Wednesday - today’s political rants feature the first reactions to the first debate. I’m sure there will be more. 4 of 5

Wednesday - today’s political rants feature the first reactions to the first debate. I’m sure there will be more.2 of 5

Monday - and Trump wants debate drug tests - 4 of 5

 

Reasonable debate

From Acerbic Politics

Republicans choose their debating position

From Acerbic Politics

Palin and Biden Debate Humor

Some Debate Thoughts from Gawker

Gawker had some interesting points to make about the Vice-Presidential Debate that I thought were a little different from what I've heard on TV - so I post it here (with link) for your viewing pleasure.

For much of tonight's debate, Sarah Palin avoided any spectacularly obvious stupidity and Joe Biden steered clear of any casually offensive statements. Then came "Say It Ain't So, Joe," an attempted cute catchphrase deployed by Palin that not only failed spectacularly but which was also followed by a cascade of other dumb attempts at adorability. The Republican vice presidential nominee then looked increasingly like the end of Tina Fey's most recent impression. She winked! For the second time in the night! She called her own joke "lame" and tried to laugh at it.

And then she said Joe Biden's wife would be rewarded in heaven because she's a teacher. That would be Biden's second wife, after his first wife and year-old daughter were killed in a horrific car accident and are, in fact, now in heaven. Whoops.

Presidential Candidate Debate - Parody

If the debate DOES take place this Friday, what might it look like? Some practice questions and answers from the McCain camp are posted in a op-ed column in the Baltimore Sun...

Q: Mr. McCain, you were intimately involved with Charles Keating and the savings-and-loan debacle of the late 1980s and were censured by the Senate Ethics Committee for having poor judgment. Given your involvement in that scandal, how can you be trusted to be the president of the United States?

A: I would like to remind you that I was cleared in that matter. And I would also like to remind you that I was a POW in North Vietnam for more than five years. I think that's all I need to say on the issue of trust.