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Live Biden-Palin Blogging Part II

By Josh Marshall|October 02, 2008

10:03 PM ... Didn't Palin just get the name wrong of our Army commander in Afghanistan. His name is David D. McKiernan. Who's the McClellan she was talking about? She pretty clearly misstated what he said, but she seems not even to know who he is. And here's the article with the General saying what Biden said he said, that a surge type strategy wouldn't work.

Here's the vid ...

10:06 PM ... What's Palin talking about saying that Biden was supporting McCain's line on Iraq during the primaries? Really? Can we go to the videotape on that?

10:14 PM ... What'd she just say? That she'd like the VP to take a stronger role in the senate?

10:15 PM ... A bit earlier Gov. Palin said that Sen. Biden supported McCain's policies on Iraq until this race. Let's do some fact-checking on that. Here's her quote: "You had supported John McCain's military strategies pretty adamantly until this race." What's she basing that on.

10:18 PM ... "America is a nation of exceptionalism."

10:21 PM ... Biden saving the best for last. Very powerful.

10:29 PM ... Palin: "I like answering the tough questions."

10:33 PM ... Here was one of Palin's weirdest moments ....