Pawprints From Space

Well I watched the debate last night between Senator Verbose and Caribou Barbie. They both did rather well all things considered and the drinking game was a complete bust. sigh! The interesting thing is the analysis that has followed. NPR did their fact checking and according to them Caribou Barbie was all spin and not on target with her claims about her own and McCain's record whereas Senator Verbose only exaggerated slightly here and there. Meanwhile Fox News has exactly the opposite opinion. Articles in the New Times agree with NPR and go on to say that 90% of Caribou Barbie's replies did not actually answer questions but merely gave out "talking points" with no substance, further "proving" that she is not ready to be VP let alone President should anything awful happen to McCain. And so it goes. Five weeks from the election and it is still anybody's guess as to what will/might happen. My score? Caribou Barbie got a B (mostly for effort and stage prese...

Oh this ought to be good. Amusing at least. Not that the VP candidates have EVER made a significant impact on the outcome of the election but what the heck... it is an election season (? is nearly 2 years a "season" ?) of historic firsts... The book club ladies had a cute idea. Let's have a drinking game as we watch the debate... every time Gov. Palin shakes her index finger/points in her attempt to make a point - take a drink. Every time Sen. Biden goes over his time limit in his attempt to answer the quesion - take a drink. We should all be good and drunk in about 15 minutes. This will be interesting given that the interviews Gov. Palin has given lately have not been very good. I give her points for at least looking as though she is trying but really... someone who has worked in television, made public appearaces as Miss Alaska, been on City Council, been Mayor and now Governor should be able to cope with the press. So far, she hasn't shown that she can. And Biden h...