Tag: vice-presidential debate
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Hockey moms, Joe Sixpack, aw shucks!
At some point last, GOP Vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin declared she was not going to be debating: “I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people.” I wish they could have stopped the debate at that point and ushered…
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No RFK
All the comparisons of Barack Obama to the Kennedys, both John and Bobby, bring to mind the late Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s putdown of Dan Quayle. Quayle was fond of invoking the martyred young president whenever anyone questioned his qualification to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The question came up again during the vice-presidential…