Nobody takes creationism seriously. Debate concluded.

How? Isn't he against vouchers? He's supported by teachers' unions. He's going to give you more of the same. Got that? MORE. In some districts teachers are paid to sit in rooms and have no contact with students because, though they're too dangerous, for various psychological reasons, to have contact with students, their union has so much power they cannot be fired. Obama and his trillion dollar spending increase will openly admit they want to pay more for education (like everything else) (which is primarily locally funded, as it should be). You're right. He'll do "something for the education system;" namely, he'll give them even larger amounts of money to squander as we ignore the fact that our children are held to lower and lower standards as Obama and his socialist friends continue to cator to the masses (in speech, that is) in this theraputic culture. They're against anything and everything that will actually increase the quality of education K-12. And have no doubt, Amerika is falling behind the rest of the world K-12, while our higher education is still top notch. How long can we expect our colleges and universities to lead the world when, across the country, we're lowering our standards?

Whatever. I don't think they more than touched on education in the VP debates. Obama doesn't propose anything that will actually improve our education system.

by and large you may be mostly correct. but you'd do well to bear in mind that everything you stated you hate so much about hip-hop isn't true across the board. you just advocated death for a lot of artists who share your values and happen to be lesser-known (that is, unknown to YOU).

listen to Lyrics Born tracks like  "The Last Trumpet" and "Whispers" and tell me you don't think he has genuinely good values and a not-alltogether-ignorant-and-harmful worldview.

Sure most hip-hop artists are dogs. So are most people of most nations. Don't be ridiculously ignorant in condemning hip-hop for openly stating values (/lack of values) shared by huge portions of your own nation's populations. There are plenty of hip-hop arists who feel the same way you do about other artists. It doesn't do anyone any good to ignorantly state you hope they all die.

Well worth the watch? You weren't watching the same smut on TV as me, or you're on crack.

This isn't a multiple choice examination with 1 correct answer. The bottom line is yes, you look better when you answer the question and don't dance around it. I thought it was downright embarassing the way Palin totally ignored questions and launched into word-for-word repetition of earlier answers. Sure not answering what you're not comfortable with can be a good strategy. But you can't forget that people will notice and take note that you weren't comfortable. For a national election, the firest question is WHY NOT!? If you want to run the country, you really ought to be prepared to do something as simple as answer questions stating and clarifying your own positions.

Black Wing mentioned that they wanted to look good without saying too much. That's one of the reasons I hate listening to polititions promise everything to everyone as they campaign. Even the debates are monological, as the candidates aren't intelligent enough nor good enough public speakers to actually engage their opponents in debate. At no point did either VP candidate even suggest their opponent move their discussion of any topic more abstract or more concrete (as in, be more specific about how they intended to keep broad promises or be more abstract in connecting how certain of their proposed actions fit in with their theoretical views of how things ought to be done).

As for judging honesty, knowledge, and competence, I think we would all do a lot better (and vote smarter) to consider that there's a lot of statements and facts to evaluate before deciding these things about a debate. Regardless of public speaking and delivery, there's a lot to the honesty and openness of the candidates that isn't immediately evident from their delivery. Often their delivery just tells you who's a better liar; who's more comfortable deliberately misleading you. Neither candidate spoke very openly or specificly regarding economic or energy policy (save Palin on energy), which leads to my concluding statement:

I don't like either presidential ticket. They're assholes.