Debate Score Card..

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

My attempts to hijack this thread and make it all about Sun Tzu have failed. I should have known.

Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.

Hence the use of spies, of whom there are five classes: (1) Local spies; (2) inward spies; (3) converted spies; (4) doomed spies; (5) surviving spies.

When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called "divine manipulation of the threads." It is the sovereign's most precious faculty.

'the art of war' eh? a little light reading?


palin didn't do as badly as many thought she would. i guess some would consider that a victory. i had to turn it off a few times, as palin gets on my nerves...and, as joey said, she says 'nucular' instead of nuclear--ugh, another pet peeve of mine. again, reminded me of bush. not good for her.
my husband thought it was funny when she said 'mccain tapped me...' typical guy!

at any rate, i thought biden did a good job, seemed to have more actual 'facts' (altho i can't verify if all those numbers he gave are truly accurate) while palin pretty much stuck to a script. i thought it telling however when she didn't (couldn't?) defend mccain when biden mentioned that the 'maverick' ( if i had a dollar for every time i heard that) was for more de-regulation on wall street.

and did you catch the gore-esque sigh towards the end?? at any rate, biden did what everyone expected, while palin was better than many thought she'd be. i have to say i think i'd feel more comfortable with biden having to assume the top spot if needed than i would if palin had to move to #1.