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here's some good info
news blurb about the debate
Sen. Joe Biden from Delaware and Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the vice presidential nominees of the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, will debate each other at 8 p.m. (CDT) Oct. 2 in the Washington University in St. Louis Athletic Complex, according to the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
This is the first time the University will host a vice presidential debate. It's the fifth consecutive presidential election that the University has been selected by the CPD, the event's sponsor, to serve as a debate host.
The CPD, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established in 1987, is responsible for selecting the venues and producing the presidential debates. The CPD's three 2008 presidential debates locations and dates are: the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Sept. 26; Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 7; and Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 15.
Washington University again is offering the same facilities that were made available for the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 debates. They include the Field House — which is the actual debate site — Francis Gymnasium, the Rec Gym and other areas of the Athletic Complex. Francis Gym and Francis Field were the sites of the 1904 World Olympic Games, the first Olympics played in the Western Hemisphere.
The debate will be moderated by Gwen Ifill, a longtime correspondent and moderator for nationally televised public broadcasting news programs. Ifill, who serves as moderator and managing editor of PBS' "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," also moderated the CPD's 2004 vice presidential debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, held Oct. 5 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Biden was nominated for vice president Aug. 27 at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. A week later, on Sept. 4, Palin was nominated for vice president at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Biden, 65, is a 36-year veteran of the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1972 when he was 29. He is known for his leadership in foreign policy, terrorism, crime and drug policy. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidential nomination of his party in 1988 and in 2008.
Biden is the former chairman and long-time member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Over the years he has been influential in crime and drug policy legislation. His Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, frequently referred to as the Biden Crime Bill, increased police numbers by 100,000 nationwide and brought more federal support for criminal justice.
The 2007 Biden Crime Bill addresses burgeoning crime problems such as online child exploitation, computer hacking and teenage prescription drug abuse.
Palins vice presidential nomination marks the first time that the Republican Party has nominated a woman for the position. On Dec. 4, 2006, she also made history when she became the first woman governor of Alaska.
Palin, 44, has overseen increases in Alaska state savings, education funding and implemented the Senior Benefits Program that provides support for low-income older Alaskans. Her administration has passed an overhaul of the states ethics laws and developed a process to construct a gas pipeline.
Palin is chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency that promotes the conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting the environment.
Before becoming governor of Alaska, she served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as mayor/manager of Wasilla. Palin also has served as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas.
Local sponsors for the vice presidential debate are AT&T, Emerson and Wachovia Securities. For information on these firms, go to: http://debate.wustl.edu/sponsors.html.
Washington University is the only institution to host more than two debates.
In 1992, the university hosted the first nationally televised three-candidate presidential debate in CPD history, was selected to host a presidential debate in 1996 that eventually was canceled, hosted the third and last presidential debate of the 2000 campaign season and the second of three presidential debates before the 2004 election.
For more information about CPD guidelines for debate site selection, debate formats and selection criteria used to determine the candidates to be invited to participate in the debates, please visit the CPD's Web site, debates.org.
This is the first time the University will host a vice presidential debate. It's the fifth consecutive presidential election that the University has been selected by the CPD, the event's sponsor, to serve as a debate host.
The CPD, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established in 1987, is responsible for selecting the venues and producing the presidential debates. The CPD's three 2008 presidential debates locations and dates are: the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Sept. 26; Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 7; and Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Oct. 15.
Washington University again is offering the same facilities that were made available for the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 debates. They include the Field House — which is the actual debate site — Francis Gymnasium, the Rec Gym and other areas of the Athletic Complex. Francis Gym and Francis Field were the sites of the 1904 World Olympic Games, the first Olympics played in the Western Hemisphere.
The debate will be moderated by Gwen Ifill, a longtime correspondent and moderator for nationally televised public broadcasting news programs. Ifill, who serves as moderator and managing editor of PBS' "Washington Week" and senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," also moderated the CPD's 2004 vice presidential debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, held Oct. 5 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Biden was nominated for vice president Aug. 27 at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. A week later, on Sept. 4, Palin was nominated for vice president at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Biden, 65, is a 36-year veteran of the U.S. Senate. He was elected in 1972 when he was 29. He is known for his leadership in foreign policy, terrorism, crime and drug policy. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidential nomination of his party in 1988 and in 2008.
