Say It Ain't So

I'm sure the title is a dead give away that my topic for this blog is the VP debate at Washington University. Three of my friends and I watched the debate live Thursday night. The times we weren't commenting on one of the candidates responses, we were gaping at the television in disbelief for some of the things we were hearing. Most of this viewing, however, was marked with loud comments mainly about the answers Gov. Palin was giving. We arrived at the end of the debate all with the same conclusion - Sen. Joe Biden ate Gov. Palin's lunch. It seemed to us that he had dominated the debate.
Then we started listening to the post-debate commentary. Gov. Palin was receiving praise for her performance. We went from channel to channel in disbelief, trying to find a commentator that didn't make us feel like we were crazy. Gov. Palin had indeed done better than I expected her to, but she still had not done as well as Sen. Biden. By the end of the debate, I had wanted Joe Biden's name to be at the top of the ticket.
Finding little reassurance that we had watched the same debate as the rest of the world, we kept the television on CNN and watched the second airing. Knowing ahead of time that the colloquial phrases used by Gov. Palin would be coming, they were less distracting. This time, we even took notes. We reached the same conclusion - that we would be okay if Sen. Biden was at the top of the ticket based on his performance and that we would be scared to death if Sarah Palin became our nation's president. Of course, this may not occur, but knowing how badly i do not want it to happen kind of makes me re-evaluate my stance for Nov. 4.
Because I watched the debate, I also understood why people at Saturday's football game had torn off the bottom part of their McCain/Palin stickers. Some would rather wear half a sticker that only says McCain rather than a whole sticker that ties Palin in with him. I can't say that I really blame them, but I am still looking forward to and holding out for these next presidential debates.