The Eye of the Tiger

The Final Debate
I'm lost without a clue
So how can I undo
The tangle of these webs I keep weaving
I don't know if I should be believing
Deceptive perceiving
But if you don't mind
I don't mind- The Buzzcocks

So the question is, how does McCain take the initiative? Does he go the Ayers/Rev. Wright route and totally sell out any principles he has left. I mean Obama is prepared for that, isn't he, it's like walking into an ambush.

Or does he start going down the foreign policy/national security road? Now this is very important territory but it may be kind of like worrying if your kid is going to drown in the river, while in actuality the house is on fire. It's the economy more than ever stupid, and I imagine that John would rather have Romney on his team right now rather than Sarah Moosenidiot.

Sarah Palin visited New Hampster today. They had a woman on the radio talking about that she was a hockey mom too and it was great to have a "regular" person going to the white house. Now we want regular people for one of the most important jobs in the world, the second for the most important job in the world. I'm sick of regular. I want amazing, I want intellect. You can have empathy for the common man, the regular guy, remember where you came from etc. without having to dumb everything down. Geez.

My favorite quote of the day from my sister about the economy, "wow, this is one of the few times that I feel good being poor". (meaning she hasn't lost anything)

9:00 PM Wolf Blitzer is the Brent Musberger of news, shows up everywhere and you wonder how the hell he has a job. Chuck Hagel's wife is attending with Michelle Obama, damn, think that dude is job searching?

9:03 PM He comes the best part of the debate, it's Xmas for everyone and costs no one anything. Does Obama go into 4 corners here, a little curly neal dribble or does he try to take it to the hoop. This debate is a battle for confidence, Americans need confidence.

9:08 PM Well, John you could always leave the Senate and go into plumbing. The BIG LIE of this campaign is that either taxes will be raised and/or entitlements will be cut. Just stop lying, both of you.

9:15 PM Random back and forth about cutting programs that don't work, etc. McCain needs a soundbite or two for someone to grab onto. He shouldn't refer to the Depression so much, it seems like he actually was there. He really hates that projector. He must have some bullets in his gun, he must.

9:23 PM This is really boring. Again without the whiskey. McCain has disappointed me so far, rehashing the same ideas. I've always liked McCain, is he trying too hard to remain calm, to not be the old angry guy?

9:30 PM Obama has the advantage of just being calm, who is the more medicated candidate. Joe the Plumber is back. It's about John Lewis and Joe the Plumber. And talking about the rallies. Wow, this is really stupid. Can we just give each candidate a two minute timeout.

9:36 PM Wow, a Republican bringing up voter fraud. Does anyone cares about Bill Ayers? I mean other than people who wouldn't vote for Obama anyway? People who think Obama is a socialist?

9:46 PM Hopefully Bob doesn't really want to talk about Climate control. Terrible question, "how many barrels?" John doesn't understand the fungibility of oil and the global economy. Ohio loves clean coal, so does Pennsylvania. Obama also doesn't understand the fungibility of oil either. Or this 700 billion dollar figure, we just want to toss huge sacks of money around.

9:53 PM Obama needs to go to South America. And was just compared to Herbert Hoover.

9:58 PM Is the Entitlement question coming up? Wait, John's gotta talk to Joe the Plumber again. And Barry's concerned about Joe thinking he's a socialist, too.

10:03 PM Would you leave Joe the hell alone? 47 million (who knows) without health care and we're worried about Joe paying a fine for healthcare? Every one of these interviewers/newsreaders/moderators has been terrible, anyone who talks about the federal budget and doesn't follow up on defense, medicaid, social security, medicare or debt service is just an idiot.

10:09 PM What does Joe feel about Roe v. Wade? Lily Ledbetter and Joe the Plumber. McCain is going to adopt all the babies.

10:16 PM The standard centrist education answer from Obama, finally smartening up to know that the teacher's unions aren't going to run out and vote for McCain en masse. TFA gets a shout out from Johnny! I start to stare into space when they talk education.

Thank God, this is the last debate, to me, a tie, but McCain had to win, he still looks angry and annoyed, which is fine if you're me, but not for the big job. Looking forward to writing about something besides debates.