The Latest Farce - Last Night's "Debate"

Anyone catch the big farce last night - the so-called Town Hall debate? I was disgusted watching it. And as far as I am concerned, neither man deserves to be President, as it was absolutely clear that neither man has the first clue about the financial crisis or how to deal with it. Not the first clue. Not the first clue. Not the first clue.

While with a big lead it might have been risky for Obama to address the issues directly (and while that's not a legit excuse), why the hell did McCain not seize the day. All he needed to do was to tell the American people that he was there to directly answer any question posed to him and then ask the American people to watch how Obama will not give a straight answer to any question. All McCain had to do next was to actually answer the questions posed. This is why the stock market is failing. These are some of the biggest reasons for it. This is how I plan on addressing these issues. Instead, McCain (like Obama) ducked everything and fell into his talking points. Idiot.

McCain also had a chance to seize the day re. his cabinet. People are rightly concerned he's old and that Palin was a terrible (read: the worst possible) choice for VP. How about him standing up and saying that I won't be governing alone. If elected, these 8 people have agreed to serve in the following posts. They are the best and the brightest this country has to offer. Together they have 300 years of experience - more experience than the age of this republic. And then he could toss that back at Obama. While I have a plan and the people in place to execute it, what does Obama have? He's got nothing. He's all smoke and mirrors.

But did he do any of those things? Of course not, he's an idiot who has no business in this race much less being in the U.S. Senate. His handlers, while experts at spoon feeding talking points to brainless hockey moms, have no ability to think strategically.

On top of that, Brokaw should be put out to pasture. He had the chance to make his mark and not only did he screw it up, he looked like a fool. If I'm Brokaw, I go completely off the board. I throw out the rule book and demand that the candidates respond to my questions. What could the candidates do if they didn't like it? Walk out on live television? What could be done to Brokaw - he's semi-retired? And he'd be viewed as a hero if anyone messed with him for being tough on these candidates. I would have fired one tough question after another and would interrupt if my question was not being answered. I'd also get smart with the candidates when they ducked. Is your avoidance of the question an admission that you don't know the answer? Don't you think the President should know the answer?

We've got real problems in this country folks and the next President needs to understand the problems and be prepared to address them. So far, neither Obama nor McCain demonstrated either. And after eight years of having an arrogant, know nothing as President, we can't afford to have four more years of the same. I don't know about you, but I'm scared about our future. And it sure looks like neither McCain nor Obama are going to make me feel any better, anytime soon.