It was eight years ago that your country answered the question, “Are we stupid enough and are we complacent enough?” In the resounding consumer quiet of ‘You bet we are’, the forces of religious and corporate mania and greed went to work like hard, pipe hittin thugs on this democrazy of yours. This election isn’t a question for the American people, it’s a big stick poking in your sides, wielded by the Rovian Forces behind the McPain Campaign, just making sure you are still asleep.
Nom Dieu! I suppose we chalk it up to civil discourse that there was no direct confrontation in last night’s debate, no scoffing, sighing, or slinging, but to watch it was like flipping the channels between CSPAN and some Bravo reality show. It’s a good goddamned thing I live in New York and the chances of some rooter tooter telling me that beauty pageant questionnaire Palin orally filled out was a winner debate performance are as slim as me getting a latte in Wasilla. I might resort to violence!
Gwen Ifill was pathetic in asking follow up questions, allowing the Barracuda ample opportunity to wink at the camera and barrage her base with folksy nutbaggery. Biden was capable and competent, but, sacre’poutine!, he was a little too indulgent of Palin; he should have taken a bigger bite.
Obama is up in the polls in almost all of the battleground states, except Missouri, by as much as four-plus points, but if the gloves don’t come off soon, it will be too close. Let’s remember that the question has already been answered for us and that close elections in this country rarely go to the polite and tolerant.
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