WTF??? Biden comes out......

[cali]

praising Palin and defending her against the purported sexism against her in the media. Just heard him on the morning blabfests.

[JI7]

1. did you actually hear him or what others said ?

he is going to come up on CNN soon.

[cali]

4. yes I heard him. that's why I know what he said.

[amyrose2712]

2. Hopefully they know what they are doing. n/t

[mac56]

3. It's okay.

Biden knows what he's doing.

I'm betting it's a little bit of the old rope-a-dope.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

9. Yes. He also called Rove a great American after Turdblossom slammed him

It's the graciousness of praising an opponent you're going to annihilate. It's okay.

[vaberella]

12. Yeah. If he criticizes her the Repubs build it into sexism and

Biden has to tone himself down to accomodate. The whole point is, he needs to dispel any idea of her being an innocent victim so he needs give her some props. Further more it gives the Dems some love from the GOP side or for those who are tinkering on where to slide if at all. Then the lastly, it's better to praise and this goes back to my first statement because it projects the view that she is strong, and can handle politics so Biden can lay into her.

Again the idea is to build her a figmental wall of strength, power, and knowledge, which she's said not to have by the Republicans just by the fact that every criticism she is met with is classed as sexism. Once that is built, taking it a part in a debate when without having to be warned.

Obama was never rude or cruel to HRC, but then HRC was never labeled a light weight either, however Obama was always a bit sincere with her. I get the feeling Biden won't share the same feelings about Palin.

[shaniqua6392]

5. He is doing the right thing.

Do we want change? Yes. The Dems are trying to make the point that the Repukes have no plan to make life better for Americans who are suffering. We can not fall into the trap. This Palin shit will be over with by next week. They will need to put her ass out there in the media circuit to take questions directly and not have the benefit of a teleprompter and a speech written by the Bush speech writers.

[BPAW]

6. Nothing lost here...

Real target is McCain, not Palin. Nothing lost by saying "sexism is bad".

[daggahead]

7. Could be that Joe is setting her up ...

to smack her down in the debates.

[genna]

8. Stephenapoulus said Democrats were scared of the charge of sexism

I think we shouldn't pile on.

I didn't think he defended her at all. He just said some of the media's questions were over the top.

It is true some of them are.

Democrats are fair. When conservatives are nasty, it just makes Democrats look like we are much more angelic than we are.

He did talk about the substance that was lacking too.

[zbdent]

30. Biden should point out that "sexism" is treating someone differently because of

the fact that she's a woman ... so he should not pull punches, and Palin should not expect the press to treat her gently ...

[renie408]

10. Of course he did, idget, and he was PERFECT.

Because WE aren't attacking her for her family, WE are attacking her for being inexperienced and now we can attack her for being bombastic.

[cali]

16. Perfect? We'll see. I doubt it,

Attack her for being bombastic? LOL! Yeah, that'll work. Biden fell into a trap when he endorsed the puke claims of sexism on the part of the media. It's a canard, genius.

[vaberella]

19. Obama would have endorsed her as well. He did the same for HRC during the primaries. n/t

[renie408]

31. Oh, haven't you already decided that YOU are the only genius on the DU?

I mean, all your posts point out how much smarter you are than the person you are addressing. Oh, wait...that was SARCASM!! Sorry, I am just not up to speed with your blistering rhetoric and sophisticated taunts.

[glowing]

11. I'm assuming he's building it up the case for sympathy.. Making him

seem very sympathetic and uderstanding.. taking to task the media and their sexism.. standing up for women's issues (because he would need to make the women of this country sympathetic to himself). AND once the debates occur, no one could say Joe was being sexist.. he defended her whole heartedly against the wolfish media.

[TexasLady]

13. "a lot of political theater"

well put.

[RoccoR5955]

14. He's taking the high road...

...her delivery was very good, HOWEVER, it was the same old rhetoric that we have been hearing for more than thirty years. This is a very good tactic, and should prove to be the winning tactic.

Joe Biden, "This is a Karl Rove kind of deal, and she is doing it skillfully." But he mentioned nothing about the middle class, nothing about where the terrorists live, nothing about how to restore our standing in the world, etc. (paraphrased except for quotes).

