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First… the debates.  I caught the second half on the radio (had class last night, more on that later), then watched the first half on the replay.

Factcheck.org more or less calls it a draw in misstatements and fudging of facts.  Naturally, the Republican is nailed more times for untrue statements than the Democrat.  But since it’s pretty close, I can’t fairly (by my standards) factor that into my decision.  I declare Joe Biden the winner.  My reasons are here:

1. Declaring Sarah Palin the winner just because she didn’t completely screw it up is a pretty low standard, and not something I would ever use as a substitute for doing well in making and defending your points.
2. Joe Biden came off as knowledgeable and kept his distance when he could have cashed in on Palin’s mistakes during the debate.
3. Palin didn’t really talk about the issues much, if at all.  She kept stumping in lieu of an answer.  Her handlers ought to have made clear it was a debate, not a campaign rally.  Her breathtakingly flat response to Biden’s story on how he relates to average Americans really sealed the deal for me.
4. Like McCain, she was quite condescending.

Let me expound upon number 4 for a bit.  I’m probably not the only one who noticed her smiling politely while talking down to him out of the side of her mouth.  This “hockey mom” is going to be very disliked in the Senate if she treats her colleagues as if they’re her children.

Her shitty attitude was like a flashback for me–a flashback to Jr. High.  I detected a major princess complex last night.  Something tells me she’s gotten her way her whole life.  Has an awfully familiar ring to it, no?  Ask me why I think this is the case and I’ll tell you.

Republicans who don’t typically give a shit about women’s issues crying “sexism!!!” in 5… 4… 3…