Vice Presidential Debate

Yes, Sarah Barracuda bitchslapped Biden tonight. 

It was pleasant to watch, but I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed.  I expected more combativeness. I wanted more bitchslapping, and then for her to ask, "You want some more?  Because I'm just dying to serve it up, big boy."  

At least, that's what I would have liked to see, but given her interview performances, and how she had to make up for lost ground, perhaps that was asking too much. But the thing is...there was plenty of low-hanging fruit (Iraq, Fannie and Freddie, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, etc.)  that was hers for the taking, if only she'd wanted to...and she apparently didn't want to.  I have to think, perhaps, she was cautioned about getting into a pissing match with Biden.  It's one thing to come up with one zippy comeback.  It's another to keep coming up with them.  Problem is, if there was ever anyone who would have screwed up a zippy comeback quicker than she would, it's Joe Biden.  Perhaps this was an actual campaign strategy decision, so as not to affect her overall likeability factor, but I felt a little let down.

She again did what she needed to do, and while that may be "the soft bigotry of low expectations" playing out again, all you need to do is ask W. how it worked out for him. 

Of course, you have to ring the doorbell at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to do so. 

God love Joe Biden.  Really and truly.  The man just doesn't know how to keep from putting his foot in his mouth.

Two quality samples.

About the financial crisis:

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"

Franklin Delano Roosevelt got on the television? Never mind that in 1929, Herbert Hoover was president.

{ht: Weekly Standard}

And...

Biden says Obama doesn't support clean coal, when, in fact he does. 

{ht: Ace, who has more on the subject.}

BRING THE DEBATE ON, BEEEEYOTCHES!

Seriously, cannot freakin' wait for this.  I'm squriming in my seat, like a little girl with the potty on her mind, waiting for this thing.  It's going to be awesome. 

Oh, Biden.  You ignorant slut, I love you.

{...}When telling the story of how his granddaughters had a slumber party with Barack Obama’s daughters during the week of the Democratic National Convention, Biden equated it to what he says Americans want.

“I believe that's a metaphor, a metaphor for what the country is looking for. They're looking for a sleepover with people they like!”

Yes, Joe.  Because what the American public really wants is pillow fights, stale popcorn, and cheesy horror flicks at three in the morning. 

The debate cannot come soon enough.

{ht: Tracy}