We've already seen this in the first debate, but....
Obama Makes McCain Very Uncomfortable
Let the record reflect that Barack Obama made the approach to John McCain tonight.
As the two shared the Senate floor tonight for the first time since they won their party nominations, Obama stood chatting with Democrats on his side of the aisle, and McCain stood on the Republican side of the aisle.
So Obama crossed over into enemy territory.
He walked over to where McCain was chatting with Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida and Independent Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut. And he stretched out his arm and offered his hand to McCain.
McCain shook it, but with a “go away” look that no one could miss. He tried his best not to even look at Obama.
Finally, with a tight smile, McCain managed a greeting: “Good to see you.”
Obama got the message. He shook hands with Martinez and Lieberman — both of whom greeted him more warmly — and quickly beat a retreat back to the Democratic side.
McCain is a wanker.
Once again, Obama looks way more presidential.
Yes, it's as if McCain cannot help himself.
My plan is to record the debate and start watching after watching Supernatural live.
Assuming, of course, that I don't want to rewatch SPN RIGHT AWAY.
aww, a nice story in the NY Times about Biden's sister who is an alum of my (tiny) high school!
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She spoke at my graduation.
So am I the only one looking at this debate as pure dog-n-pony show?
Largely. I think there is a real downside for the McCain campaign. If Palin doesn't do any better that the Katie Couric interviews, I think that could have a small impact. Small impacts could be really important with so many close states.
Biden is know for gaffes, but he has had tons of exposure and really only came up with the FDR gaffe. Jon tried to pin a gun related gaffe on him too, but Beretta does make shotguns, lots of them.
So am I the only one looking at this debate as pure dog-n-pony show?
I'm looking at it as more of a sideshow. *Freak*show, really. The old-school kind, back in the 1930s, where they had truly gruesome stuff.
I'm making popcorn.
Totally!!! My preemptive schadenfreude is amped up to a level I didn't think possible.
Happy birthday, telescope! A Stellar History: The Telescope Turns 400
On Oct. 2, 1608, officials in the Netherlands pondered over a patent application. It was submitted by spectacle-maker Hans Lippershey for a "device by means of which all things at a very great distance can be seen as if they were nearby." This is the earliest known record of a telescope. A few months later, scientist Galileo Galilei would get his hands on one.
My preemptive schadenfreude is amped up to a level I didn't think possible.
In addition to schadenfreude pie, there should be schadenfreude beer. Like, say, Schadenfreudebrau?
eta: or Schadenfreudepops, a frozen treat....
Schadenfreudebrau
I will probably be drinking some schadenfreudebrau along with my popcorn tonight.
For some reason I'm sad this won't happen:
Virgin Galactic Rejects Million-Dollar Offer to Film Sex Video
GLASGOW, Scotland — The private company planning to take wealthy tourists to the edge of the atmosphere starting in late 2009 or early 2010 has refused a million-dollar proposal to film a sex video while the participants are floating gravity free, the company's president said.
Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, said the offer, from an unidentified party, "was $1 million, up front, for a sex-in-space movie. That was money we had to refuse, I'm afraid."
