So High Above

During Tonight's Presidential Debate John McCain invoked the phrase "My Friends" countless times, as if by calling us his "friends" we will somehow join him in his alternate reality. Throughout the debate John McCain claimed positions on issues that he never acted upon in his twenty-six years in the Senate. His mantra of I know how to fix Washington is getting really tiresome coming out of the mouth of a Senator of Twenty-Six Years who has been in the lobbyists pockets for most of those years. Mr. McCain was a central figure in the failure of the S& L 's in the 80's with his involvement in the Lincoln Savings Banks founder and major McCain Contributor Mr. Keating . Yet, McCain with a straight face and a forced sincerity in his voice looks the American People right in the eye and claims that he is not an insider in Washington. He even went as far as to distance himself from an Energy Bill that the Bush/Cheney Administration supported by claiming that...

Well the Republicans succeeded in getting Sarah Palin to memorize the McCain Campaign talking points and she obviously became proficient in using her color coded notes to pick out which one she should read for each question. It was clear throughout the debate that Ms. Palin does not have the capability of thinking an issue through, but she is very good at acting the part she was given. Ms. Palin was quaintly charming and appealing as a hockey mom turned politician. However, it is also very clear from the 90 minute debate that Sarah Palin does not have the intellect to deal with the issues of running the World's Most Powerful Military nor of administering to the complexes of the issues surrounding the governance of our Nation. Joe Biden was a a bit too conciliatory towards Ms.Palin and in his case the obvious was that he was told to be pleasant and bite his tongue instead of lashing out at the absurdity of his opponent. The Democrats tend to be too nice at times and Mr. Biden may ha...