The First Presidential Debate

I watched the first presidential debate last night on TV. Kent was tired so he went to bed early. No worry, I recorded it and he is watching the debate now.

A few of my thoughts on the debate, in no particular order......

1) McCain needs to stop smiling so much because he's got this grimace that comes through his smile. It's as if he's smiling to keep from tearing someones head off.

2) Am I the only one who hears George W. Bush talk when McCain keeps on rehashing the same old crap that we've lived with for the last 8 years under President Moron Bush?

3) Obama is full of new ideas that excite me. He talks about ... us. McCain talks about OIL and OIL companies. News flash! If we don't turn our dependency on oil around, the future of this country (and the planet) are doomed.

4) Don't wear a striped tie on television. It's very distracting because the cameras don't render it well. I spent half the time looking at the stripes on McCain's tie and how the microphone kept moving across the stripes in his tie.

5) Obama had a lovely crimson colored waffle print tie.

6) "Tom... er... John mentioned me being wildly liberal. Mostly that's just me opposing the wrong headed views of George W. Bush Administration." - Barack Obama

7) Obama totally held his own on foreign policy against McCain (McCain's strong suit).

I thought the polling data presented after the debate was very interesting. From a sample of uncommitted voters, after the debate, 46% had a better opinion of Barack Obama than they did before the debate!

Can't wait for the Vice Presidential debate. Now that will be interesting.