Here's your cake, Tena - and other birthday people to:

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Happy Birthday Tena. Look at this. I don't have a TV so I just caught this. From the National Review

Palin on Cheney: Beyond Parody

In tonight's installment, Katie Couric asks Sarah Palin to name the best and worst things Dick Cheney has done. Even after all the rest, this... beggars belief:

PALIN: Worst thing I guess that would have been the duck hunting accident--where you know, that was an accident. And I think that was made into a caricature of him. And that was kind of unfortunate.

The best thing? "[H]e's shown support, along with George W. Bush, of our troops."

Words fail.

--Michael Crowley

That "magic screen" CNN uses is kick ass. I want one!

At this point she's like the kid that is going to fail second grade. And that is a really, really bad place for a politician - or a second grader - to be in.

David Brooks on the NewsHour was definitely expressing concern on the part of repubs. Put his hands in front of his face, as if they'll be afraid to look at the tv screen. (disinformation? who knows?) But Mark Shields believes that if Palin does not do well, it's going to sink mcShame. (but as someone said earlier today "that train wreck has left the station)

Having a good chuck of the audience tuning in to find out whether your candidate really is dumb as rocks is never a good thing.

My favorite part of this past week has been the hyperbolic statements of what Palin has to avoid doing in order to walk away with a win.

CNN's pundit, Mr. Tubin, is just killing Sarah Palin. This guy is flat out dissing her and Gloria Borger is spinning hard for McCain.

Does Gwen Ifill remind anyone else of Barbara Jordan at all? She does me a bit.

Maybe y'all are too young for Barbara Jordan - it may be the voice, actually.

What's up with the Palin bandage on her hand drama?

This campaign in full of drama. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but also I know what GOP is capable of. I smell something fishy. I hope we have technology in the room to intercept radio signals.

May be it's for real or may be they wanted to gain some sympathy. But it makes me question. How convinient it is to break your arm a day before the debate.

The MSM will give her fulsome, fawning breathless praise if she succeeds in insulting Biden or Obama and does so in a complete, coherent sentence at some point in the debate.

The voters, however, will not. If she doesn't prove that she's not a blithering nitwit, McCain takes a hit.

The morons in the MSM seem to think they're judges on a fucking gameshow, scoring for points. Actually, its worse than that. They think they're figure skating judges who can toss in secret bonus points based upon how well they've seen the performers do a move in the past or simply based upon partisanship or prejudice or some slimy secret deal.

This year, however, it looks like the undecideds and persuadables are, for once, dealing with these debates as if they were job interviews. Hence the disconnect between the MSM and the public's view of who won.

Palin can't erase what's already out there.

What the hell?

It's showtime!

Joe's off to a great start.

Is Biden reading of cards?

She is the world's biggest goddamn liar -

I think Palin may have been trying to play a rope-a-dope in coming into this campaign.

Then again, if she did, it failed because this debate only showed that she knew her talking points. For her, all I heard were talking points and talking pionts. Biden answered question with decisive responses. He also clarified for the Religious right the difference between loving a signigicant other and what that means and a "marriage". I am "married" but I more so committed to my eternal friend and partner. Labels clarifies position and definition but many times labels are superficial and meaningless. I think this point should have been explored more in this debate and I hope it comes up again.

I saw tonight a thought provoking and passionate person in Biden and a superficial sound bite in Palin. I wish I could hear more about positions on issue and not someones "personal" issues or twisted "grapevine" rhetoric. At the start of the vine is the truth but by the end, it is completely different.

Palin personifies the problem with America and Biden demonstrated the possibilities. Palin is consumed with labels and side steps true responsibility of the issues, but what does a Republican stand for anyway. At least, Biden gives you confidence that America will listen. Democrats always seems like they listen and always seems impetent to do any thing for anyone. Republicans ignore but does things for the friends.

Both parties shine on the masses, republicans ignore you and democrats make you feel helpless. This idea has to change to have real change in this country. When democrats win they really need to feel like winners.

My question to everyone is: What if there was only one party in power?

George Washington said, the party system is not democratic.