Well, Bill managed to hide his aggravation pretty well and gave us a rousing speech like the Bill of the old days. Let's hope we don't see whiny Bill for the remainder of this campaign! Joe is not the orator that Bill and Obama are, but he damn well speaks the truth, and what a compelling personal story. I can't wait until the vice presidential debate. There is NO ONE McCain could pick for veep that Biden won't take apart piece by piece. [Rubs hands together] This will be fun!
Now, I have some musings about these anchors and talking heads. What is up with this Republican chick Leslie Sanchez? How much KoolAid has this woman drank? In critiquing Bill's speech she says that Barack Obama doesn't have enough experience, and neither did Bill Clinton. Now wait a minute... let me hit Wikipedia here... yep, I do believe ol' Bill was governor of Arkansas for about 12 years, in a state where the governor has traditional duties, such as balancing a budget. He was Arkansas's Attorney General. A Rhodes scholar. Now, compare and contrast that with George W. Bush -- he served six years as governor of Texas (during which he declared a Jesus Day, by the way... so much for separation of church and state), but Texas is a state where being governor is pretty much a ceremonial position. The heavy lifting is done by the state legislature. So, Miz Sanchez, I'll stack my Bill Clinton up against your George W. Bush any damn day of the week. Oh, and by the way, I'll stack Clinton's surplus against Bush's mega-deficit, too.
There's been a lot of squabbling amongst the MSNBC anchors. Generally I prefer to watch MSNBC over CNN; but I have found it just impossible to watch these guys this time around. For one thing, who's bright idea was it to set up shop outside a train station? I like trains as much as the next guy, but Breaking News!! -- trains are noisy! Then there's Chris Matthews' hair, which is constantly being blown around (interesting, since Olbermann's appears to be able to withstand a hurricane),.... it's just rather odd. Speaking of Olbermann, he needs to quit throwing his weight around at MSNBC. I think he had something to do with Dan Abrams' show being cancelled in favor of putting Rachel Maddow in that slot, and Dan was my favorite to watch on that channel. I think they should put Dan's show back on, maybe after Rachel's (how about doing the After Hours thing on a permanent basis? Or maybe in place of the first slot for Hardball? And why DOES Hardball have two slots, anyway??) Now I hear Olbermann is trying to get Tom Brokaw banned (Tom Brokaw, for crying out loud!) because Tom admonished him on air . Keith, I know you have the biggest ratings on MSNBC, but Tom Brokaw is an icon who, as far as I'm concerned, had every right to tell you you were going way over the top. The man is a legend in the news business. Shut up and sit down.
