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  Dionys1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  You're kidding, right? All she showed was that she could parrot back catchy phrases that had been drilled into her over a week and a half. When challenged by Biden or the moderator to get into specifics or apply actual knowledge to solving an issue she "answered another question." In fact she started the debate by saing she "may not answer the question she is asked" and stood by that throughout the debate, answering questions similar to questions asked her or questions not asked, sticking solidly to the talking points given to her by McCain's team.
  
  She proved that she should be sitting on the shoulder of some pathetic pirate. Maybe John McCain can get a pirate suit. We can call him Long John Silver after his long nose from telling so many lies and Palin can sit on his shoulder and squawk out "Awk! We're Mavericks! Awk!" (By the way -- When you cartoonists steal this idea give me some fecking credit and a copy).
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      fairey011 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Sure...and pigs fly and the tooth fairy lives in your house, too. It's so pathetic how gullible people are.
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      bluetexasvalley1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      "You guys are in denial,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"
      
      Correction: That's supposed to be "guys and gals".
      
      Yes, you, too, can sound presidential. You betcha. ;-)
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        fsev411 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        And look presidential, --- wink, wink.
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      spkguy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      "You guys are in denial"
      
      Ah..MMMM... I beg to differ!
      
      http://electoral-vote.com/
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    Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    dion Did you hear Biden say that Obama wants him sitting beside him all the time? Who will be making the decisions?
    Biden is one of the good old boys group.
    In five weeks Palin came up to speed. Biden has had years.
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      jcmcamis1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      I caught the same statement. He practicly admitted that Obama wouldn't be comfortable without him being there. I'm sure when he sees the tape he'll wish he hadn't put it that way. But then what do you expect? A few weeks ago he was trying to shoot Obama down too. And we're worried about Palin?
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      Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      They would have to install another desk in the oval office.
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      Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      If you think that lttle tart is "up to speed" then you are a bigger fool than I thought you were.
      
      You talk about Biden sitting with Obama, Yet NEVER say ANYTHING about the real president right now....CHENEY. Bush can't wipe his AZZ without Cheney but that's ok for you dopes since he's a republican.
      
      You're all a joke.
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        Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        brue - you are so in the past.
        
        We are talking about 4 years of Biden acting as president while Obama orates.
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    pc251 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    you guys are in such denial that it is pathetic..............Palin shot him, tagged him, field dressed him .tied him up on the roof of her car and drove off in front of a national audience.
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    humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Dionys
    I thought this was a joke as well. She said nothing of substance; it was all blanket platitudes meant to appeal to the average "Joe". No thinking required thank-you.
    Honest to God, it baffles me how anyone could think this woman is intelligent. She is a good parrot- easily trained, sometimes reliable, and you never have to worry about those nasty independent thoughts messing up the parties "message".
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      bluetexasvalley1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Hi, hume! Good to see you. (((humemacdonald)))
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        humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Howdy!
        I am still practicing my Texan for Sumptuous -lol :)
        Thanks
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      lrolens1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Let it be noted that almost 60 percent of polls showed Biden winning and about 31% for Palin. You can spin it until you're blue (every pun intended), but the public disagrees.
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  JaimieM1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Terrific video. At least some objective analyses of the VP debate are getting out past the mainstream media filter.
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  shesbad1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  No kidding...you do have to be kidding..She's horrible. Never directly answered many questions, beat around the BUSH. Sorry but I find her one scary VP nominee. Sarah go back to Alaska and go shoot some moose. Take care of all those kids you have...My God....have some more...Somehow she reminds of a women from the back country side...You know the kind..What a ditz.
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    Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    shesbad- you have just insulted all of the past and present PTA presidents in America.
    
    You must hate women to call any woman a ditz.
    
    You probably don't realize that woman control most of the everyday expenditures in AMerica
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  hyperbola1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Well, one has seen how Palin doesn't know much more than the state propaganda prepared by the Pentagon and spoon fed to americans by our corporate media. The Poor woman thinks we won in Iraq and should repeat the disaster in Afghanistan!
  
  Iraq: They Make It a Desert and Call It Peace
  
  Senator McCain’s insistent claims that the US is winning the war in Iraq thanks to his "surge" strategy are the military-political equivalent of the junk securities that Wall Street’s shady financiers have been selling around the globe.
  
