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Debates and other wierdness
Oct. 8th, 2004 11:04 pmOkay, so tonight I watched the second presidental debate. I also watched the vice presidential debate. What I have learned from all of this is that I can state unequivocably that I hate political debates.
My understanding is that Bush probably did better than he did in the first debate. I personally abhored his performance, because I saw every "aw shucks" thing he did, inevitably when he didn't have a good answer otherwise and wanted to pretend that Kerry spoke some crazy moon language that only overly educated wishy-washy people understand. Blech. Mind you, Kerry's debate performance didn't leave me stunned by his eloquence either, but at least I didn't feel like I was trapped in some wierd Disney-esque manipulation during his portions. The problem is that a lot of people will fall for "aw shucks" long before they'll think something through to a more complex answer, which ever way they end up deciding. Ah well.
In the instances where I felt like Bush was actually saying what he believed, I felt that he was being honest. I don't agree with him in the least, unfortunately, and the things he's sincere about are things that I could not want less in the man who runs the nation in which I live. It's sad, but true. I agree far more with Kerry, and it irks me to no end that not having a black-and-white, sound-bite view of the world is being made out as a political handicap.
All I can say is that I'm going to do my part to see my candidate in the white house, and I hope like hell I don't have to decide what I'm going to do should he lose.
The other wierdness is that I opened a bank account today without incident AND got approved for a credit card. It's been YEARS since anything financially good happened to me, since a credit company didn't laugh in my face if I even had the temerity to think of applying. I managed to get all sorts of stuff for my house today, though mostly in the realm of cleaning supplies, dishes, glasses, ironing boards, raincaots and galoshes, and such like. It was so very nice for it to be a totally normal thing, and so very frightening all at the same time. I'm just hoping this is now going to be a regular occurence. I could use a little stability for a while.
Oh, and I love my job. I have a new computer, a G5 with a cinema screen. I'm really, really good at my job if I do say so myself. I'm making the books I work on better, and I know it. There's not much more I could ask for in life right now, career-wise. I'm a really lucky person, and I'm just wise enough to know it. :)
My understanding is that Bush probably did better than he did in the first debate. I personally abhored his performance, because I saw every "aw shucks" thing he did, inevitably when he didn't have a good answer otherwise and wanted to pretend that Kerry spoke some crazy moon language that only overly educated wishy-washy people understand. Blech. Mind you, Kerry's debate performance didn't leave me stunned by his eloquence either, but at least I didn't feel like I was trapped in some wierd Disney-esque manipulation during his portions. The problem is that a lot of people will fall for "aw shucks" long before they'll think something through to a more complex answer, which ever way they end up deciding. Ah well.
In the instances where I felt like Bush was actually saying what he believed, I felt that he was being honest. I don't agree with him in the least, unfortunately, and the things he's sincere about are things that I could not want less in the man who runs the nation in which I live. It's sad, but true. I agree far more with Kerry, and it irks me to no end that not having a black-and-white, sound-bite view of the world is being made out as a political handicap.
All I can say is that I'm going to do my part to see my candidate in the white house, and I hope like hell I don't have to decide what I'm going to do should he lose.
The other wierdness is that I opened a bank account today without incident AND got approved for a credit card. It's been YEARS since anything financially good happened to me, since a credit company didn't laugh in my face if I even had the temerity to think of applying. I managed to get all sorts of stuff for my house today, though mostly in the realm of cleaning supplies, dishes, glasses, ironing boards, raincaots and galoshes, and such like. It was so very nice for it to be a totally normal thing, and so very frightening all at the same time. I'm just hoping this is now going to be a regular occurence. I could use a little stability for a while.
Oh, and I love my job. I have a new computer, a G5 with a cinema screen. I'm really, really good at my job if I do say so myself. I'm making the books I work on better, and I know it. There's not much more I could ask for in life right now, career-wise. I'm a really lucky person, and I'm just wise enough to know it. :)
