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I only watched about 30 minutes of the debate and I’m not sure if I’ll even catch the rest later because our DVR decided to sit this one out, but even 30 minutes of listening to Sarah Palin speak was enough to send shivers down my spine. Like many have already said, I couldn’t help but notice how she seemed more and more adorable the less familiar with something she was – you know, “Oh, yeah, it’s so obvious I’m a Washington outsider. And someone just not used to the way you guys operate…” The thing is, I don’t want someone who’s cute and adorable to hold one of the top offices in our country. I don’t want a soccer Mom (or hockey mom, or whatever) with her finger anywhere near the trigger to our “nuculear weapons.” Her constant winking at the camera really scares me because her personality just screams at me like she’s the kind of person who’ll happily tell you with a sparkling grin on her face that you’re going to burn in hell for your beliefs while she’ll be rewarded for her own in heaven…

I probably should find a way to watch the rest, however simply from those 30 minutes alone, I’m definitely more confident in Joe Biden simply because I thought he carried himself very well and did a good job at refuting / laughing off Palin’s vague nonsense. At least to me, he came off as a very level-headed, professional politician, whereas Palin still seems to be her own cheerleader, just shy of stepping out from behind the podium to whisper, “I shouldn’t even be here – I’m just like all of you average joes out there! That’s me, just good, old Sarah Plain & Tall…and Rich…”

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Also…
Words & Phrases I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore: maverick, special needs, the surge worked, securing democracy
New Rule: You can no longer claim to be able to relate to the “working middle class / average Joes” when you’re worth over a million bucks.

Update: Here’s a transcript of the entire debate.

I got this as an e-mail forward last night and thought it sounded like a great plan – the perfect, Average Joe-friendly solution to our current financial crisis! Then I went back to the 2nd grade and remembered something from basic math…

I’m against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.
Instead, I’m in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We Deserve It Dividend.
To make the math simple, let’s assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.
Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..
So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00.
My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It Dividend.
Of course, it would NOT be tax free.
So let’s assume a tax rate of 30%.
Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.
That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.
But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.
What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage – housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans – what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college – it’ll be there
Save in a bank – create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car – create jobs
Invest in the market – capital drives growth
Pay for your parent’s medical insurance – health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean – or else
Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.
If we’re going to re-distribute wealth let’s really do it…instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( “vote buy” ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.
If we’re going to do an $85 billion bailout, let’s bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!
As for AIG – liquidate it.
Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate.
Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.
Here’s my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn’t.
Sure it’s a crazy idea that can “never work.”
But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!
How do you spell Economic Boom?
I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion
We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC .
And remember, it only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.
Why can Washington keep it this simple???

$85 billion divided by 200 million people comes out to $425 / person – not $425,000 / person.  To offer every adult in the nation that kind of dividend would cost $85 trillion, or about nine times the current national debt.

Yeah, “it’s a crazy idea that can never work,” but as much as I don’t want to admit it, it’s really not Washington’s fault that math doesn’t work that way.