Re the third presidential debate, I have to tell you I fell asleep before it started, which tells you how interested I was! But having woken up around 1:30 a.m. I turned on CNN and MSNBC, watched a little bit of the debate and the analyst chatter, and perused parts of the transcript. So I will limit my comments to McCain's temperment, which is scary, and I believe totally disqualifies him to be President.
Although he finally actually looked at his opponent this time, mostly because it was unavoidable due to the configuration of the table, it was obvious that his disdain for Obama continues. He tried several attacks, from Bill Ayers to "pro-abortion" that Obama dispatched pretty well. But what became obvious to me was that McCain is a man who carries a grudge unlike anybody I've ever seen.
He has had an obsession with having ten town hall meetings, and was so pissed that Obama would not agree to them (why would he when town hall meetings is not Obama's best format?) that he now brings it up constantly. It's raining today! That would never have happened if Obama had agreed to these town hall meetings! The stock market is crashing! That would never have happened if Obama had agreed to these town hall meetings! I've had to get really ugly in this campaign, and that would never have happened if Obama had agreed to these town hall meetings! (He actually did say the last one in the debate.) Holy cow.
It reminds me of his pique at the President of Spain. Spain!! Our NATO ally in Europe, that Spain! The country of the flamenco and hot guys (but I digress...) He has said he might not meet with the Spanish president -- why? Because Spain pulled their troops out of Iraq four years ago. McCain is still pissed. How dare a sovereign nation do something he doesn't want them to do! Hence if he becomes President the grievance will continue. Frightening.
If you carry grudges like this, where would our foreign policy be if angerball McCain is President?
By the way, his running mate, Politician Barbie, has been out on the campaign trail accusing Obama of some pretty awful things regarding abortion rights. Apparently Barbie has gotten ahold of one of those internet e-mails written by a wacko named Jill Stanek. I've gone off on this woman in a previous post. Just suffice it to say that it appears that Barbie didn't vet this woman like McCain didn't vet her. If she would have bothered to look her up, she would have found out what a nutcase she is (for instance, claiming the Chinese eat aborted babies as delicacies -- all righty then!) In the face of almost certain defeat, McCain and Barbie are presenting internet e-mails as fact?? I agree with Tina Fey -- if these two win the White House, I'm leaving the planet.
