Palin has been instructed to mock Obama's answers.

[ColbertWatcher]

This is supposed to show (somehow) that Palin's inexperience and stupidity is somehow shared by Obama.

Don't fall for it, don't believe it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. You mean Biden?

[iheartmulletz]

23. I think the OP did mean Biden and I heard a byte by Palin today

Sounded pretty snarky. It was on the radio and I thought it was a parody of Sarah! Honest! Truth is stranger than fiction, it would seem...

[ColbertWatcher]

44. OP didn't mean Biden! See #8. n/t

[garlicmilkshake]

2. er, do you mean Biden?

??

[Bluebear]

7. No, in other words painting Obama as inexperienced, as McCain irritatingly kept saying

"Obama doesn't understand this and that" during the debate.

[FLyellowdog]

3. That will only make her look like the bee-atch she is.

[BuyingThyme]

11. Please don't call the pig a bitch.

[ColbertWatcher]

19. GOP supporters believe everything is fine as long as you love Jesus. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Mockery won't work

any more than rudeness did with McCain.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Of course it won't work, but this is the GOP. They don't play democracy. n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

24. Wait, did you mean mock Biden's answers in the debate? nt

[Thrill]

5. Obama showed his smarts and understanding of the issues

so I don't understand what you're saying.

[ColbertWatcher]

18. Apparently a "random voter" asked Palin a question about Pakistan at a pizza place ...

... in front of cameras (how convenient).

Her answer was the exact one that Obama gave and that McCain "scolded" him for.

They're trying to equate Obama's judgement to Palin's stupidity.

[Realityhack]

25. Or she just fucked up. n/t

[Earth_First]

6. I hope she does refer to Biden as Obama all night...

It will only further demonstrate her ignorance to the electorate.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. I wasn't clear.

Palin will not confuse Biden with Obama. The GOP want to confuse their low information electorate with the distinction between Palin and Obama by having her repeat comments he makes that McCain disagrees with.

For example: at some pizza place somehow a "random voter" got close enough to her to ask her a question about attacking Pakistan on camera. She repeated the answer Obama gave at the debate, which McCain scolded Obama for.

The GOP is getting wind that people see Palin as a fall-down dumb-ass. So, what they're doing is trying to equate her inexperience and stupidity with Obama through his statements.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. No, I do not mean Biden. This is the GOP we're talking about here.

That "random voter" who asked the Pakistan question was a plant.

The GOP is trying to make Palin out to be some kind of quasi-Obama surrogate.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

36. They tried that already. Now she's the laughingstock of the U.S.

This is stuff I overheard today at my workplace:

(a male attorney on the phone) "Oh man, Tina Fey looks more like Palin than Palin! Yes, yes, she was funny. What on earth is there not to make fun of for God's sakes?"

(two guys talking) "I think they're trying to cram 44 years of knowledge into a brain that has no knowledge at all!" "You are kidding me right?" "No I'm not. She's holed up somewhere with experts hired by the McCain campaign, and they're teaching her Basic VP 101, 201, 301, 401, etc." "Shit!"

(a female co-worker, to me) "I'm going to e-mail you another joke about Sarah Palin."

(the table over at a restaurant during lunch) "And if he dies, we get that know-nothing. Can you imagine?"

[Realityhack]

9. Citation needed n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

14. My tin foil hat and gut. n/t

[Realityhack]

27. Don't say 'she has been instructed' if what you mean is you THINK this might be their tactic.

It is downright dishonest.

[tekisui]

10. !

:rofl:

"I know you are, but what am I"

Yeah, that's gonna go over well in the middle of the biggest financial crises in a generation.

[ColbertWatcher]

29. It's only meant to introduce FUD into the camapign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_fear#Fear.2C_uncertainty_and_doubt

[nickyt]

13. Mock away, motherfucker! Mock whoever ya like as often as ya like!

The ability to mock is a treasured quality of great leadership, so have AT it!

[Virginia Dare]

15. Uh huh, because mockery worked so well for McSame?

they're throwing themselves under the bus, I'm convinced. This is not a serious campaign.

[ColbertWatcher]

20. Outright mocking didn't work, but subtle mockery is their next tactic. n/t

[Lex]

16. That will be immensely unlikeable

behavior as a debate tactic.

[ColbertWatcher]

22. If it is something she uses in the debate ...

... and Biden disagrees with her (when she uses Obama's words), then he is disagreeing with Obama.

I didn't think she would use it during the debate, but hey, that's possible too.

I just noticed she did it with a "random voter" at a pizza place who asked her about attacking Pakistan.

