debate notes

The first debate, held in Mizz-sippy with a few klansmen (?) attending, is over and the drama queen showed up after all. He's old. Really old. As old men often do, he lapsed into the telling of war stories over and over again. The idea of this prune as president for four years is a real turnoff, but we have to hope he makes it because the thought of Mayberry behind that desk in the Oval Office is totally unacceptable. Ace kept leaning over his podium with that feeble little grin, talking about how young, inexperienced, and naive Obama is. That line of attack lost most of its potential deadliness when the mooseslayer was added to his ticket. Geezer also used a lot of his old punchlines from the 2000 primary campaign, back in the days when he really was a sort of maverick. Trying to resurrect the era of his manly independence and pretending the emasculation of the last five years never happened. A pathetic old codger living in the past.

Obama seemed like the guy I could listen to when he came on television from the White House to address the nation about the problems of the day. When a really old guy and a bright younger guy get into a discussion, the younger guy has most of the advantages and that was certainly the case in this debate. Obama was tolerant and never said, "Shut your pie hole, you damned old fool."