Random Thoughts on the Vice Presidential Debate

Like millions of others I watched the debate last night and like the majority of people I thought Joe Biden won. It was not unexpected, but under the pressure of doing well and not coming across as sexist or condescending towards his opponent he did very well. I also have to say Sarah Palin did better than I thought. Of course the bar was set so low after the disastrous Katie Couric interview she couldn't possibly do worse. Her inability to answer specific questions and her constant rehashing of the same memorized talking points was annoying to say the least. But it is over now since the Republicans only agreed to just one Vice Presidential debate.

I wonder how many people watched last night's debate for the same reason so many people watch auto races? That is they were waiting for someone to crash and burn. What other real reason was there to watch. The election is less than 5 weeks away. How can anyone still look at you with a straight face and say they are undecided about who they are going to vote for in the election? What more do you need to know? And I really wonder how many of these people are still undecided. The people they had on CNN seemed more like the people you would see on Jerry Springer. They only wanted their 15 minutes of fame no matter what they had to do or how stupid they had to appear.

WaMu goes under

We now have the largest bank failure in history. Add to that the largest insurance company and Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae. All under the watch of a Republican president. Can there still be anyone out there who is considering voting for McCain?

McCain's lack of courage

Over and over we have heard about his war record and time as a POW. But when push comes to shove I guess he is just another coward. No other way to say it after reading reports that he wants to postpone the debate this Friday. Like the Senate cannot survive without him being there. If he was presidential material he would want to be at the debate letting the American public know what he would do about the economic crisis in this country. How can you run for the highest office in the land and once a problem hits you have to run and hide? You claim to love your country and yet cannot stand up and tell us how you would save it? He has now lost the last shred of respect I had for the man...

Addendum:
Some fun facts about John McCain: Of all Senators, John McCain has been the most absent. There have been 643 votes taken in the current Senate session: McCain has missed 412 of them.

McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8th. Since March, he has missed 109 of the last 110 votes

And yet on this issue he has to go back to the Senate and miss the debate. Can I use the word coward again...

Vote Republican...

I found this on What Bill Thinks. Why vote for anyone else...

Still an undecided voter?

It is hard to remember what things were like before the Internet. Our sources of information were limited. At least our access to information was limited. Not so today. 24/7 we can get information on virtually any topic. Which is why I cannot understand why there are still people out there that have not made up their mind about who they are going to vote for in the Presidential election in November. The information on each candidate is out there for anyone to read. As an adult--and only adults can vote--what excuse do you have for not making a little effort to do some research on your own. Why are you waiting for your 30 second soundbites from the candidates to try and sway your opinion? As if you can make an informed choice based on 30 seconds of propaganda. We have to take a test before we can drive a car. Maybe we should have to take a test before we are allowed to vote...

Republican Convention part 3...

They can't even use actual footage? With all the military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan they could not have found something on film? What an insult to our military that they fake a funeral and use actors to portray our soldiers. And this from a military man. Shame on you McCain.

Jon Stewart vs. the Republicans...

Leave it to Jon Stewart...

Republican convention...

I did watch part of the Republican convention tonight. I did not intend to originally. If you do not know by know who you are voting for then I feel sorry for you. But I did want to hear what the vice presidential candidate had to say. So I tuned in a little before her scheduled speech at 10 pm. First out was Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii. Just because she is a woman they thought it would be a good idea to have her talk? Then came Rudy Giuliani's talk. Pretentious little bastard. Finally Sarah Palin came out. Interesting to find out her speech was written before she was even picked to be the vice presidential candidate. I agree with several other bloggers that she came across as someone running for her school student council or president. This was the best McCain could find? And to hear the outright lies come out of her mouth and the crowd eat it up? Sickening. I though McCain was above this petty campaigning. At least he has said he is. Apparently that was just another belief he has abandoned as he makes his run for the oval office. I used to admire the man but how he can throw away his previous stands just to accommodate the far right of his party is enough to make me never vote for him.