  ...McCain’s claims that the US is heading toward victory in Iraq thanks to his inspired military leadership immediately recalled the epic words of Pyrrhus, King of Eprius. In 281 BC, after defeating a Roman army at Heraclea in an extremely bloody, hard-fought battle in which his forces suffered grave losses, Pyrrhus famously exclaimed, "one more such victory and we are ruined!"
  
  ...The real reason for the drop in violence and attacks on US occupation forces lies in three other areas. First, ethnic cleansing. ....
  
  But less violence, at least for now, does not in any way mean victory.....
  
  http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/03/iraq-the...
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    hyperbola1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    The ironic thing is that it is her own joe-six-pack and soccer-mom families that are dying for the imperialistic ambitions of the super-rich that find them all too easy to sucker.
    
    Iraq Facing New Civil War, Insurgency
    
    What does the start of a new civil war in Iraq look like? It looks a lot like this: ....
    
    ...Here's a conclusion from the Pentagon's own quarterly report on Iraq, in typical bureaucratese...
    
    ...All this makes mincement of John McCain's assertion that his vaunted "surge" has led to "victory" in Iraq. It hasn't. The country is seething with violence and political fissures that are very deep. It's ready to explode. Barack Obama, who's been defensive about the surge, ought to slam McCain for his support, in 2006, for escalating the war. Obama -- along with the entire US military leadership back then, most of Congress, and the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group -- wanted to start pulling US forces out of Iraq two years ago. Had they won, the war would be over. Instead, the next president will take office with more than 150,000 troops in Iraq. ..
    
    http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/03/iraq-fac...
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      Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      The REAL reason the "surge" had the effect it did was the SURGE in CASH we're paying all those *********** NOT to fight us.....
      
      Funny, McCain NEVER mentions that.....
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    Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Obama will "quite" Iraq.
    Then he will go into Afghanistan and "quit" Afghanistan
    then he will go into Pakistan and quit again.
    Then he will go into Darful and quit again.
    
    sacrificing US military lives just to quit and run.
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  hyperbola1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Neocon Desperation Is Showing
  
  The neoconservatives and their Republican allies did all they could after Thursday’ s vice presidential debate to turn Sarah Palin’ s peppy, personable but ultimately goofy performance into a turning point for another four-year lease on the White House.
  
  But there was desperation in the air. Reading the neocons’ glowing reviews of Palin’s upbeat recitation of her talking points was a bit like watching a few diehard fans try to start a “wave” when the home team is hopelessly behind.
  
  Palin may have reminded viewers of a badly programmed Stepford Wife, who lacked fluency on complex issues both foreign and domestic – and kept circling back to scripted talking points that had been drilled into her brain by McCain’s neoconservative advisers, like Randy Scheunemann....
  
  http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/04/neocon-d...
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Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago

Who would have thought that "we aren't gonna take it anymore" would get such a positive response. LOL
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  hamy1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Um...she is part of the party who is currently "giving it to us" if you have forgotten.
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      jcmcamis1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Yes, I too find it hilarious that Democrats conveniently ignore that their party has been running Congress for almost two years now and what have they done? Of course they blame the Republicans the same way they blame them when they were running Congress. Amazing how that works.
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        tchef1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        The Republicans have had complete control for the first 6 years of Bush's presidency. The Democrats enjoy a "slim" majority at the moment, not enough to get anything done. You guys are the one's who have lied us into a war that is costing us trillions of dollars while Osama Bin Ladin has gone free and Al Queada is getting even stronger. You guys let Wall Street run wild with all your deregulation and ruined the economy. When Bill Clinton left office we had a surplus now we have the highest deficits in history, thanks to Republican control.
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    JaimieM1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    What is undeniable is that McCain proposed the bill that would have cleared up the mess in 2005. The democrats killed it. Now we have a crisis that would have been avoided.
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      fsev411 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Why it seems you have learned to lie like Palin, McCain and Bush. Truly a loyal republican.
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Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago

I heard Little Georgie Stephonapolis this morning saying Sarah Palin was just too smiling and upbeat last night. She should have had a sad, serious and worried face all evening because of the financial crisis, don't you know. I didn't hear him mention Biden's goofy grins all the while Sarah was speaking.

