I’m loving the Rachel Maddow Show. She has a knack for talking about exactly what I’m interested in, then analyzing the situation with a keen eye. I love her analysis of Palin’s use of quotes. She really did her homework here.
WOW! There is so much I could say about the political insanity of John McCain yesterday, but I will attempt to resist. For more discussion about this stuff, go read my dad’s blog. OK, so I’m up early this morning, watching a bit of Letterman on my TiVo, and even though it says it’s supposed to be John McCain, it’s Keith Olbermann. Dave is talking about how John McCain called him personally to say that he was literally jumping on a plane to get back to Washington to fix the economy, etc, etc. And then Dave show LIVE VIDEO of McCain getting makeup put on at CBS News with Katy Couric. WHAT THE HELL? Look, I never wanted McCain to win. I’m a HUGE fan of Obama and a lifelong liberal Democrat, BUT… that said, I always liked McCain. But man, I’m telling you the man has totally lost the plot. It’s very sad to me to see someone I respected lose their integrity. I want to just be pleased the guy on the other side is making bad choices, but really, I feel bad for the guy at this point. These are the actions of a desperate man. Obama makes it all look so easy. He’s remaining focused. He’s ready to talk about the issues. He’s even ready to skip the debatey aspect of the debate to meet with McCain and provide a united message (That word… “united”… where have I heard that before? OH YEAH!). McCain is furthering a Divided America. I, for one, am tired of it.
(Heh heh. Just noticed Dad blogged about the same damn thing this morning. Looks like he ain’t too impressed either.)
I know it’s a day old, like eons in internet time, but I can’t stop watching this, because it’s exactly how I feel. If you haven’t seen it yet, now is the time. It’s short, but pithy.
I think there’s a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president, and I think that’s a really scary thing because I don’t know anything about her. I don’t think in eight weeks I’ll know anything about her. I know that she was mayor of a really, really small town and she’s been governor of Alaska for less than two years. I think the pick was made for political purposes but in terms of governance its a disaster. If you do the actuary tables, there’s a 1 out of 3 chance – if not more – that McCain doesn’t survive his first term and it’ll be President Palin. (You know) we were just talking about it earlier. Its like a really bad Disney movie. You know, the hockey mom (saying) “Oh, I’m just a hockey mom from Alaska!” And she’s the president! and its like, she’s facing down Vladimir Putin (using the) folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. Its just absurd. Its totally absurd and I don’t understand why more people aren’t talking about how absurd it is. Its a really terrifying possibility. The fact that we’ve gotten this far…and we’re that close to this becoming a reality…is ….crazy. Crazy. I mean, did she, I mean I really need to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. That’s an important…I wanna know that, I really do. Because she’s gonna have the nuclear codes. You know, I wanna know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. Or if she banned books, or tried to ban books. I mean, this is…this is…we can’t have that.”
Jake and I were talking about this last night – about how he was really disappointed that the Democrats were spending so much time focused on Palin, hating on Palin, because what has made the Obama campaign so strong is his ability to talk about issues and not get stuck in the mire of politics – to remain above all that stuff. So I couldn’t have been happier last night when I saw Obama being his regular self last night on Letterman. My Dad felt the same way. He was talking issues, keeping cool, not being reactive.
Also, there is a video about barbecue that I was in a few weeks ago, along with my friend, Hugh. I keep forgetting to post it. Now’s as good a time as any: The Great NC BBQ Debate
