Joe Biden vs Sarah Palin Debate Nears

Excitement would be an understatement to the feeling many have in anticipation of the Biden vs Palin debate, as it nears. With decades of experience we know Biden is most likely ready, but how ready is the newcomer from Alaska, Sarah Palin?



Recent quotes regarding Palin indicate even conservatives are concerned with her performance during interviews.

Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there's not much content there.

If Palin were a man, we'd all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she's a woman -- and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket -- we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.

And those are from someone who supported Sarah Palin until now, and this is before the debate even occurs!

Here's more...

"Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake, I think they'd be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people." - Governor Mitt Romney, who many within the GOP saw as the smartest choice as vice president.

And another...

"McCain needs to liberate his running mate from the former Bush aides brought in to handle her -- aides who seem to have succeeded in importing to the Palin campaign the trademark defensive crouch of the Bush White House." - Bill Kristol in the New York Times

I agree that if Palin were a man, more people would be attacking her credibility and readiness to be commander in chief should that need arise. I don't think many Americans actually feel she would be ready to handle the reigns of the country, and McCain's choice of her as a running mate says volumes about his decision making in regards to this nation.

The first vice president debates are this Thursday, and no matter which side of the aisle you are voting for this should make for some good political entertainment. This is better than sports.

Democrats will cheer on Joe Biden and trumpet his three decades of political experience, and the Republicans and conservatives will sit there hoping it doesn't get too messy, and debate with themselves and their constituents how they let things get so bad. The country is ready for change, and most Americans are tired of the same old policies that have gotten us where we are today.