Ok, so it's business as usual in politics, but it is a current event:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_el_pr/debate_fact_check

Biden: I know what it's like to be a solo parent after my wife and daughter died, trying to raise my sons etc etc etc (paraphrased heartfelt moment).

Palin: Umm....uhhh....McCain's a maverick! *wink*

Your country = lol.

I only watched part of it. Palin seemed to be a bit on edge at parts that I watched but it went about how I thought it would...nothing I hadn't really heard already.

And as for US=lol. Maybe, at least it's not a socialist liberal country. That's not even lol...that's time for me to GTFO. :lol:

(Insert Toskin explaining how US isn't very good)

In my opinion Palin did not clear the bar, she did a cutsie Limbo and and went under the bar without knocking it off wich was good enough for her fans. For Style 8.5, for substance 6.0 (well coached) and for dodging questions, well thats a hard one, isn't that what politions do?