They were laughing at what?

October 17, 2008 5:04 PM

Is there a video of people laughing at Biden's story about his wife during the US Vice Presidential Debate?

I've read reports mentioning that this happened, but a search of Youtube, Google, Delicious, and the like don't turn anything up.

posted by ejoey to Society & Culture (6 answers total)

I'll try to remember where, but the one I saw wasn't all that impressive visually. It was just a fat woman on a folding chair leaning to her neighbour and making a face (smiling). Disgusting, but was hard to prove that her actions coincided exactly with what was being said on screen at the time.
posted by bonobothegreat at 5:36 PM on October 17, 2008

Sounds pretty doubtful. I sure don't remember hearing any such thing.
posted by rokusan at 5:38 PM on October 17, 2008

BTW -- I did see the video on television. The laughter didn't happen at the debate itself, but amongst a group gathered in Wasilla, Alaska to watch their hometown hero, Palin, debate Biden. The clip was shown widely the next day on CNN and/or MSNBC. I'm searching to see if I can locate it.
posted by ericb at 5:39 PM on October 17, 2008

It did happen and was recorded by a national news crew with a reporter and producer there to verfiy the account. It was commented on by 'talking heads' the next day. And, yes, one of the primary visuals was "a fat woman on a folding chair leaning to her neighbour and making a face (smiling)".
posted by ericb at 5:41 PM on October 17, 2008

The Daily Show did a piece on the Wasilla VP Debate watch party.
posted by lunasol at 5:54 PM on October 17, 2008

The incident I remember was actually from a link posted by ericb here:

http://www.metafilter.com/75311/Sarah-Palin-may-be-a-better-debater-than-you-think#2288912

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1417423198?bctid=1834283910 Starts at 2:27
posted by hindmost at 8:03 PM on October 17, 2008