Are Drinks Included?

Like what will probably be millions of other Americans, I will be tuning in to the Vice Presidential debate tonight.  I was only vaguely aware of political goings on prior to the addition of the fledgling governor of Alaska to the McCain ticket.  When I read her selection (online, as so many of us get our news now), I thought, oh my God, that was the one thing he could have done to shake up what seemed a foregone conclusion.  Then I kept reading and found myself actually interested, albeit a little abstractedly, in the political circus and diabolical genius of the machines whirring away behind the scenes of both candidates.

So I’ll watch tonight, fascinated/frustrated at what doesn’t get said, because I’m interested to see both of these people and how they respond to questions, what their level of adaptability is.  And most importantly to play Sarah Palin bingo. 

Yes, I will be drinking beer and making wild, unsolicited observations about bar setting (too low, too high?), how a rephrasing of a questions does not constitute an answer, and whether the only thing you can really hope is that you’ll choose the candidate that will lie in your favor the larger percentage of the time.  And if you haven’t seen this SNL skit yet, please watch it.  I’m on my way to the pub.

~ by Hillory on October 2, 2008.