Update
Whuf. There’s a whole bunch of stuff I want to write now, but I’m too tired. My father had bypass surgery today, and I was up at 4:30 AM to accompany my parents to the hospital. The surgery went well, and he’s doing about as well as you’d expect some to be doing who’s had that kind of surgery.
I made a point of seeing tonight’s debate, ’cause I learned four years ago that you can’t trust the post-debate media spin. The first ten or fifteen minutes were just painful - I felt like I hated both candidates. They both stayed so relentlessly on-message that I wanted Jim Lehrer to start demanding that they actually answer the questions he’d asked. Kerry got better as the night went on, and I think he articulated the North Korean Nukes story pretty well. Bush seemed to get more and more defensive, and seemed positively desperate every time he mentioned talking with other world leaders - Really, I talk to these guys, honest!
I can’t believe Bush is actually campaigning on the claim that he’s a clear and coherent speaker. “Mexed missages”.
I made a point of seeing tonight’s debate, ’cause I learned four years ago that you can’t trust the post-debate media spin. The first ten or fifteen minutes were just painful - I felt like I hated both candidates. They both stayed so relentlessly on-message that I wanted Jim Lehrer to start demanding that they actually answer the questions he’d asked. Kerry got better as the night went on, and I think he articulated the North Korean Nukes story pretty well. Bush seemed to get more and more defensive, and seemed positively desperate every time he mentioned talking with other world leaders - Really, I talk to these guys, honest!
I can’t believe Bush is actually campaigning on the claim that he’s a clear and coherent speaker. “Mexed missages”.