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10/08/2004: "The Great Debate-Part Two"

Tonight’s debate will be a townhall forum of undecided voters. I guess there really are people who have yet to make up their minds and then there are those who have made up their minds but like the elite status that “undecideds” play in a close election so they keep up the façade of the undecided. I have to tell you it irritates the crap out of me that people who can’t make a decision or who pretend to be something they are not, hold my future and yours in their hands.

It equally irritates me that people who can’t be bothered to educate themselves on the issues blindly cast a vote on election day based on party affiliation or sound bites they caught on the news or headlines that are frequently deceptive and consider that sufficient knowledge to have an opinion and vote. I’d love to tell them that if they can’t live up to the responsibility that comes with the right to vote, stay the hell home and don’t vote but the opposition would cream you because they wouldn’t show such a display of character. So get educated and then vote, dammit! Don't vote and get your education afterwards.

The debate is underway and the President seems like he is rested and feisty unlike the first debate. Kerry is smooth and on sound bite but is lacking the orange glow he had the last time. Wonder what his nails look like tonight?

I wish someone would ask a how question instead of a what question. We know what you say you will do; you’ve repeated it a thousand times a day. How are you going to do it? Step by step, details and more details. The forum only allows the Cliff Notes version of all the campaign ads and is worthless. The questions are surprisingly not inane but there isn’t enough time to answer these questions.

Dubya gave us the only laughs of the night. When told by Kerry that he owns a wood company, he was surprised to hear this and then asked if anyone needs some wood? Kerry droned on without any humor. No matter how the handlers try they just can’t humanize the guy.

This was a good debate unlike the first one. I hope everyone with questions unanswered will take the time to seek them before they cast a vote. One more sideshow next Wednesday. You have time to do some homework in the meantime. Read the transcripts of the debates, hit their websites and check out the details they offer, talk it out with people who have made a decision. Just Do It!