| CNN re-broadcasts the debates at 1 am so i was once again able to catch the whole thing spin-free last night. the Vice Presidential Debate. uhh. actually, i thought Cheney was able to be less zombie-like and depressing than usual. i can't explain how but his doomsday monotone wasn't dominating. and i actually thought Edwards looked nervous most of the way and kept repeating the party's talking points. a no-no in my book. debates need some fresh juice so a) the viewers don't tune out and actually pay attention, and b) the opposition is caught off guard. so Edwards, to my eyes, looked less than the golden i was expecting. i actually gave the edge to Cheney. a tiny edge. imagine my surprise when i read Kos this morning and find a lot of "Edwards kicked his ass" talk. i'm surprised but thrilled. and check this out - Cheney lied, big-time, on national television (again, but this time it seems to be more important because it's the frickin' debates). Cheney lied about meeting Edwards for the first time last night (he'd met him at least once in 2001 and once in 2003). why would he lie about that? just so he could say he met Edwards for the first time as he "walked on the stage" last night? wtf? oh, i loved it when Edwards mentioned a long-ass list of things Cheney voted against before (including the beautiful "He voted against a holiday for Martin Luther King" and "He voted against a resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela." :P wow. and Cheney chose not to answer those. ha! that's the John Edwards i wanted to see the whole night. but that moment was worth watching. i hope voters were paying attention. and the whole Halliburton/Iran sanctions thing too :) that was awesome. so that's it. i hope Cheney came off more zombie-like to voters than i saw. and i hope Edwards brought up some new issues for people. that's it. i can't wait for friday's second Presidential Debate. put Bush up against the wall. make him angry. no matter how great the new talking points they might give him, they'll never be strong enough for him not to take the bait.
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