I am mentally preparing myself for tomorrow night's vice presidential candidate debate. Gonna make popcorn and drink wine while the train wreck that is Sarah Palin happens in real time on my television. The liberal side of the media is trying not to give the impression that Palin will be an absolute disaster; the lower the expectations for her, the more likely it is that she'll be declared the winner if she only doesn't vomit on herself. The Rachel Maddow Show aired some video from Palin's gubernatorial debates, and she seems somewhat more articulate and personable than her interviews have so far revealed. Of course, the stakes were different, and I hardly think a debate for governor of Alaska (population somewhere around 600,000) could compare with Thursday's media extravaganza, with so much more riding on the outcome.
Part of me feels a little sorry for Palin. I don't enjoy watching people being embarrassed, and the Gibson and Couric interviews were just painful to see. Even if she gives some folksy, Reagan-esque quips tomorrow night, even if she is disarmingly charming, even if she exceeds the low expectations, she has still shown that she is no student of history, current events, or government. No one who is running for national office should be limited in her knowledge of Supreme Court decisions to the one she heard about in church (Roe v. Wade), nor should she not be able to rattle off at least half a dozen newspapers, magazines, or internet sites where she gets information. She is, just like George Bush, "incurious" about the world. Which is part of the reason I suspect McCain cynically chose her - she would appeal to the few remaining Bush-ites, a significant portion of the Republican electorate that had little reason to vote for McCain up to that point.
On a lighter note...
...Anna came into my room this morning and said, "There are two goats in heat, can you help me?" Which implied that she wanted my help in organizing a romantic rendezvous between two of our does and Jupiter, one of our bucks. So yes, I watched Sarah, the elder of the does and leader of the herd, get some hot goat lovin' today. Thrice!
You didn't think I was referring to Sarah Palin in my title, did you? What are you, sick?
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Hey Bob how's it going down there?
Is the gasoline shorted really that bad? All I see on TV is super long lines.
I've watched both "debates" and find myself getting ready to write in none of the above.
The questions are lacking and the responses are prepacked. It also seems to me that there is only a handful of subjects that are talked about during these debates. The economy (but only the wall street melt down), Iraq, Iran and Afgahnistan, "global warming" energy, gay marriage. I guess immigration has been solved, China's unchecked expansion isn't a problem (if US companies can make it with slave labor that's good for the economy), Russia's rebirth and our NATO involvement, and what about education. Oh that's right if you keep the population uneducated it is easier to control them. Up here in maine, our wonderful education department, finally came out with the essay questions results and 75% had failed. This info had to be forced from the Maine education department with a freedom of information act through the Portland Press Herald. The state's response, are you sitting down? There must be a flaw in the test, and we are going to throw out these results and make up another essay question. This was an opion essay that was to be graded on use of grammer. Translation, we need to lower our standards so our children can look good. Locks right in with the VP candidate, and bush's no child left behind.
I heard a report on the radio about how the educational system of the U.S. is rapidly turning out a generation of idiots. We give degrees, in some cases, to people who are hardly literate. We water down the tests, as you have indicated, to make our kids seem smarter than they are, and so that we don't damage their self-esteem. There was a time when American politicians talked about education. That time, sadly, is past.
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