Re: The Debate- Change, change, change

[Guest guest]

We saw the re-airing of the debate last night, at least parts of it

(kids just would not go to sleep!).

The Bush clip in the middle of the Republican debates was pretty

chilling. It reminded me of cryptic Osama videotapes, the ones

purported to contain messages to operatives. Bush seemed to be

reminding the candidates that the candidate who didn't simply seek to

please the public (respond to polls) but to please him and his

administration (stick to their own ideology-- ha ha) is who he would

like to " see " (rig the elections for?) as the nominee. Giuliani was

spookily relaxed and assured. It bugs me that he doesn't seem to

think he has to try that hard.

Ron was not a stand out. I was hoping that he would spice things

up by throwing some controversial issues into the ring, but he stuck

to the least sensational part of his message (save for not supporting

the war), which was disappointing because most of the US will not

understand what he's really about. What he said on health care wasn't

that concise or clear, but no more or less muddy than what the rest

of the candidates had to say on it.

Our son did learn a new word during the first debate, though. When

Romney chastised the other candidates not to characterize pharma

as " big, bad pharma " , I said, " What a snuffler " (i.e., brown noser).

Ds shouted " Snuffler! "

We were pretty impressed with overall. One thing that was

funny in the Democratic debate was the way the candidates kept

pounding the word " change " , as if for a bunch of IQ impaired first

graders. Maybe that's how the candidates were showing their awareness

that vaccines and crap drugs have dumbed down the population. Sure,

when everything in the country is going to hell, change is good. But

for what? Change of life? Small change? Diaper change? There weren't

many specifics except on withdrawal from Iraq. Ads for Abilify kept

running throughout both debates.

But then broke out of the Rainman-esque " change " mantra and

went after the corporations, which was great, like many on the list

had said. We had the sensation that he was running for VP though.

Clearly he and Obama had somehow communicated before the debate.

Hillary even commented on the " doubling up " .

But if is ahead, would Obama agree to the VP slot? I'm not

sure. What a team that would be in either combination. I think that

together they could buck the corporate influence in a way that Obama

might not have the confidence to do so quickly on his own.

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> > > > This was interesting. McCain made a negative comment about

the

> > > control

> > > > the pharmaceutical companies have on us. Romney quickly

> defended

> > > them

> > > > saying something to the effect that they are not bad and have

> helped

> > > > us a lot. McCain shot back something like " Oh yes they are " .

> Did

> > > > anybody catch that?

> > > >

> > > > -Trish

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you. I appreciate the candor and the objective assessment.

Thanks for sharing.

Gayatri

> > > > >

> > > > > This was interesting. McCain made a negative comment about

> the

> > > > control

> > > > > the pharmaceutical companies have on us. Romney quickly

> > defended

> > > > them

> > > > > saying something to the effect that they are not bad and

have

> > helped

> > > > > us a lot. McCain shot back something like " Oh yes they

are " .

> > Did

> > > > > anybody catch that?

> > > > >

> > > > > -Trish

> > >

> >

>