I can’t improve on what Digby has to say about the debate:
It’s very hard for me to gauge this debate because to me John McCain is quite obviously a crazy, intemperate, nasty old bastard. He was sarcastic, contemptuous and patronizing. I really, really loathe him. But then, I loathe Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck too, who are also domineering, macho pricks. (On the other hand Barack said “I agree with John” about 832 times, so perhaps I’m misjudging him.)
My wife says Obama is winning in the early polls, so maybe people aren’t as stupid as the pundits.
All I can add is this picture of the audience at Groton Democratic Headquarters, where 100% thought Obama won.
Next comes the comic relief, otherwise known as the Vice Presidential Debates, unless Palin becomes ill or her campaign plane mysteriously blows up in mid air. We’ll be adjourning to the Bulkeley House for that one, as it coincides with Drinking Liberally night. The whole country might want to drink liberally at the thought of Sarah Palin being president of the United States. Anyway, we will still start at 6:30, then adjourn to the bar to watch the debate.
The picture, by the way, was taken by my nifty new camera (no flash, 200 ISO, Image stabilized), of which I should be ashamed of myself for buying, but I am not, at least very much. If only our minds could evolve as fast as our technology. This camera, a Panasonic DMC-LX3, takes better pictures, within its limits, than my digital SLR, that I bought four years ago. Unfortunately, it’s so new that Apple hasn’t yet updated its operating system to read the camera’s RAW files, so instead of using Aperture I’m stuck for now with the clunky software that came with the camera. All things come to those who wait (except maybe a Democratic President) so that situation should resolve itself soon.
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