Xander ,'Beneath You'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
When she was like, "I have a family! I understand what it's like!" And he was like, "Bitch, please. When my wife and daughter died, I was a single parent, and didn't know how I was going to make. I understand trouble."
And this AFTER she said something about his (current) wife going to Heaven, and I was yelling at the TV "BITCH, HIS FIRST WIFE IS DEAD, DON"T GO THERE!!!" I was so glad he got a chance to one-up her with that. OOOOOOOH. Burn.
Well, CNN [link] is saying that Biden won, but that Palin exceeded expectations which is totally in keeping what we were saying on here, that the bar for her was so so incredibly low, it wouldn't take much.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. said 51 percent of those polled thought Biden did the best job, while 36 percent thought Palin did the best job.
But respondents said the folksy Palin was more likable, scoring 54 percent to Biden's 36 percent. Seventy percent said Biden was more of a typical politician.
Both candidates exceeded expectations -- 84 percent of the people polled said Palin did a better job than they expected, while 64 percent said Biden also exceeded expectations.
I'm sorry; I've had enough of "folksy." George Bush is "folksy."
I don't want folksy; I want someone fucking smarter than me.
Yeah, I kind of lost it with the judgy-mcJudgerson last night. But I was dealing with a couple fronts: anger at pandering, folksy sound bites (both sides, but much, much more with Joe Sixpack and all that) and the ongoing use of people (children too) as props. I'm glad that the only female candidate in the race didn't completely collapse onstage. But do I feel that she represented female candidates well? I do not.
Also, my folks are sending me links to articles and releases that blame the Clintons for the current financial situation and I read them instead of blocking them. So. HI - call me Jud for short.
off I go to the dr.
I don't want folksy; I want someone fucking smarter than me.
Erin is me.
And post-hot shower, let me just say, "smarter than me" doesn't mean "So I will trust him or her blindly to tell me what to do."
But so that I feel I can maybe just trust them. A little.
I consider it to be, "I know I don't have the knowledge or desire to take on this job, but by damn, the person that does, should have the knowledge and desire and not just a bunch of carefully culled sound bites."
I don't want folksy, I want presidential and competent. I don't think she's a moron, I think she is ambitious beyond her qualifications and expertise. I think she is fake and manipulative. But mostly I just disagree with most of her world view.
That is a nice summation of my feelings. And how much do I hate the fact that these words came out of my mouth: Dad, please do NOT vote for a ticket with THAT woman on it.
His reply: Hell, Erin, I haven't voted FOR someone in 30 years. I just vote AGAINST the person I think will do the absolute worst job.
It's far better for my stress level if I just read about the debate here, I think. I wimped out last night and watched Supernatural and then collapsified into bed.