With Sean off representing Brooklyn in the all-NY Powerpoint/Dry Erase Board Olympics, it was my solemn duty to watch last nights farcical town hall. He gets to huff dry erase markers in hotel conference rooms and I have to freebase 21st century American political theater. My brain can't take it. Was it an eventful night? No. It was pretty much the same as the other debate, with Obama modifying his answers somewhat and McCain not modifying his answers at all. Though he did add a dash of bizarre bad humor, strange asides, and referenced 'the tiller' too many times for a man running for office anywhere other than the rural 1940's.
As for the only important political debate measuring standard, gaffes, McCain clearly made the biggest of the night. It wasn't important by any real standard, but in our stupid media culture it was enough to dominate the post-debate coverage. Sweet Johnny Mac went and referred to Obama as "that one" with a dismissive wave of his hand. Quelle horreur! It was a tad indelicate and showed the general level of disdain McCain holds for Obama, but it wasn't half as scary as some of his policy goals or foreign policy aims. Oh, Mac also wandered around the stage like a doddering old man and generally looked like a 72 year old geezer. I know this because I have eyes and it was pointed out by all the commentators afterward. Look media, it's my job to mock him for his age, stay the fuck off my turf! I'm looking at you Chris Matthews and Anderson Cooper! Don't make me send James Carville to your set in one inch by one inch chunks.
As for how the great unwashed masses saw things, it was again a clear win for Obama. With snap polls from CNN, CBS, and the like showing people with a clear preference for the guy who doesn't hold Republican ideas. It seems fairly certain at this point that unless Obama starts shitting on stage, has a complete mental breakdown, or has a secret radical racist preacher who is also a terrorist, he's going to be the next President by a large margin. McCain will be buried alive for his conduct this year and Sarah Palin will be banished back to Alaska to stand guard against any incursion by Putin. There is, for fucks sake, one more debate. In it you will either see McCain break down in tears as the realization dawns on him that he sold his soul for second place, or he'll just go mental and try to tear into Obama in the craziest way possible. It will not be important for any reason relating to learning about policy, just as a freakshow. Bring it on.
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