Everyone has one; Opinions and...*

My first props go to Verizon whose smokin' fast FIOS allowed me to catch the last 10-15 minutes or so of the McCain-Obama debate on my computer. I never want to have another thing to do with Comcast so I have no television at all--well I have a television but no reason to turn it on. So...man, I'm torn. From what I saw, McCain handily won that debate for whatever that is worth. Obama is a gifted man, capable of stirring eloquence, but his inability to get to the point or just answer a question without a three page caveat--it's not comforting. I get the feeling watching that, the Presidency would chew him up and spit him out. The world may stop hating us as much but they wouldn't take us seriously. An independent voter, I have flipped and flopped this election. I was very disappointed in Obama's VP pick and felt it was pretty much over for me voting the Democratic ticket. However, as the shine has worn off the apple on McCain's VP pick, I so want to know what he was thinking. She gives a good speech but look any deeper and it's frankly terrifying. Palin could be smart and well versed in the ways of the world but she doing a good job keeping that light under a bushel. I do identify with Palin because I feel like she and I have about the same qualifications to be Vice President of the United States. I've got her beat on passport issuance and world travel and she's got me on being popular with boys. Still.

Where I live is Obama country just as it was Kerry country in 2004, though the state may have narrowly gone Republican in the last elelction. I have a half a mind to wear a McCain/Palin button (if I could find one anywhere) or put a sign up in my window just to see how many people would react. A female minority sporting Rethuglican flare! The scandal! The surprise gang beating!



*I'm not sure why I'm inferring curse words on a site peppered with f-bombs. I guess I just don't pull it off as well.

Girl-crush: Tina Fey

Everyone's talking about the great Palin-Clinton paraody from SNL this weekend so I'll be the only blogger not to imbed the clip in my post today. I will admit that I have a huge girl-crush on Tina Fey. Were I talented and brave enough to consider writing for a living, I'd like to think I'd be like her. I'd also like to think that if we ever met, we would totally get one another and we would be great friends. I know, like, how many years did I just regress there?

Moving on...

So, I've been paying attention off and on through this marathon presidential campaign. I missed both the RNC and DNC pep rallies on account of my move but today re-engaged by reading some commentary by a nakedly liberal blogger which had links to a review/analysis by Slate of Palin's showing during her interview with Charlie Gibson. I fell in love with Slate 6 years ago when it was my job to be much better informed than I am now and their Today's Papers feature was a great overview of what was being reported in the U.S. media. I don't know whether it leans left or right (and suspect that I will be pummeled about the head and shoulders by the colleagues I've invited to join me here if they see how ignorant I am about such things), but it seemed to me that they did a good job of at least appearing, to borrow a phrase from our friends at Fox, "fair and balanced." However, after Gram Masta Flash (no, that is not a misspelling) professed his e-crush for Slate, it got me thinking...hmmm, perhaps it is impossible to write without bias. Perhaps there is no such animal as "fair and balanced." It reminds me of the movie Rashomon