Debate #2
No live blogging or non-live debate blogging this time. I watched the debate in a bar and I was pretty drunk, so I’m short on insight. A few thoughts:
1. The first 15 minutes, McCain seemed to be moving around the debate hall like a Roomba.
2. I’m happy with how Obama did. I think the debate was a draw at worst. I had low expectations for him because his debate performances in the primaries ran the gamut from “terrible” to “as good as Clinton”. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised so far in the past two debates. At the very least, he is holding his own, and I think you could make a non-biased case that he is doing better than McCain.
3. You can’t tell, but I’m still drunk and misspelling every other word. The amount of drunk editing and spell-checking going on in this post is beyond the comprehension of your average peon. And yes, I had to spell-check “peon”.
4. For a few of McCain’s responses, and this might just be the drunk filter talking, I thought he sounded like Sarah Palin. He had a few rambling, five topics in one statement responses that made it seem like he was covering for Palin (”See? I use ‘also” too.”)
5. Oh, and what was McCain writing before the debate started? ”Don’t drool on self?” “Shopping list: vitamins, Metamucil, running mate who won’t embarass me…”
6. (Late update) There were a few times when McCain spoke first and I said to my friend, “McCain’s right on this one.” Then Obama said “I agree with McCain on this one” and then gave a more detailed response. This is one reason why I’m proud to support Obama.