post debate:
As some of you know, the foreign policy debate went down Friday. Most of the locals here were watching MLB at the time i won’t go into how depressing that is but it was mildly interesting. Obama did well and held his own but he needed more than that.
Foreign policy is McCain’s only decrepit leg to stand on media perception, not reality so he should have won. He didn’t. But Obama needed to do more than hold his own against the negativity spewing from the almost-dead-man’s lips. He needed to make a statement to catch the attention of the ignorant masses that lift up the white-haired-one’s poll numbers. He didn’t.
So everything stays the same except McCain now has to go negative or, in this case, more negative. This should be easy for him, as he’s a venomous splooge of biomatter that seems intent on an all-of-the-below strategy. I guess campaigns can be run like high-profile murder trials and no one notices. Have any doubts Obama can lead? then vote for me. I have doubts too. We’re like the same person, if you married into a fortune and can do no wrong in the media’s eye.
The veep debate is Thursday so I’ll probably catch that during the commercials of the Office. Unfortunately, with her absolutely abismal showing opposite the “hard hitting” Katie Couric, if she steps behind the podium and doesn’t shit herself, she’ll take home the victory. Take it from the guy who impressed the entire office with a $5 blazer, setting the bar low is never bad.*
This isn’t directly related still within walking distance of the stage in the political theater: What would you do with $2300 in near-free money? I ask that question rhetorically. In a few hours you will have used it to buy decaying assets (pdf) so our failing system can keep rolling over the billions of global poor invisible hand is around your neck and tightening its grip.
Congratulations, you just bought an ‘88 Taurus without a steering wheel, drive shaft or rear passenger tire but you can’t sell it until the frame rots. That should work out well for you. Oh, and you bought it from a man who made $35 million last year. So… again… congratulations.
* Exceptions: Credit, groceries, parents’ love, any love, anything raised from the dead, health care, sexual relations, retail chains, etc.