VEEP Debate

I don't normally watch the VEEP debates but this debate should be, at the very least, funny.

CSI is pre-empted anyway.

Palin vs. Biden: Pitfalls galore

Between Sarah Palin, with her repeated missteps in a series of interviews with CBS anchor Katie Couric over the last week, and gaffe-prone Joe Biden, who also has made for some Maalox moments for Barack Obama’s campaign recently, the two running mates have set the stage for what may be the most anticipated vice presidential debate in history.

With all their potential for pitfalls and insta-classic moments, the pair has made the build up to the showdown, to take place here Thursday night at Washington University, feel more like a NASCAR race than a serious political forum: the audience may be tuning in as much in anticipation of cringe-inducing pile-ups as they are to watch the typical parry-and-thrust of debate.

I don't know about anyone else, but that's exactly why I'm tuning in. Goodness knows we won't learn anything. I have some lovely wine to enjoy, some knitting to do and, as the temperatures have dropped in the great North East, cats who need to snuggle up against me on the couch.

“Voters aren't tuning in for a vice presidential food fight,” said Biden spokesman David Wade. “This debate is about two very different philosophies of where to take the country.”

It's exactly what people want to see. I'm betting Caribou Barbie can whoop Biden's ass without breaking a sweat or putting a single hair out of place. I've believed for years that if presidential candidates would just do one mud wrestling match voter turn out on election day would probably hit 75%.

As difficult as it may seem given her recent public performances, aides to Biden are casting Governor Palin as a knife-fighter who shredded debate foes in Alaska.

"I think Governor Palin will do well. She's good with the proverbial knife and she can deliver a prepared one-liner and quick jab very effectively. She's a former broadcast journalist who excels on television, and she's a career politician who climbed the ladder by out-debating political legends in Alaska," said Biden spokesman David Wade.

"There's a reason they call her barracuda," added another Obama aide, taking the expectation-setting to an even higher level.

Hm. Maybe we should just go all out panem et circenses in this country, starting with this election. The jackass with the highest ratings wins.

BTW: If a monkey and Superman had a knife fight on the Moon, who would win?

Huffington Post