[Marsala]

15. Anyway, there's no need to worry that the media might back off of Palin

just because Biden said some of their questions are "over the top".

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. Maybe our vetting confirmed the National Enquirer...

No need for Biden to pound on her considering what's about to happen.

[uponit7771]

24. Right, even if the story is half true she's screwed. This country doesn't allow for MEN to have...

...affairs recently not less women with 5 kids.

What's strange is McSame is giving credence to the story with his threat of a lawsuite.

I think it's his way of dumping her as soon as he can

[JeanGrey]

35. The affair thing isn't going to wash. With her husband?

[grannie4peace]

18. he knows what he is doing

[elkston]

20. He's setting the bar high so she can fall hard. Good strategy. n/t

[renie408]

21. Don't you get it? Let HER be the bitch who attacks without substance. BIDEN

defended her, then went after the lack of substance in the speech. I read the comments mentioned in the CNN response thread. With few exceptions, people thought Palin was a bombastic bitch. She came out swinging TOO hard and without saying anything about the things that people care about right now.

[everything-bolt-up]

22. joe knows what he is doing??

keep expectations for her high - so NO ONE can squeal when he dishes it out at the debates. Sat she is competent so she can take the hits!!

[Mass]

23. He is right. There should be no sexism. If she was a man, everybody would say aloud that she is

not ready for the job and would be discussing her policies.

For example, she said she would be an advocate for special needs children. Fact: under her watch, the special needs budget in Alaska was divided by 2.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/08_OMB/budget/EED/comp2735.pdf

So, yes, let's held her to the same standards we hold men.

[livedemocarticordie]

25. they're waiting and of course dont want to be accused of sexism...

I saw him on TODAY and Cup of Joe, and what he said was Palin did not speak one word about afghanistan, pakistan, the middle class, education...etc. Its political theater and he's not sweating it. I also think they are waitiing to see waht the public's reposnse is before they go full throttle. I think Palin made a huge mistake going attack because it gives some folks permission to keep digging and unearthing her crap. Arrogance can cause a huge tumble down.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Biden is raising the bar. Palin is no media noob. nt

[President Decider]

27. Jesus, relax people ... JB is reshaping the discussion back to the ISSUES and their failure to

Address them last night. Like he said, they can throw out all the lille one-liner barbs all they want to give their own base something to cheer for, but it does not address the fact that they have no new ideas, no accountability for the past 8 years, and no specific plans on changing anything.

The Repubs are counting on a gross overload of rhetoric to have any chance at all. This is a shallow and weak strategy and it will fail miserably in the end.

.... bet it.

[renie408]

28. Bingo...On the issues, she loses....which is why she didn't mention them.

Which is also why the GOP has said that this election will NOT be about the issues. Which is a little weird, right??

[pdxmom]

29. I just watched him on CNN, and while he was gracious, I think that

John Roberts knew what was going on. Biden is raising the bar for Palin. Right now, the media is acting like Palin just needs to get through the debates without falling down or picking her nose. On CNN, he was saying things like "I hope I'll be able to get through the debates. She's great." But he was saying it with a smile. Roberts saw through it. I felt like Biden was saying those things almost mockingly. I thought he was great.

[Ninga]

32. YES, YOU ARE RIGHT ON TARGET WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT OF BIDEN.

I have a saying and it is this...


"How do you know where to go, if you don't know where you have been?"

Meaning, in a simple word.......HISTORY..............

Biden has decades of debating tough nuts in his history.

Biden learned from his wins and he learned from his losses.

Biden has a rich history of understanding this country, where we have been and where we need to go.


We need to hang on and work smart, talk smart and be smart in this effort.

[Windy]

33. The Dems are the ADULTS in the room.. more evident after the display last night! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

34. Nice move in the political chess game

Let HER be the mean-spirited attack dog. Don't let her goad you into saying something stupid.

Just bide your time. There are PLENTY of opportunities to refute her.

Good move by Biden.

[krkaufman]

36. I think the O/B campaign is holding back, letting the Rethugs have their convention ...

... and allowing the media to do their job in vetting her publicly. I expect they'll ramp-up the media push next week.

[Sugarcoated]

37. Do you think there'll be a YouTube video?