Okay, Let's Just Wallow In It For a Bit

On the off-chance that you either missed the debate last Tuesday or semi-monitored but did not really attend to it (that describes me, with a low tolerance for even the appearance of the last few opposition candidates and their cultivation of mean-spiritedness to the point of at least sociopathy if not near-psychopathy), I wanted to share a couple accounts.  You might also be a candidate if you have been effectively victimized by making the mistake of attending to the MSM or have made poor choices in friends or political confidantes.

I believe it was George Will, of all people, that long-time supporter of all things (sarcasm), or someone equally improbable, who went so far as to dub this the best presidential debate he has seen in 40 years.
 
I greatly enjoyed both of these reports, admittedly singing to the choir and not likely to sway anyone who would even consider giving willard the time of day.  I would have liked to post this pic of angry-mitt, totally PO'd at that uppity colored man, but combination of technical limitations and conscience prevailed.  Try that link.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/last-night-debate-13800806

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Wow. To me, this was a revelatory, epochal moment. It was a look at the real Willard Romney, the Bain cutthroat who could get rich ruining lives and not lose a moment's sleep. But those people are merely the anonymous Help. The guy he was speaking to on Tuesday night is a man of considerable international influence. Outside of street protestors, and that Iraqi guy who threw a shoe at George W. Bush, I have never seen a more lucid example of manifest public disrespect for a sitting president than the hair-curling contempt with which Romney invested those words. (I've certainly never seen one from another candidate.) He's lucky Barack Obama prizes cool over everything else. LBJ would have taken out his heart with a pair of salad tongs and Harry Truman would have bitten off his nose.

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http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12149-when-the-president-comes-to-town

Now, as to the implications, that is another thing altogether.  It is truly frightening and abhorrent to me that there appears to be the actual sort of horse race here that the "press" loves and often manufactures out of whole cloth.  After all, it sells papers and ads!  The short-term profit always trumps any fealty to the code of journalism, never mind any actual devotion to the idea of informed voters and our formerly brave experiment in representative government.

No stones unturned when it comes to keeping the pressure on folks in the swing states, and no ballots left undelivered here either, please!