Final debate

[florafloraflora]

I watched some of the debate last night, muting on and off when it got too ugly. I have a low tolerance for arguments, my mind is made up anyway and I have trouble giving McCain any of my time. What I did watch was only out of a sense of civic duty. Heather called me up right as it was starting to talk about our foster cats, oh the humanity, and

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[pootski]

"McCain in his funeral-home makeup"

*snort*. I feel like he's about a decade late getting to the nomination (not that he didn't try before). A decade ago, he was a much more handsome - and vital looking - man, and that might have made the difference for him as far as the fickle American public is concerned. Oh well for him.

[florafloraflora]

A decade ago he also still had some credibility as an independent thinker and a relatively honest politician, thanks to his campaign finance reform work. The conventional wisdom was that he'd cleaned up his act after the Keating Five scandal. He was still too conservative for me, but I had some respect for him. I lost it all when he sold his soul to GW Bush in 2004, agreeing not to challenge him then in return for the Bush machine's backing this year. Little did he know how toxic Bush would be to voters now. We could really have used a crack in the Republican facade in 2004. Now it's too late for him. I find it hard to feel any sympathy.

[miketroll]

Love the icon! :)

Over here I don't get to see a lot of McCain (lucky me!) but perhaps the impression of a mere casual observer is all the more interesting. His and Palin's phony rhetoric and calculated lying disgust me. I can't imagine how the Obama-consorts-with-terrorists gambit would float over here. If McCain/Palin were British politicians, they would now be drowning in universal derision. We don't have much respect for politicians at the best of times, and none for those who can't behave decently.

ETA: re his "funeral home make-up", I've referred elsewhere to McCain/Palin as the Embalmed and the Embarrassing.

[florafloraflora]

Yeah, it's all pretty artificial. A lot of US voters seem not to be satisfied unless their politicians put on some sort of spectacle for them-people don't always care if the stories are strictly true as long as they're compelling.

the Embalmed and the Embarrassing
*snorf* McCain is what he is, but Palin really does embarrass me. I guess the embarrassment is more for the women I know, some of whom I really like, who are fired up about McCain not because of his policies or party, but because they loooooove Sarah Palin. I'm just not seeing it.

[retc]

Thanks for the laugh.
Loved the upside down dogs.