Yeah, you knew there was going to be a post about the veep debate, and here it is. I caught a little over half of it from the comfort of my casa, and lemme tell ya - I'm not impressed. Thursday's debate was little more than a practice test and the results don't matter.
It'd be one thing if we learned something about the candidates; we didn't. The media made hay about Sarah Palin being in debate boot camp for the two days before the event, and what we got might as well have been straight from the book she studied from. She crammed for a test - both of them did, so why should I care what occurred in what's essentially a two-person play?
All we have to judge the candidates on from Thursday's debate is their characteristics, their speech, mannerisms, their "folksiness." Should we judge how to cast a ballot based on whether someone flubbed an answer? Is public speaking and oratory an essential trait in a good vice president? Come on. All the debate boiled down to was an opportunity for one or both of them to screw up so we could point fingers at them. They both did pretty well, so what do we do now?
Same thing we do every night, Brain - spout opinions online that we stole from talking heads and that we really don't even understand.
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