The Rumble in Columbus: Veeps Attack!

[merithyn]

I felt like this needed its own thread.

So, is Biden going to wipe the floor with The Youngen'? Or is Paul going to kick Joe in the teeth? Predictions? Bets? What say you, Languish?

[Valmy]

I predict Biden will make hilarious verbal gaffs and Ryan will savagely attack things he previously was in favor of.  Should be good quality reality TV.

[merithyn]

I predict Biden will make hilarious verbal gaffs and Ryan will savagely attack things he previously was in favor of.  Should be good quality reality TV.

Electoral version of Jersey Shore?

[derspiess]

I think the Dems will try to fool everyone by replacing Biden with a gaffe-proof RoboJoe.

Anywho, I would think Ryan, being a bit younger and sharper, would mop the floor with a not-aging-too-well Biden.  But debates often tend to turn out contrary to conventional wisdom, and Crazy Joe has a history of good debate performance. 

So the safest prediction for me is a draw.   Ryan will say something that people will take out of context and try to use against him, while Biden will half-ass a couple one-liners and will receive adulation because, well, bless his heart he's trying.

[garbon]

I predict Biden will make hilarious verbal gaffs and Ryan will savagely attack things he previously was in favor of.  Should be good quality reality TV.

Electoral version of Jersey Shore?

The Situation on the end of Jersey Shore:

It will take a number of years to try to forget what we've done.

[mongers]

I'll make an effort to see this, should be entertaining.

What time is it one ?   (EST is what +5GMT ?)

[sbr]

I'll make an effort to see this, should be entertaining.

What time is it one ?   (EST is what +5GMT ?)

Looks like it starts in 6 hours.

[derspiess]

I'll make an effort to see this, should be entertaining.

What time is it one ?   (EST is what +5GMT ?)

Looks like it starts in 6 hours.

6+24 hours, anyway

[DGuller]

Joe has won the race for low expectations before it even started.  Any performance where he doesn't drool while crapping his pants will be considered a decisive draw at the very least. 

However, I predict that not only will Joe Biden successfully fight back saliva and feces, but that he'll actually get the better of Ryan by a modest margin.  Unlike Romney, who has to play dumb for his party, Ryan actually is a total flake with no substance.

[crazy canuck]

I am fascinated by how much play such a minor role in your government gets.  I understand the one heartbeat away thing but I think you guys take it a bit far.  Does anyone actually vote based on the fact that the VP might one day be president if the current president comes to some tragic end?

[DGuller]

I am fascinated by how much play such a minor role in your government gets.  I understand the one heartbeat away thing but I think you guys take it a bit far.  Does anyone actually vote based on the fact that the VP might one day be president if the current president comes to some tragic end?

Berkut?

[frunk]

I am fascinated by how much play such a minor role in your government gets.  I understand the one heartbeat away thing but I think you guys take it a bit far.  Does anyone actually vote based on the fact that the VP might one day be president if the current president comes to some tragic end?

McCain/Palin

[Razgovory]

Prediction: Derspeiss is going to say Ryan won.

[CountDeMoney]

Does anyone actually vote based on the fact that the VP might one day be president if the current president comes to some tragic end?

I dunno...people like my Dad, whose vote McCain had locked up until he picked you-know-who, seemed to take the veep candidate pretty seriously.  No way in holy hell did he want that fruit cake anywhere near the Oval Office.

And I specifically recall a couple acquaintances whose vote for Dukakis was cemented with the hope that he'd die in the middle of the inauguration so Lloyd Bentsen could take his rightful place upon the throne.

[Josephus]

I am fascinated by how much play such a minor role in your government gets.  I understand the one heartbeat away thing but I think you guys take it a bit far.  Does anyone actually vote based on the fact that the VP might one day be president if the current president comes to some tragic end?

Yeah. This one gets me as well. What was it John Adams famously said:

"the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."