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Tuesday, October 7. 2008

Debate reminder

I don't spend much time reading the news, but it appears there's an election coming up sometime soon.  I glanced over the article and saw the word "Alaska", so I presume we're voting on whether or not to finally make it a state.  Big mistake!  All that barren wasteland covered with a sheet of ice?  I say sell it back to the Russians!

We might finally make a profit!
 

The second of the three presidential debates is on tonight at 9 Eastern.  Despite the rancor of their recent TV ads, I don't expect many fireworks.  They'll be asked about the vitriol in their recent ads, but that's different.  I think it'll be the usual fluff, or as one pundit put it:

It might be a snooze-fest, full of earnest questions and foggy bromides.

(A good example of what separates us lowly bloggers from professional pundits — we never think of cool expressions like "foggy bromides".)

I originally thought someone had said this would be all four candidates, but it's just Obama and McCain, dagnibbit.  Without you-know-who's perky self, I wouldn't be surprised to hear it had an extremely low turnout, and I'd note that it's going up against some TV heavyweights, like 'Law & Order' and 'House'.
 

Posted by Dr. Mercury in Politics at 13:28 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Meta, thanks for the update. I had to re-post the whole thing (which is why the comments went away) because I reduced it from a 2-parter to a 1-parter.

Sadly, that is.

Jeez, that's really disappointing. I thought one of the pundits after last week's debate said something about "all four of them showing up next week," so that's what I've been anticipating. Just the two of them is going to be a crashing bore -- compared.
#1 Dr. Mercury on 2008-10-07 13:38 (Reply)
That's okay, Doc. :) We all have glitches, you know. I forgot I was a year older once. Besides, right now, we're so swamped with information, it's a wonder anyone can keep track of it.

Check out the Corsi story on Drudge. That might heighten the tension in tonight's debate.
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#1.1 Meta on 2008-10-07 14:04 (Reply)
Meta - I checked over the four debate-related links but didn't see 'Corsi' anywhere. Since I might want to add this to the current post, can you elaborate?

Pajak: A pulled-pork party, indeed! Plus one!
#1.1.1 Dr. Mercury on 2008-10-07 14:13 (Reply)
We are having a pulled-pork party tonight (seems à propos), complete with drinking game and Debate Bingo.
#2 Pajak on 2008-10-07 13:45 (Reply)
I remember Pablum was good with dry banana flakes that came in a metal can, one of the great combinations of childhood.
#3 Ron Hardin (Link) on 2008-10-07 14:59 (Reply)
Matches and gasoline was another. My parents actually sent me to a shrink when I was in 4th grade because they thought I was some kinda firebug. The shrink evaluated me and evaluated me and evaluated me and told my parents, "Nope -- he just like fire!"

I eventually graduated to making bombs out of empty paint cans, but that's another story.

Burned down two fields in my day.

(chest puffing with pride)
#3.1 Dr. Mercury on 2008-10-07 15:04 (Reply)
Was it Habu who claimed he used Pablum to brew a killer beer?
#4 commander clopfelter (Link) on 2008-10-07 16:28 (Reply)
Corsi was in Kenya getting ready to give a talk on his book, "Obamanation" when he was 'arrested' just as he entered the hotel where the presentation was to be held. Corsi had made many connections to Obama and Muslim politicians in Kenya, and some of his allegations/stories were not good ones. As of noon, no one was sure where Corsi was - deported or still being held. Corsi had been in the country for some time, legally, I might add, and all was well until he got ready to talk about his book.

Drudge had it parsed out in several headlines.
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#5 Meta on 2008-10-07 19:58 (Reply)

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