First off - I absolutely LOVE Bob Schieffer. He made this the most interesting debate of all the three debates.

( My thoughts.... )

First off - I didn't like the format of the debate. It's a town-hall meeting. You don't have time cues and regulation. All the regulation just hampered what a guy like Tom Brokaw could've done.

And because of this, it was a fairly dull debate. I was expecting more.. well... debating.
( Thoughts.... )

Palin was impressive.  But it's not hard to be impressed with someone when you don't expect anything of them.

Biden rocked.  He rocked it to the core.

They had two very different goals and tactics:

( More on the debate.... )

"What's up with all these people that still don't know who they're voting for?  It's like those people who go to Starbucks and can't decide whether they want to get the Caramel Macchiato or go balls-out and get the Frappaccino.  You have to decide whether you like your coffee black... or with expired milk?

Well, if you like expired milk, you'll get ( Read more... )

Just checked CNN.com.

"Lawmakers quickly point fingers after bailout fails"

This pisses me off more than:

"Ending a tumultuous session, the Dow falls more than 600 points after the House puts the economic rescue in doubt."
It's one thing that the 'bailout' failed.  If it was a poor plan, I'm glad the plan was rejected!  But why can't they put their ( Read more... )

I can't tell if anyone actually won the debate.  Each candidate held their own at different parts and on different topics.  While that's well and good, I think McCain needed a definitive win - not a tie.  For that reason alone, I'd say Obama came out on top after the debate.

It seemed that McCain was on the offensive and Obama was constantly on ( Read more... )

There's a reason for history classes in grade-school through high school. Sure, it gives great stories, but it also provides lessons to be learned from the mistakes of the past.

Why do I say this now? Because it appears that NOBODY in Congress paid any attention to their history lessons.

The Wall Street melt-down we're seeing the past few weeks is oh ( Read more... )

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I listened to much of John McCain's speech on the radio as I drove home tonight.  Some thoughts:
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I've been disgustingly busy this week, so missed the previous nights of the RNC. Not that I missed much besides the fund raising for Gustav victims on the first night. It's a very good thought, but I felt it was quite contrived. I keep thinking they're putting on a show for everything.

I did like Palin, but since the announcement of her daughter's ( Read more... )