I forgot yesterday was Saturday and missed Saturday Night Live, so I just watched their take on the debate. I know making fun of either Biden or Palin is like shooting wolves from a helicopter, but Tina Fey (Sarah Palin), Jason Sudeikis (Joe Biden), and Queen Latifah (Gwen Ifill) are brilliant. Sudeikis as Biden might actually be my favorite element.
I don’t know why the video isn’t embedding, here’s the link to the clip in case I can’t fix it: The Biden-Palin Debate
Actually, I have one other thought about the debate, Joe. May I call you Joe? Wonderful. Here’s the thing, Joe. John McCain looks like the Cryptkeeper in person, but thanks to the magic of Hollywood uber-makeup artist Tifanie White, he only looked half-dead on camera at the first debate.
You, on the other hand, looked like you were auditioning for a House of Hammer Frankenstein film instead of participating in a debate. Dude, image is everything. This is not good. Please don’t let it happen again.
All the best,
MeanLouise
Since I wasn’t sleeping last night, I rewatched the debate. I wanted to see if, minus the twitter feeds and initial expectations, Palin was even half as intelligible as she seemed at first blush. The second viewing wasn’t kind to her, her lack of depth, knowledge, and experience was front and center. Her debating skills? I can’t even comment, since she never actually engaged in the debate by answering questions or staying on-topic. It wasn’t a debate, it was the interview portion of a beauty pageant. Actually, I don’t really have anything to say that can’t be summed up by the Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart that was on Daily Kos.
link courtesy of TrueEpicure
I’d just finished a post about something I saw on boingboing, when JunglePete pointed out an even more disturbing boingboing link:
Oh yeah, my original post was about the woman in the cowsuit:
I believe her steadfast resolve to wear that cow suit, as demonstrated by the fact that she wore the suit to her arraignment, is what really makes the story newsworthy.
Yes, there is a mugshot.
link via boingboing
Even grading on the “and yet the majority voted for W again in 2004″ curve, I just can’t believe that voters are as dumb as John McCain seems to think. McCain Accuses Press of ‘Gotcha Journalism’. Well, duh. You chose one of the worst possible running mates and almost every time she opens her mouth she says something that is moronic, if not also utterly false. No “gotcha” techniques required.