October 3rd, 2008

on the vice presidential debates

My Facebook status, as the night progressed…

Me: is so totally enjoying the VP “debate”… vodka helps. 9:54pm

Me: is wondering, how many times was Palin supposed to say “Maverick” tonight? Going on 10, by my count… 9:59pm

Friend comment: at 10:10pm October 2
How many times has she refused to answer a question by talking about her energy policies instead? I’ve counted four…

Me comment: at 10:12pm October 2
At least. If we were voting on the ability to never answer the actual question, she’d win by a landslide.

Friend comment: at 10:46pm October 2
How can you not see how intertwined the banruptcy reform act and energy policy are? Please read sarcasm into my words.

Friend comment: at 10:52pm October 2
I’m a real maverick at reading sarcasm. 😛

Me comment: at 10:59pm October 2
Annnnd the number of people who are getting a thesaurus in the mail climbs…. :p

Friend comment: at 11:10pm October 2
Thesauri are for elitists!

Friend comment: at 11:43pm October 2
The great maverick, reformer, Stander-upper-to-Washington-insider-politics that is McCain would call a thesaurus a dictionary because that’s how little he cares about winning a miss congeniality contest on the hill. Sorry I should have said he doesn’t care about “winnin” that extra g just takes away from the folksy tone I was trying to convey.

Me: a team of mavericks now! Isn’t that a conflicting statement? 10:13pm

Friend comment: at 2:16pm October 3
good point! if everyone conformed to maverick status, technically the concept of maverick would cease to exist.

Me: omg—she did a shout out. Also, defective yeti is doing a live blog. Hilarious: http://www.defectiveyeti.com/. 10:16pm

Me: .. shit maverick twice in what, three sentences? 10:25pm

Me: aww Biden, maverick EIGHT times in under a minute? Sigh. Everybody get a thesaurus. 10:27pm

Me: no matter where she is in regards to a microphone, I can hear her voice. It pains me. 10:37pm