Marc,
No doubt about it. You and I were watching the same "debate" last night. Smug, self-righteous, dishonest Hillary and her boy backers from the ABC network were definitely in rare form. They seemed determined to erase any remaining distinctions between serious, political journalism and tabloid-style, infotainment politics.
As bloggers we are partly responsible for blurring this line. Having to compete with witty, 24-hour banter like ours is making the old newsmen crazy. I propose that all future debates be moderated by Dave Chappelle and Stephen Colbert.
As far as I can tell last night’s debate was supposed to establish three things. First, Barack Obama is not a patriot. He is just a special-interest politician like every other uppity Negro who imagines black folks in a democracy have the right to be both the rulers and the ruled.
Second, there is no need to worry, because we will all be saved by warmonger Hillary Clinton who is prepared to flex her Bush-extended executive power to invade sovereign nations at a moment’s notice. Her message: fear not middle America, a new Clinton administration will be unfettered by civil liberties, international treaties, or constitutional checks on executive power.
Finally, Democrats are determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Democratic Party leadership is too impotent to reign in the petty, divisive, power-hungry Clintons. So we all have to watch as Democrats look smaller in public estimation even as John McCain grows more presidential in tone and tenor every day.
I will say this Marc: I still believe. No matter what happens with silly pundits like us or ridiculous ones like Charlie and George, I still believe in the American people. I still believe Americans want a better country. I believe they are going to make one even if they have to wade through this mess to get there.
After all, even while the debate raged on last night, Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, made it clear that Obama is his man. At least the Democratic Party still has a Boss somewhere!
Whoops, what happened to that high road I was supposed to be following? I guess I am pretty angry after last night. You forgive a sista don’t you Marc?
Melissa