I must say they all seemed a little depressed on GMA this morning.
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  tchef1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  She was a cheerleader for McCain, and that is how she came off. She had no facts and just spouted talking points.
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RedRiverJ1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hope those they are decided now! She did better than expected, so did Biden. It was a good debate, I enjoyed both of them, civil. I think Joe blew a lot of smoke on issues by leaving out key bits of information here and there. Like Palin said "washington insider politics' that most of us don't understand. Oh but maybe we do. Instead of calling it politics, we call it lying.
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  Tcaros1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Yeh, Red. Need to keep those Democrats out. If they were in office we wouldn't have had "the surge." That highly successful plan to send more troops in harms way to quell the violence. Just the other day I was eatin some pineapple down in Tejas and thinking that myself. Come to think of it, we never found Bin Laden. Oh, well can't have everything pardner.
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Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago

I keep seeing remarks from the liberal democrats insinuating that Sarah Palin doesn't have class and polish. Oh please, have they noticed Barney Frank lately. If what Barney has is class and polish,I don't want to see anymore.
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  hamy1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Why do you hate Barney Frank so much? What has he done to you? Bush is the PRESIDENT. Frank is a congressman. Blame the right guy.
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    jcmcamis1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Maybe, just maybe, because Barney headed up the committee that oversaw the mortgage program which led to this debaucle? He's in it up to his eyeballs and there's no way out. So I believe the right guy is being blamed.
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      stalemate1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      jcmcamis , so true . Barney Frank isn't man enough to admit he did wrong.
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        tchef1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Obviously neither are the Republicans.
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        stalemate1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Barney frank headed up the committee and he's a democrat. There are some that have admitted they made a mistake. Frank has continually denied he's responsible BTW did you see him get hammered by O'reilly? It was beautiful. And I had to laugh at Franks cowardice what a loser.
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      hamy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Really? Barney Frank is more powerful than the almighty Bush. The Decider. I guess McCain and Obama should be running to be replacing Frank then.
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    Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Hey, hamy, I'm blaming one of the right guy and Barney Frank is low down crook.but of course he's not the only one. There are plenty of others who profited and gained from the Freddie and Fannie meltdown but I Barney is one of the biggest liars. Also, as I said before, he has no class or polish.
    
    President Bush did his best to stop this and that's documented.
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      Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      I guess his veto pen conveniently ran out of ink then....
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  JaimieM1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Quite correct. Barney Frank along with the big Fannie Mae donors to Obama were the cause of the crisis. They blocked the 2005 cleanup. Meanwhie obama stood by, took the donations, and gave a pretty speech.
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    lrolens1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Really, We had repub congress for a dozen years, a repub president for 8 sorry years, a nominally controlled Dem congress for two years (except for turncoat Lieberman who turned the balance back to repubs). Let it be noted that most of the appalling lending was finished before the Dems took control.
    
    Can the Republicans take responsibility for anything? You people are the sickness that may take this countr;y down. God knows that Bush worked on it.
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sarahturner1 month, 2 weeks ago

I thought she did very well. I like her.
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Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago

I like her too, sarahturner. The best thing about Sarah Palin is she doesn't talk like she's been in Washington for 36 years.
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  Dionys1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  You're right. She talks as if she's straight out of middle school and has been in Washington being force-fed talking points through a Republican fire hose for a couple of weeks.
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    Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Watch out for old past PTA presidents. They all vote.
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      Dionys1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Yes. But not for people who have the processing power of an eight year old.
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    humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    A fine strategy if you really only want someone in there who can present a great public "face" but not really challenge the status quo because they don't have a clue how "washington runs". Does she really know anything about politics- other than the PR aspect?
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      bluetexasvalley1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      She's an accomplished student of the Shrub.
      
      As mayor, she took a town with no debt and left it with $22 million debt.
      
      As governor, when she ended up being investigated by the legislature (run by her own party), she refused to testify and encouraged her minions to do likewise.
      
      Heck of a job, Caribou Barbie!
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        humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        "Heck of a job, Caribou Barbie!"- Omg I love it- I hope it sticks- perfect BTV!!
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    Tcaros1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    LOL I like the "republican firehouse." It sounds like something I would have thought of.
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  NoWayMan1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  "The best thing about Sarah Palin is she doesn't talk like she's been in Washington for 36 years."
  
  and how many years has John McCain been in Washington?
  
  way to shoot yourself in the foot, wolfie.
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    Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Not at all, noway, not at all both Obama and Biden talk like they've been in Washington playing politics for 36 years. Although I'm not sure that even Washington politics can even be compared to Chicago politics, where Obama learned his stuff.. Thanks for allowing me to point that out by the way.
    
