Three winks and a “heckuva”: while blogs left and right dissect Palin’s folsky phrases and Biden’s words on healthcare, the consensus is that neither screwed anything up.
$700,000,000,000: The House begins debate on the bailout bill. “This may be the day America dies,” warns one Republican rep. So, uh, watch out?
159,000: American jobs cut in September, proving that America has been dyin’ all month long!
$7 a share: Wells Fargo agrees to buy that failure of a bank, Wachovia – no gov’t assistance needed.
1 in 5 have HIV: in South Africa, where foster families try to deal with the now-teenaged AIDS orphans.
$850,000 donation:Right wing initiative junkie Bill Sizemore is in court fighting charges of sleazy campaigning and contempt of court for funneling all kinds of donations through “sham foundations.”
13 animals: A 7-year-old Australian boy breaks into a zoo and feeds 13 reptiles to the zoo crocodile.
I cringed when she tried the Reagan line.
I’m always fascinated by the dial poll on CNN.
The men generally liked Palin more, while the women were generally for Biden.
When Palin said something about raping the environment (she was quoting Biden about off-shore drilling) the women spiked WAY down in response to the use of that word while the men actually spiked up for a split-second then came immediately back down to neutral.
I have to wonder if the people with the dials can see the graph while they’re watching.