Wednesday: That One!
PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: McCain needed to land a knockout punch in last night’s debate, whatever that means, and the pundits say he didn’t. I thought he looked doddering and crazy, and I still scratch my head everytime he says “I know how to get bin Laden.” THAT would be a reason to suspend a campaign.My favorite moment was Obama declaring that health care is a right (thank you!) and the foreign policy exchange below.
The McCain camp is blaming the refs for their mediocre showing last night, saying Tom Brokaw didn’t give him opportunities to go after Obama. In the long view, I do believe that Obama’s goal here is simple: reassure. His victory is that voters hear a cacophany of racially-tinged “Obama as terrorist” rhetoric and then they turn on the TV and see THAT ONE, Barack Obama, sober and professorial. Maybe a little dry at times, but he doesn’t look like he’s about to fly a plane into anything. McCain, meanwhile, looks like he might kick the neighbors dog. (By the way did anyone catch that intense alzheimers drug commercial? Poor Jenny.) So on we go, one more debate a week from today and less than a month until Election Day.
A couple items that have nothing to do with politics. First, this scary Japanese robot girl. Supposedly it’s one of the most sophisticated machines ever and is the closest facsimilie ever to a real human being. I think it looks … kind of down-syndromey.
From England, you thought your relationship was bad?
A gay chef murdered his lover, cut out part of his leg, seasoned it with herbs and fried it, a court has heard. Anthony Morley, 35, chewed one of the pieces before throwing it into his kitchen bin. Morley, a former holder of the Mr Gay UK title, then walked to a nearby takeaway restaurant and told horrified staff: ‘I have killed someone, call the police’.
Prosecutor Andrew Stubbs QC, warned jurors that details of the case were “unpleasant and disturbing.”
Finally, I came across this list of six frugal green living tips to save money and the environment etc etc, not counting, of course, killing and frying your man. Are any of these plausible? I want to be that good, I really do.
After the jump, the great foreign policy moment from last night.
About The Author - Ben Wyskida is a writer, activist, conscientious hedonist and political communications strategist living in Brooklyn. - Visit Ben's site.
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