According to the New York Times, the increasingly failing Sarah Palin is off in Sedona, Arizona getting polished, primped and prepped for the debate by McCain campaign Pygmalions, including Randy Scheunemann, McCain’s chief foreign policy aide; Mark Wallace, a deputy campaign manager for Mr. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign; and Nicolle Wallace, a former Bush communications director.
In addition to all that briefing and rehearsing Sarah gets, they need remind the Miss Alaska runner-up about important beauty pageant tips, though maybe not the nipple plaster thing.
11. DON’T LIE ON YOUR PAPERWORK OR IN THE INTERVIEW. If you get caught in a lie, or one of the judges is an excellent poker player, your bluff will cost you.
18. Choose a platform that really means something to you, not just something you think will impress the judges.
19. Know your current events and important issues that are being discussed in the news.
27. "On stage question" is not as tough as it might seem. Often times the stage lights are so bright you can’t see the audience anyway so just pretend they aren’t even there.
31. Know your platform inside and out. You never know what you’ll be asked.
32. Be sure you understand just what the responsibilities of the titleholder are. You don’t want to win and discover that you can’t handle the job.
79. Search Yahoo or any news site for current events relating to your platform. If your platform’s cancer and someone very famous died of cancer last week, you might want to know this. If your platform is AIDS and they’ve discovered a new treatment a couple days ago and if you can include that in the interview, it’ll wow them.
80. The competition is a performance! Put on a good show. You want to entertain as well as impress.
96. If you make a mistake, try to act like it never happened. The audience may not notice and if the judges notice but see how quickly you can pick up your composure quickly afterwards they might be impressed.
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Maybe she could wear the uniform from her action figure doll.
But, “no capes!”
Can they turn the Increasingly Failing Sarah Palin into the Unsinkable Molly Brown?
Don’t answer a question with a question, like “In what respect, Gwen?” She will just say “In any respect you dumb as dogshit clown.”
Best idea for a Debate Drinking Game yet:
Have a drink every time the governor clips the “g” off an “ing”-ending, as in reachin’, watchin’, testin’, tryin’, workin’.
Just know when to say “when.”
I love it! a reference to Edna Moda in “The Incredibles”!
And on the other side, every time Biden begins an answer with “Look, …..” Between the two of them, you’ll be hammered 1/2 way through.
I missed that. (and i saw the movie, too). Went right over my head wooosh! Good one, puravida.
I love when people get my pop culture jokes. *g*
O/T (forgive the early off topic post)
House Dem (progressive caucus) alternative Bill on CSPAN right now
Will be archived here later
cool. thanks
Remember to look directly at Biden and flutter your eyelashes a lot….and don’t forget the “bend and snap”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-4tIs00NvM
msnbc showing a backhoe on wall street. Is that McCain’s new bailout plan? to take care of that crater?
back to topic: LOL excellent post. I may not watch the debate on Thursday as her voice is really getting to me
and no sayin’ “horseshit”
here is the live cspan live link for the progressive caucus plan
She needs to remeber to bring up McCain’s POW-ness in nearly every answer.
was McCain a POW? You got a source for that? A link?
She can just ramble on for the entire debate. You know the old saying, if you can’t convince them, confuse them
96. If you make a mistake, try to act like it never happened.
Hell, she’s a Republican. No need to worry about that one.
Can anybody find details about the progressive caucus plan? I can’t seem to find squat. I see the link above, but I don’t see any info on the plan.
Memo to Senator Biden: if we remember what Failin’ says, you win. If we remember what you say, maybe not. Let. Her. Talk.
but seriously… has Ifill ever moderated one of these? i don’t remember? if so, how was she? If not, how do you think she’ll be?
that would be– “baffle them with bullshit”
she and mccain sure know how to fill the air with their voice and look darn sure about what they are sayin’.
but if she does not get something wrong she will not get that “cuteness” thing going she falls back on
I will be disapointed if she doesn’t get that “cuteess” thing happening
BTW, I looked at that Queen of Hearts picture above and I have to wonder what she’s doing with her hands…
Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down. I see her bobbing around like a Weeble and Biden just pushing her over gently and watching her bob around some more. And smiling his ass off.
She’s the queen of diamonds. big difference.
I don’t know how they do it but if you don’t believe in yourself no one will
not seeing any policy looking stuff on their site:
Here is the letter they sent the Speaker on 9/26
site link
Agreed
My sincere hope is that Biden’s been learning from Obama.
Palin can be the gift that keeps on giving.
I so agree with you.
Queen of Babble On
New Ian up at the Mothership
i actually think she’ll exceed expectations seein’ as how they’re so low. all she needs to do is repeat certain talking points. amazingly, she hasn’t been able to do that, after a few days of practice, she should be able to. i don’t see her screwin’ up in a big way and the story will be “Palin held her own with the more experienced Biden.”
Well yeah diamonds, but what’s she doin with her hands? It looks kind of obscene.
it’s sign language.
Yes, they’ll certainly try to lower the expectations, but: Could they *be* any lower? This is uncharted territory. If she doesn’t irreparably damage our relations with a NATO ally, or cause a coup in Pakistan, that will be considered a success.
LOL
Hmmm. reminds me of somethin’ McCain said about cindy a while back.
omg, look carefully at that … it’s a yoni.
Google ‘Gwen Ifill’ and you can see video of her interviewing Obama as well as a question & answer session with her regarding Thursday’s debate.
The Queen of Diamonds is a reference to a 1962 film in which a brainwashed POW is continually referred to “…the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”
Now it’s being updated IRL.
Be wary of of totalitarian regimes; left or right, they are always wrong.
Don’t forget that moment that Sharon Stone had in that movie, um, I can’t remember the name, but I do remember the moment
Dave Neiwert has his diary Front-Paged!
Dispatch From Wasilla: The Clouds Descend
The problem is that Palin is likely second guessing everything she says right now. She likely has never had such scrutiny and fact-checking about her remarks back in Juneau. So she’s going to be even more cautious about stating anything factual. Any odd sort of question, or query that’s differently phrased might send her off into a spiral. But she likely be on safe ground if the questions don’t get too outside the bounds of the McCain pamphlets and are generalities.
I heard he stayed at a Hilton hotel the whole war and that’s where he met Paris before he saw a cross in the dust of a soldier’s boots which caused him to rise up, declare himself a great leader and …
John McCain says ‘horseshit’ in public!