    No, I didn't shoot myself in the foot, noway, I don't point my gun at my feet. But, hey maybe you should duck.! ROTFLMAO!!
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lovemylibs1 month, 2 weeks ago

Didn't every person raise their hands, indicating that their opinion of Palin was higher after the debate? Every hand! Hands mean something, as much as words sometimes.
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    Tcaros1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    Really mato what good news for the McCain campaign. It must have been when she called the 72 year old man a "maverick." The running back to DC thing must have worked.
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    NoWayMan1 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    delusional.
    
    she lost big in the CBS undecided poll, the CNN poll of undecideds, etc.
    
    she was in a deep hole when before the debate, so there was no where else to go but up. and while eveyone thought higher of her after the debate, the same was true for biden across the board. even more so.
    
    your ship is sinking.
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  hamy1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  I am impressed that she could speak without giggling. When you start at the very bottom, the only way to go is up.
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    Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    hamy
    
    Most of us start at the bottom, something wrong with that?
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      humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Wolfie,
      Of course there is something wrong with that when you are applying for the job of Vice-President. Just as I like my pilots to have finished flight school, I like my politicians to have at least an intermediate knowledge of policies and practices of government. You know if she were hired on as a CEO of a large multinational with a commensurate amount of experience in the business world, stockholders would be in an uproar! Can you imagine their reaction to being told to just let her learn on the job with their money. Too bad people can't differentiate between what is really important in this world. The National interest should top the list.
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        sumptuousdigs1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Lol! Slam dunk!! (((Hume)))
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        Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Sarah Palin didn't start by being nominated as the vice presidential candidate., She started as a mayor them was elected as a governor . Excuse me for pointing this out but your nominee for President was in the Illinois state legislator for what, four years, then a US senator for less than 3 years and you want people to put aside any objects regarding experience about him.
        
        Please, go bother some of the other folks in the sanitarium where you stay.
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        sumptuousdigs1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        Horseshirt Wussy2007! The only thing Sarah P. had to say that was enlightening was that John McCain was tapping her. She said it often...Some of us had always suspected that, but you know, have to much class to bring it up. Speaking of class, you and that rotten tomato remind me of "Pinky and the Brain". Crazier than shirt house rats.
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        humemacdonald1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        "your nominee"
        Well aren't we jumping to conclusions. I said nothing about Biden. Furthermore, of course I knew of her past political involvement, that is what makes her ignorance all the more startling; besides she is the candidate that is keen on pointing out that she is the "outsider".
        It never surprises me how rather than seriously look at the strengths and weaknesses of a candidate that people resort to name calling to avoid having to actually think.
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      hamy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      Really? Do I really need to tell you why starting at the VERY bottom of the political barrel just 5 weeks ago, and now running for second highest office in the land is a bad thing?
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Karlyc1 month, 2 weeks ago

It was pretty clear to any fair minded person watching the debate that Sarah Palin held her own, way way way exceeded the expectations the democrats had set for her, and demonstrated she is a real, caring person. That contrasted widely with her opponent, and led to the widely-held perception that she won the debate.
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  tchef1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  With as low as expectations where after her interview with Katie Curic it would have been hard for her not to do well.
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    Wolfie20071 month, 2 weeks ago
    
    So, I guess Biden did reach the expectations set for him?
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      Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      I believe he did. I am ****** though that he couldn't go for the jugular cause she is a woman and would be perceived as being "picked on"...
      
      F that, she can't play with the big boys. I say Biden should've smacked her down like the trailer park ho she is.
      
      NO Knowledge
      NO record
      NO Experience
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        Klarissa1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        and he will have a chair beside Obama at all times.
        You had better think that Biden is a better president than Obama
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  tchef1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  We watched hoping to see a car wreck.
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      JaimieM1 month, 2 weeks ago
      
      You're not really, lol.
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        Bruedaddy1 month, 2 weeks ago
        
        I WAS disapointed.
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crespi1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fox"News" legally won the right to lie!

Don't believe ANYTHING those creeps spew out.

It's just more lies.
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  jcmcamis1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
  Crespi, I guess somebody is in denial. Does it help to say something doesn

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