too da max, i thought. oa na.
when joe biden choked on his speech, ni choke pud ko. there's one comment from the huff post which i love: "Biden's Tears Did More For The Equality Of The Sexes Than Palin's Presence"... right?!
ambot bibi uy. i've always been republican. makarelate ko nila. pero the mccain-palin ticket is not doing anything for me.
gobama-biden.
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