quite shocking how many, including spot polls, are declaring Obama the winner of the debate - the thing was a fucking travesty! To attempt to name either a winner is to trample common sense, hell, common decency, underfoot.
Having said that, my dislike for Obama has forced me into a position of trying to convince myself that McCain would be a worthy enough alternate to my preferred choice, Hillary. Can give up that illusion now. McCain was awful - he's supposed to be a risk taker - he needed to take one last night and instead he fumbled around incoherently - if in the middle of that travesty he'd stood up and said what any sane person was thinking, that the debate was anything but a debate and so for the sake of the country's best interests he suggests they toss the format, kick that moron Brokaw off the stage, and have a real discussion about the issues - well, that would have been a game changer. What were his people thinking even agreeing to a format that was so obviously flawed?
Makes you realize that, sure, a candidate needs to be appealing, but elections are won by the managers, the game planners. The one good thing I can say about Obama is that his staff seems to have a clue. Hillary lost to him because her staff dropped the ball - and it's now clear that McCain's staff ain't up to the job of stopping him either.
So, I guess time to sit back and see if my predictions concerning what a disaster an Obama presidency would be are accurate. If how I'm doing in my football pool is a reflection of my sooth saying abilities, I guess that's a good thing for the world. On the other hand, when it comes to judging people, I fancy myself having something of a knack for that...
