First Impressions Of Tonight's Debate

Left: Image from here: quote from here.

The Joker: You'll see, I'll show you, that when the chips are down, these uh... civilized people, they'll eat each other. You see, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve.


I'm continually struck at how Barack Obama seems unable to focus on the Russia/Georgia situation, at least in comparison with McCain's intense, maniacal laser focus. Obama's non-answer meandered everywhere, when he should have been offering a stark contrast with McCain's drive towards war with Russia.

Does Obama basically agree with McCain? Or has Obama's understanding of the Georgian situation been rattled by events? Or does Obama even really care? It's certainly a mystery to me. It should be easy enough to say Georgia has no business asking for admission to NATO, but Obama won't say that! Instead, he seems to passively agree with McCain!

Boy, McCain really loathes 'The One'! The lust for power sure brings out the disdain, doesn't it?

This thing about how Obama would supposedly meet every tinpot dictator in the world without preconditions has sure become a bugbear with the right. As an indictment, it's almost meaningless - either you meet, or you don't, and the prestige of the U.S. isn't so large that it should become an obstacle. Yet the right thinks they are onto something. I call it John-Bolton-itis.

Look, if Chamberlain had refused to meet with Hitler in 1938 over the Sudetenland Crisis nothing would have been any different than it was! This isn't the Twilight Zone! The importance of the will and pride displayed in summitry is generally overplayed in the pageant of international politics.

Why does McCain want the government to bail out everyone with a bad mortgage? There are lots and lots of bad mortgages out there, likely too many for the government to successfully bail out. Like others, I pay my mortgage on time - if others can't, they need options to surrender their mortgages, and move on. Don't come begging to me for help! Like Admiral Ackbar says, "It's a trap!"

Health care "is a right!" Now that, my friends, resonated with the American electorate!