Biden is the former chairman and long-time member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Over the years he has been influential in crime and drug policy legislation. His Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, frequently referred to as the Biden Crime Bill, increased police numbers by 100,000 nationwide and brought more federal support for criminal justice.
The 2007 Biden Crime Bill addresses burgeoning crime problems such as online child exploitation, computer hacking and teenage prescription drug abuse.
Palins vice presidential nomination marks the first time that the Republican Party has nominated a woman for the position. On Dec. 4, 2006, she also made history when she became the first woman governor of Alaska.
Palin, 44, has overseen increases in Alaska state savings, education funding and implemented the Senior Benefits Program that provides support for low-income older Alaskans. Her administration has passed an overhaul of the states ethics laws and developed a process to construct a gas pipeline.
Palin is chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multistate government agency that promotes the conservation and efficient recovery of domestic oil and natural gas resources while protecting the environment.
Before becoming governor of Alaska, she served two terms on the Wasilla City Council and two terms as mayor/manager of Wasilla. Palin also has served as chair of the Alaska Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas.
Local sponsors for the vice presidential debate are AT&T, Emerson and Wachovia Securities. For information on these firms, go to: http://debate.wustl.edu/sponsors.html.
Washington University is the only institution to host more than two debates.
In 1992, the university hosted the first nationally televised three-candidate presidential debate in CPD history, was selected to host a presidential debate in 1996 that eventually was canceled, hosted the third and last presidential debate of the 2000 campaign season and the second of three presidential debates before the 2004 election.
For more information about CPD guidelines for debate site selection, debate formats and selection criteria used to determine the candidates to be invited to participate in the debates, please visit the CPD's Web site, debates.org.
transcripts of previous debates, sure to have this one soon.
Hulu clips of debates and such
A printable PDF (that might slow your browser/comp) of the issues
a poll that undoubtedly is statistically sound in every way
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Answer: yes, yes she did
Come the fuck on.
The existance of Israel is as a SOLUTION to a second Holocaust occuring. The point of having Israel arround is that if shit goes down elsewhere, Jews can all just run there.
I am PRETTY sure that the Israeli government isn't going to start implimenting executions of anyone of Jewish decent any time soon, so I don't think we have to worry about a second Holocaust happening THERE.
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What the fuck
But that focus group hated the cutesy terminology.
There were a couple of times when she just looked so smug
Like she was thinking "aw yeah Biden I own your ass now!"
And I hate her for that
Did anyone else thing is was in deplorable taste when, in reference to Biden's dead wife, BEFORE Biden had mentioned her, Palin said "her reward is in heaven"?
Noonan needs to have her life support pulled. She is one of the "vote for McCain" since Hilary didn't get the democratic nod.
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She never answers anything ever. This is not just a tonight thing. I tried talking to her about some local hydropower issues and she got really confused and sloughed me off to some other guy.
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I just saw this and she is ridiculous.
Now the two after her are agreein' that she pulled ahead in the debate.
Now I gotta play catch up.
hahahahahah yes!
That bitch!
Well ok that puts a little hope back in me.
Yes. It sounded to me like an outright dickheaded move, like 'ha ha, you may be destroying me but your wife's fucking dead'
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hahaha Alaska says Biden won
ouch Alaska, ouch
Can honestly say of the two I wouldn't have expected Biden to be the one to play that.
Biden remarried after his first wife died. His CURRENT (and still alive) wife is/was a teacher.
I won my game of buzzword bingo.
to be fair, somhow I ended up with "bridge to nowhere" printed twice on it.
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Her biggest asset this go around was her ability to dodge questions and not come off as shaken. She wore a smile althroughout and maintained composure.
that graph had me confounded most of the time
Actually, i thought it was incredibly shitty, and i didn't know his wife was dead. Now that I know? I just hate the bitch. So many passive-aggressive bullshit things said by her.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Wasilla is not exactly corruption free, no?
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I thought it was a low blow by her too. Outright meaaaaan.