The Days of Lore

A hockey mom walks into a soccer match …

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 | politiX | 2 Comments

I watched the recent debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin at a local pub. Now, I had my reservations about watching it with a group of people … at a bar: “It’ll be like going to a soccer match at a European pub,” I thought.

… And it was. People watched as some chattered, then a huge cheers when she said something in her folksy little way, or winked at the camera. Me? Palin can tell me that a 15-year-old girl raped by her father must keep the baby any time, as long as she’s peering from behind those glasses and follows it with a wink.  The glasses-wink-combo is lethal. Watch out, America … soon you’ll be under her spell!

The more beers the debate-goers had, the louder the cheering got. I have the same beliefs as most of these people, and I still wanted to smack them … especially the bearded ones who looked like me.

The event itself was a little lackluster. I kept waiting to hear something that might sway the swing voter. Instead we got a by-the-numbers debate, with Palin sticking to the talking points while managing not to fall on her beautiful, heavily rouged face.

I’d credit Palin’s performance to the fact that she had been lying low while the maverick John McCain and his advisers opened the compartment door in her back and re-programmed the Alaska governor … but the Katie Couric debacle debunked that theory.  All Palin had to do was say she read the [insert city here] Times fer chrissakes! 

Here’s how the debate went down … you be the judge on who won. I just want to know who decided to let Queen Latifah moderate.

Tags: debate, Joe Biden, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin