The Healthcare Debate... Continues?

Thoughts On the Last Presidential Debate

Obama: Very cool headed, answered all but one question directly, seemed like the calm adult, exuded confidence and understanding.

McCain: Seemed oddly rattled and afraid at the beginning, snorted, sighed, rolled his eyes, bared his teeth, arched his eyebrows (looking surprised and angry as a result), tried several maneuvers that have worked in the past but fell very flat for him, didn't ramble as much as last time, seemed a bit thrown off at times and repeated himself too often.

HBO's Presidential Debate

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The Debate(s) in a Minute

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"That One"

So last night's debate wasn't anything special. If you've been paying attention to the Presidential race at all you learned nothing new. At different points (and sometimes on the same question) the candidates did not answer the question asked, surprise surprise. I was most disappointed with Obama's lack of an answer to the question whether or not health insurance should be treated as a commodity. I personally think we should have a national health care system that takes care of everyone. The current system only takes care of those that can afford it and those that can afford it are becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of the population. Obama did mention several times that health care is bankrupting many of us but did not go on to explain how these bankruptcies are destroying the legacy of the middle class (and any chance of the poor passing on anything to their children) while enriching the wealthy.

Do you think McCain referring to Obama as "that one" might be a cleverly masked racist comment (by using a pronoun meant for non-humans)? Another way to paint hims as "the other?"

Debate Skit from SNL

First Thoughts on Tonight's VP Debate

Joe Biden: There wasn't a question he didn't understand in depth. He answered all the questions and rebutted all he could.

Sarah Palin: She doesn't know what an Achilles heel is. She spent most of her time either repeating herself or just saying things she'd practiced rather than answering the questions asked.

Quick Palin Note

The McCain bunch has been blaming "gotcha journalism" for Sarah Palin's ever more numerous gaffes. The thing is, it doesn't even take journalism for her to screw up. I could ask her a question about any number of issues that bother me and she'd fuck up the answer because she's a stupid fucking beauty queen that believes the earth is 5000 years old and that people rode on dinosaurs and ate roasted brontosaurus for Sunday dinner after church. She's agonizingly moronic and vapid. If you smiled warmly and told her she was an insipid harpy she'd probably smile back and say something chirpy like, "Yer so sweet! Thinks!"

This debate coming up (if there's a debate) between her and Joseph Biden may be as unwatchable as a baby getting mauled to death by a rabid wolverine. It's going to be ugly and you know ahead of time who will win. Let's just hope Biden doesn't sling too much blood onto the audience or we'll get stuck with a huge cleaning bill as well as this insane bailout.

My First Impression of Tonights Debate

Obama: Confident, calm yet passionate, organized, informed, thoughtful, patient, full formed.

McCain: Stilted, rambling, repetitive, vapid, confused, wandering, empty.

An Inflated Sense of Importance?

John McCain has "suspended" his campaign for the Presidency (the quotes are because he's been constantly appearing on news programs since the "suspension") because of the current financial crisis. Who does he think he is? He's not on any of the committees that will write the law that will probably fuck all the non-wealthy Americans that could be fucked and he's not a member of the Senate leadership that will call the legislation to the floor.

Is it just a ploy to keep the vapid former beauty queen Sarah Palin from having to debate Biden? McCain's plan to make up this Presidential debate is to replace next week's Vice-presidential debate with McCain v. Obama. There are 39 days left until we elect the next President and we have yet to see them head to head and the Vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket has yet to hold anything even vaguely resembling a press conference, much less participate in a debate.

Don't these people have computers, cel phones, video conferencing, etc.? Oh, I forgot. McCain doesn't understand all that new fangled technology. If he did he wouldn't need to go to Washington in person until he actually needed to vote on a bill.

And a little note about the debate McCain wishes to cancel: it will likely lose $5.5 million for Ole Miss. As we all know, public universities are awash in cash so they'll just be able to shrug this off, right? Fire a few more professors, hire some more marketing personell...