For all the talk about how fluffy and lacking in details (and discipline) the Vice-Presidential debate last week was, there was some interesting information that came forth. For example, Joe Biden spoke about how he approves of realistic intervention and would like to create a no-fly zone over Darfur. Sarah Palin then joined in and agreed with him, noting that she had supported Alaska's divestment from Sudan as a form of protest. "When I and others in the legislature found out that we had some millions of dollars in Sudan, we called for divestment through legislation of those dollars," Palin said at the debate. Unfortunately, this tidbit did not hold up to fact-checking.
Perhaps the best part of any presidential debate/State of the Union/political speech is the great fun in creating drinking games for the appropriate speakers. In college, every time George Bush would smirk, everyone would take a drink. Every time he stuttered, another drink. And terrorism mentions warranted a shot of whiskey.
So in preparation for the debates tonight, a lot of blogs have begun formulating their pre-fab list to getting wasted when Sarah Palin and Joe Biden take the stage.
Comedy Central's Indecision 2008 has perhaps the best rule yet, and we have a couple suggestions of our own.
John McCain spent much of this week saying he wouldn't attend tonight's debate with Barack Obama, and it wasn't until this morning that the Republican candidate confirmed he would participate.
That indecision and stunt playing did nothing, however, to quell his campaign's confidence their candidate would trample Obama.
THE MAVERICK FINALLY SECOND-GUESSES IDIOTIC IDEA "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ended three days of suspense on Friday morning and announced that he will leave bailout negotiations in Washington and fly to Oxford, Miss., for the opening presidential debate."
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