Tonight was the night of Democratic Vice President candidate Joe Biden and Republican Vice-President candidate Sarah Palin, today was the night of the VP debate. Although it was a very close debate, they both did well in their own right.
Sarah Palin, who attacked the Democratic presidential ticket on issues of taxes and partisanship, holding her own against her senior vice-presidential rival, Joe Biden, diligently avoiding any direct attacks on his opponent, kept his focus trained on the top of the ticket, charging again and again about the
fact that Palin’s partner, John McCain, wants to give tax breaks to the rich and deregulate the economy.
When Sarah Palin was asked about the economy, she suggested talking to a parent at a soccer game. “I’ll betcha you’re going to hear some fear in that parent’s voice,” she said. Asked who was to blame for the subprime lending crisis, she said, “Darn right it was the predator lenders.”
Biden delivered quite a critique of McCain’s economic agenda. He noted that as the economic crisis was spilling over, McCain called the economy fundamentally strong, only to call it a crisis later that same day. He said “It does point out he’s out of touch,”.
The pair of Sarah Palin and Sen. Biden disagreed on almost everything. When Palin charged that Barack Obama would raise taxes, Biden replied that only those earning over $250,000 would pay more. “Where I come from it’s called fairness. Simple fairness,” he said.
On foreign policy, the two vice-presidential candidates differed sharply. Biden said Obama favored a timetable for withdrawing American troops, as has President Bush. McCain, he added, is “the only odd man out here, the only man left out.”
Palin was sharp in her response. “Your plan is a white flag of surrender,” she said, adding that “it goes beyond naivete” to suggest otherwise.” She added: “The central war on terror is in Iraq.”
Both Palin and Biden answered the questions in true Politically correct form but overall, Biden was more consistent with answering most of the questions in a confident and straightforward manner and he was able to give a clear plan for what he and Obama plan to do if they win and become the President and Vice-President. We are still waiting on that plan from Palin.
So who do you think had won the VP debate?
