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Oct. 2nd, 2008 11:56 pmLetters time!
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Dear Governor Palin ma'am.
Please, if you are going to refer to the City on a Hill speech, cite it to John Winthrop and not Ronald Reagan, no matter how much you want to appeal to the Reaganomics conservatives. Sure, he talked about it in his farewell address, but it makes you look silly to those of us who know that the quote is from, you know, 1630.
But otherwise, I was quite impressed. I can't name any off of the top of my head, but there were several times when I turned to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bleakone and went "Oh, man. She owned that one." Particularly early on, when you were being all folksy and Biden was being all senatorial--it seemed like he didn't hit his stride until a while into it. I actually fully framed the thought that if I had been an undecided voter and just had seen the first twenty minutes or so, I'd so have been pushed your way, because you were being all populist and making sense.
Plus, you're not quite as hot as Tina Fey but you're not bad on the eyes either.
Sincerely,
Alexandria.
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Dear Senator Biden sir.
Please, if you are going to appear impressive in citing the Constitution, for christ's sake, do it right. When your argument about the Vice Presidency being established as in the Executive branch is supported by it being "laid out right there in the first article" (the first article being where the Legislative branch was established), you're kinda shooting yourself in the arse. Palin didn't point it out, which is good (though it probably wouldn't have gained her any points because it's a cheap shot), but she could have and it would have hurt you. But maybe she was being nice because you didn't smack her on the wrong name of the general.
And like I said to Palin, you kinda sucked in the beginning, but you got good as the thing went on. The choking up, sir? I'm not going to be so callous as to assume you planned that, because I'm pretty sure you didn't, but it was a huge bump for you. I was watching the CNN undecided viewer dial-o-meter, and even before the tear, the pathos of that entire segment had you near 100% for both men and women. It was handled in a very composed way, and you just moved on, but it pulled at my heartstrings, sir.
Way to fail at not being pro-gay marriage, though. Sure, the dials liked it, but I did not. I was pretty sure you were pro gay-marriage before hooking up with Obama.
On the other hand, way to answer the questions. It's just like the articles said regarding Palin's old debates where she'd be asked about a good and a bad piece of legislature passed by the Alaskan congress over the last term and ramble around criticizing the governor instead of answering--her not being able to give examples of things she's had to change or promises she might have to alter just highlighted the fact that, as she admits, she hasn't been around more than 5 weeks to make promises. Your straight answers were refreshing.
To conclude with the superficial (just to be fair), you are quite handsome when you smile. Otherwise, you have squinty, beady eyes that I do not like. Oh, and you ended on a stupid note with your closing--admirable and all, and I like the honesty again in saying that you were wishing our troops safety for a pretty selfish reason, but the explanation ruined any kind of punch you might have had with your last sentence. You just sort of ended.
But polls are saying that you won, so yay.
Sincerely,
Alexandria.
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The first two gaffes that I pointed out have my polisci professor rolling, I swear. They had me yelling at the TV. And then again when the CNN folks were like "Yay, no major gaffes!" (and then almost immediately started talking about one with Palin misnaming a general).
In other news, I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE ANY MORE TONIGHT, I SWEAR. This has been a crazy week with lots of stuff due, which has meant that I've not studied nor read at all for this test tomorrow in genetics. And I missed two lectures in a row due to sickness, so I've got no idea what's going on. But things to update on: Dad's visit, football, best political commercial ever, hopefully going to a gay bar/dance club (if we can get a ride), kickass grades in polisci, and how everything we've ever been assigned for genetics is due next week.
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Dear Governor Palin ma'am.
Please, if you are going to refer to the City on a Hill speech, cite it to John Winthrop and not Ronald Reagan, no matter how much you want to appeal to the Reaganomics conservatives. Sure, he talked about it in his farewell address, but it makes you look silly to those of us who know that the quote is from, you know, 1630.
But otherwise, I was quite impressed. I can't name any off of the top of my head, but there were several times when I turned to
bleakone and went "Oh, man. She owned that one." Particularly early on, when you were being all folksy and Biden was being all senatorial--it seemed like he didn't hit his stride until a while into it. I actually fully framed the thought that if I had been an undecided voter and just had seen the first twenty minutes or so, I'd so have been pushed your way, because you were being all populist and making sense.Plus, you're not quite as hot as Tina Fey but you're not bad on the eyes either.
Sincerely,
Alexandria.
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Dear Senator Biden sir.
Please, if you are going to appear impressive in citing the Constitution, for christ's sake, do it right. When your argument about the Vice Presidency being established as in the Executive branch is supported by it being "laid out right there in the first article" (the first article being where the Legislative branch was established), you're kinda shooting yourself in the arse. Palin didn't point it out, which is good (though it probably wouldn't have gained her any points because it's a cheap shot), but she could have and it would have hurt you. But maybe she was being nice because you didn't smack her on the wrong name of the general.
And like I said to Palin, you kinda sucked in the beginning, but you got good as the thing went on. The choking up, sir? I'm not going to be so callous as to assume you planned that, because I'm pretty sure you didn't, but it was a huge bump for you. I was watching the CNN undecided viewer dial-o-meter, and even before the tear, the pathos of that entire segment had you near 100% for both men and women. It was handled in a very composed way, and you just moved on, but it pulled at my heartstrings, sir.
Way to fail at not being pro-gay marriage, though. Sure, the dials liked it, but I did not. I was pretty sure you were pro gay-marriage before hooking up with Obama.
On the other hand, way to answer the questions. It's just like the articles said regarding Palin's old debates where she'd be asked about a good and a bad piece of legislature passed by the Alaskan congress over the last term and ramble around criticizing the governor instead of answering--her not being able to give examples of things she's had to change or promises she might have to alter just highlighted the fact that, as she admits, she hasn't been around more than 5 weeks to make promises. Your straight answers were refreshing.
To conclude with the superficial (just to be fair), you are quite handsome when you smile. Otherwise, you have squinty, beady eyes that I do not like. Oh, and you ended on a stupid note with your closing--admirable and all, and I like the honesty again in saying that you were wishing our troops safety for a pretty selfish reason, but the explanation ruined any kind of punch you might have had with your last sentence. You just sort of ended.
But polls are saying that you won, so yay.
Sincerely,
Alexandria.
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The first two gaffes that I pointed out have my polisci professor rolling, I swear. They had me yelling at the TV. And then again when the CNN folks were like "Yay, no major gaffes!" (and then almost immediately started talking about one with Palin misnaming a general).
In other news, I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE ANY MORE TONIGHT, I SWEAR. This has been a crazy week with lots of stuff due, which has meant that I've not studied nor read at all for this test tomorrow in genetics. And I missed two lectures in a row due to sickness, so I've got no idea what's going on. But things to update on: Dad's visit, football, best political commercial ever, hopefully going to a gay bar/dance club (if we can get a ride), kickass grades in polisci, and how everything we've ever been assigned for genetics is due next week.
