VP Debate, Palin v. Biden Options

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Starts in a half hour. Who's watching it, and what do you expect from it?

[Comptine]

I thought Biden did a great job of balancing his views and propogating Obama's views. The VP debate usually serves to get a better view of the presidential candidates but also, a bit of insight on the second-in-line person. Biden, I think, was able to distinguish that even though he agrees on a lot of things with Obama, he did mention a few times where he differs.

About the gay marriage thing, Palin totally twisted it and if someone wasn't paying attention, they would think they both aren't for gay marriage. Correct me if I'm wrong (it was a very confusing back and forth), Sarah Palin said that she believes (in civil terms) same-sex couples should be treated the same as heterosexual couples. It goes to Biden who says that gay people should get the exact same rights, including marriage, as heterosexual couples and that we shouldn't get hung up on whether to legally decide the definition of marriage (which should be left to people to act according to do so aka whether or not they themselves want to get a gay marriage). He then goes to say, "So I agree with Sarah Palin as in we both support gay marriage..."

She goes... wtf... NO. "Well, I don't support gay marriage... so we agree on that."

The commentator even shakes her head and goes, "Well, if we agree on that."

I thought, for a woman whose family is estimated at 1.2 million dollars, it was absolutely senseless for Palin to keep playing the I'm one of you, I'm from Middle America, I'm middle class, etc. She played the 'common person card'. This woman could potentially be the president of the US. She shouldn't be a common person. I wouldn't want my next door neighbor being our leader. She should be indefinitely more qualified than the common man/woman.