Holy smoke, what just happened? Was that a debate? Well, then, what the heck were those two other public speaking/civics lessons things we sat through?
OK, so how many of you out there are students of history? You guys know anything about the famed Nixon/Kennedy debates? The long and the short of it: people listening on the radio thought that Nixon won. Those who were watching on TV? They mostly thought that Nixon did very poorly and Kennedy won, because Nixon seemed sweaty and nervous.
Well, we were at work and in a cab for most of the debate -- we work hard for our money! -- and listening on the radio, we were thinking, "Wow, McCain's getting a few solid licks in. Obama's not fighting back as much as, well, we would." And then we got home, and turned on CNN. And man oh man, McCain sure did seem like an old, angry dick.
We take no pleasure in saying that! You gotta understand - this is not us saying run out and vote Obama! We were impressed with McCain's line about Obama should have run four years ago -- that's a good line, guys, respect -- and we caught flak from our hippie coworkers for saying so. Pinkos!
No, all we're saying is: the faces he made, the snarky asides, the way he'd make a point and then basically lecture Obama for disagreeing with him as if to say "didn't you hear what I just said?"... To paraphrase something David Brooks said on PBS's coverage: Is this a man America wants on their TV sets? We're not sure it does.
Hey, speaking of PBS: anyone see Jim Lehrer go "baa baa baa" for no reason last night? That was funny.
