http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ Just another bbPress community en Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-51 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:44:55 +0000 Jem Bloomfield 51@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I'm actually not sure how widely it was watched - I think it was screened at something like two o'clock in the morning on the BBC, so anyone wanting to see it had to make the effort! Personally I cheated and watched it online. Of course this means that we rely even further on the media to pick out what was relevant and what important about the debate - I do worry that the way Palin's profile is often presented over here is simply encouraging some of the more tedious and simple-minded forms of Yank-bashing that you come across in pubs. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-48 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:52:29 +0000 fitler 48@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>Jem, It's surprising to me that our Vice-presidential debates are shown in England. Do many people watch them? </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-46 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:08:29 +0000 Jem Bloomfield 46@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>I have to agree with you. Whatever one thinks of the parties or tickets involved, this was not an impressive performance at all. I really wish the moderator had exercised a little more control - on both candidates, actually - and just insisted from time to time that they answer the question as asked. </p> http://www.calitreview.com/forum/topic/vice-presidential-debate#post-42 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:57:55 +0000 burt 42@http://www.calitreview.com/forum/ <p>What was David Brooks of the New York Times smoking when he watched this debate?</p> <p>"With a bemused smile and a never-ending flow of words, she laid out her place on the ticket — as the fearless neighbor for the heartland bemused by the idiocies of Washington."</p> <p>Come on! I like Palin as a person, but her debate performance was embarrassing. Winking at the camera. Ignoring the question that was asked and then going on to her two minute canned speeches. I guess when the bar is set that low, anyone can jump over it. </p>