She repeated Obama's answer, which McCain scolded Obama for. The GOP knows Palin is a failure and doesn't know a fucking thing, but they want to hang her inexperience and stupidity from around Obama's neck like an albatross.

[torbird]

28. This is fascinating.

But it also makes little to no sense at all. That's less a "strategy" and more like "nonsense" and voters won't follow it down the rabbit hole.

Also, could you take that damn scary picture off for a while? It's burning my retinas.

[ColbertWatcher]

31. The strategy is not supposed to be a game winner ...

... it's supposed to introduce FUD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_fear#Fear.2C_uncertainty_and_doubt

[torbird]

34. I hope you are joking.

If not, see my last reply, below, for the ultimate refutation of this ploy.

[ColbertWatcher]

37. No, I'm not joking. I don't troll that way.

Also, I did see your reply below and answered it!

[Virginia Dare]

46. I'm totally not worried, she'll screw it up somehow..

the woman is simply not sharp enough to carry that off.

[curious one]

17. She is irrelevant no matter what she does. More attacks, more nose dive for McLame/Phalin.

[crim son]

21. Interesting.

If by mock, you mean "mock" then the ploy is a stupid one. Americans seem finally to be tired of the negativity and rudeness endorsed by repukes these past eight years. If you mean she is going to duplicate Obama's answers... well then. I'm curious to see how that goes.

[ColbertWatcher]

33. It's not outright in-you-face mockery. It's subtle. n/t

[crim son]

38. Okay. I can imagine that.

So the McCain campaign has accepted that Palin's a moron and is willing to "highlight" this fact by having her mouth Obama's answers? Laughing. Damn! I think it's too subtle to work as planned. Viewers will more likely believe that she's over her "stage fright" and is suddenly making sense.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. Palin can only be instructed so much - she's the Kelly Bundy of the political world

Every time her brain learns a new fact, an old one drops out.

[torbird]

32. Besides...

If she gives as answers the same things Obama said, why wouldn't Joe Biden (who is no fool and, unlike Palin, actually watched the debate on Friday) just say "Thanks for agreeing with me and Obama, governor."

I mean, if a strategy that complicated can be defeated by so simple a thing as saying "thanks for agreeing with me," then it's not much of a strategy, is it?

[ColbertWatcher]

35. It depends who is agreeing with you.

She's an idiot.

Everyone knows it.

How good can your plan be if the stupidest of us agrees with you?

Remember, the Machiavellian tactic is to attack strengths.

Obama runs circles around these two; but the GOP can see the polls on Palin dropping.

They will try to equate her inexperience and stupidity--not policies--with Obama.

[torbird]

40. Not buying it.

Mack-a-whonow? Americans don't care about that crap. They don't go for triple-crosses and deep intrigue.

Look, the dumbest people in our society still have jobs, own homes, went to college (or, in some cases, 5 or 6 colleges).

And even the morons know the difference between "true" and "false" and "good" and "bad."

So, if Palin says that Obama is right, then what the dumbest Americans hear is "Obama is right" (i.e., his plans make sense for average Americans...or sub-average in this case) What the moderate Republicans who don't even like Palin hear is "Obama is right" (and, great -- now moderate Republicans can vote for him, since they don't want to vote for Palin) What the people who are softly rooting for Palin (the confused Democrats...a fictitious group, but one much discussed) hear is "Obama is right" (and it's OK to vote for him,, because he represents policies acceptable to good ol' Sarah) What Democrats, who think she's an idiot, hear is "Obama is right" (and p.s., you're still an idiot, Sarah!).

In every case, the Democrats gain votes. Different constituencies would perceive this differently. But most would find in Palin's statements some reassurance that Obama has reached even her feeble brain and so his plan must contain some fundamentally correct idea. See? Even the idiot can't find fault with it.

[ColbertWatcher]

43. Of course, you're not going to buy it! This isn't for those of us who read the news!

This is for people who get their information from Rush, but aren't sure about McCain.

This is for the undecideds who haven't been able to pick between Obama and McCain.

it's meant to muddy the waters.

[paparush]

39. VP Debate Questions (as submitted by the McCone camp)

Elaborate on the migratory differences between moose and caribou and the implications on the opening day of hockey season.

Taking down a moose - Head shot, or through the heart?

Aerial big game hunting - Copters vs Fixed Wing?

What would you rather have served at a city council meeting, doughnuts or those giant muffins?

[torbird]

41. I like your NC flag.

[paparush]

42. Thanks!

[spanone]

45. i just watched mcasshole mocking obama...fuck these people