2008 Woodie Awards
Debate entertains
Greg Rabidoux
Issue date: 10/8/08 Section: Perspectives
Attractive. A relatively unknown vice presidential running mate. A saucy side dish to counter the old, musty smell of a very experienced main dish presidential nominee. Energetic, youthful, a bit starry-eyed with the media sharks circling in the waters, smelling the political blood of a little fish not ready for the "Big League," the "Big Pond" of national politics. Yes, Governor "Go-Go Boots" Palin was all set to be crowned the winner of this year's "Dan Quayle Dilettante of 2008" when the unthinkable happened. No, she didn't try and correct a third grader's spelling of potato. And no, she didn't fall down during the vice presidential debate's evening gown competition (sorry, Rachel Smith, Sango still loves you). No, Gov. "Moose Hunter" Palin "held her own" as the media reported with that long-winded, gaffe-prone, three-decade plus veteran of the Senate, Joe "take a walk with me in my neighborhood" Biden.
Sure, as Katie "I am still the CBS anchor, thank you very much" Couric noted after the first and only vice presidential debate between Palin and Biden, that the governor of that frigid state said things like "darned right" and "dontcha" and gave a "shout out" to some third graders huddling somewhere in a snow bank in Anchorage. But still, she "held her own" against that wily, crafty Mr. "Smarty Pants" Biden (just who does he think he is anyways, calling Vice President Dick Cheney "dangerous"?). Gov. Tina Fey, er, Sarah Palin, even got to use a line she practiced at McCain's Arizona ranch prior to the debate. After Sen. Joe B., when not professing his apparent undying "love" for John McCain as in "I love him like a brother, but..." or "God bless him, but..." once again invoked the "B" word (George W. Bush) for about the fifty-seventh time, give or take, Sarah "Smile" said, "Say it ain't so, Joe." She then went on to chastise that devilishly impetuous Delaware senator for supposedly selling "Change we can trust" during the campaign but always looking backwards and being downright negative about it. With the Iraq war, terrorism, financial crisis, home foreclosures, portfolios imploding, heck, greedy "Wall Streeters" like Gordon Gecko having to make do with $50 million dollar bonuses, the Cubbies getting swept by the Dodgers (I'm on deadline folks, I'm simply making a calculated guess here) why, Gov. Palin seemed to be asking, was Sen. "Home Depot" Biden so grouchy and backwards looking at a time when there were oil wells to be drilled, bridges to be built and songs to be sung?
Sure, as Katie "I am still the CBS anchor, thank you very much" Couric noted after the first and only vice presidential debate between Palin and Biden, that the governor of that frigid state said things like "darned right" and "dontcha" and gave a "shout out" to some third graders huddling somewhere in a snow bank in Anchorage. But still, she "held her own" against that wily, crafty Mr. "Smarty Pants" Biden (just who does he think he is anyways, calling Vice President Dick Cheney "dangerous"?). Gov. Tina Fey, er, Sarah Palin, even got to use a line she practiced at McCain's Arizona ranch prior to the debate. After Sen. Joe B., when not professing his apparent undying "love" for John McCain as in "I love him like a brother, but..." or "God bless him, but..." once again invoked the "B" word (George W. Bush) for about the fifty-seventh time, give or take, Sarah "Smile" said, "Say it ain't so, Joe." She then went on to chastise that devilishly impetuous Delaware senator for supposedly selling "Change we can trust" during the campaign but always looking backwards and being downright negative about it. With the Iraq war, terrorism, financial crisis, home foreclosures, portfolios imploding, heck, greedy "Wall Streeters" like Gordon Gecko having to make do with $50 million dollar bonuses, the Cubbies getting swept by the Dodgers (I'm on deadline folks, I'm simply making a calculated guess here) why, Gov. Palin seemed to be asking, was Sen. "Home Depot" Biden so grouchy and backwards looking at a time when there were oil wells to be drilled, bridges to be built and songs to be sung?
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