Originally posted by BackFire
So answering a question on healthcare by talking about something totally and factually irrelevant is a valid response? Time to learn the meaning of the words, I think.I'm not being insulting, you didn't seem to get what I was talking about. Biden answered previous questions AND still answered the question that had just been posed. Palin would simply talk about something else and completely ignore the current question. Again, not valid answers based on what he words mean. Healthcare doesn't mean 'energy'. Healthcare means healthcare.
Then you don't know what a debate is actually supposed to be if you think it's valid to respond with things that have no relevance to what was asked.
No, you don't have to agree, you're free to be wrong if you wish.
Maybe I'm really cynical, but we are talking about a political debate, right? Politicians answer a question with a completely different answer all the time.
Originally posted by BackFire
I disagree.I think gay marriage should be legal.
Oh! you have an agenda. I agree that homosexuals should be allowed to get married, but Obama and Biden are not going to be able to do that. Just like McCain and Palin will not going to be able to stop it. It will take longer then the next 8 years to come to a conclusion on that issue. It could take up to a decade of two, but I think it will happen.
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Oh! you have an agenda. I agree that homosexuals should be allowed to get married, but Obama and Biden are not going to be able to do that. Just like McCain and Palin will not going to be able to stop it. It will take longer then the next 8 years to come to a conclusion on that issue. It could take up to a decade of two, but I think it will happen.
Dude, I hope you're joking about posting a serious answer...even if the serious answer is really what you believe.
Eh i think both Biden and Palin accomplished what they needed to out there and the one person's strength was the other person's weakness. I'd call it a tie overall. I don't think any undecided voters are really gonna be swayed by either performance but tonight was do or die for Palin and I think she redeemed herself.
I got it.
Originally posted by ShakyamunisonWhen I watched the McCain/Obama debate while being extremely boring both managed to provide some semblance of answers to the questions posed. When I watched the Biden/Palin debate I thought Tina Fey would have probably gave better, more coherent and/or at least relevant answers to questions posed. She didn't fall flat on her ass, which some would consider an accomplishment in itself, but Biden clearly came off better.
I was watching the one on TV. One was a new politicians, and the other was an old politicians. If you want to take points away from the new politicians for not being as smooth as the old politicians, go for it. I on the other hand, took that into account, just like I did on the last debate when Obama was making noises into the mic; just lack of experience.
Here, have a transcript.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/debate.transcript/
Originally posted by BackFire
No, you simply didn't get a joke that I intended for you and everyone to get. And you are trying to blame me for you not understanding it.
No, I really don't care. I don't get a lot of jokes. However, the idea of being trolled by a MOD is intriguing. It bring up the question of can someone put a MOD on their ignore list. I'm not being sarcastic. it is interesting, but off topic.