re: The President's Speech Last Night

president: Lie, distortion distortion, lie, Iran, lie lie, distortion inaccuracy, freedom, lie lie distortion, extreme bull shit lie distortion, Pratreaus, lie inaccuracy unending war, freedom, bull shit, Iran, lie lie lie...

me: Throwing sweaty jogging socks at the TV.

Something Special

John Edwards will be addressing the "nation" after the presidents speech tonight. I say "nation" because it will only be on MSNBC. I guess the special part is that he bought the time himself, and it's a possible master play to leap frog Clinton and Obama.

I like John, he and Obama are my "Sofie's Choice." I hope I am home from rehearsal in time to see the whole 2 minutes and not just the sound bite. Could really be a turning point.

Left Out

Today is September the 11th. No one has mentioned it all day. Four people that I know of have been arrested during the testimony of General Petraeus on the House side yesterday.

All you will here about is the president planning to reduce the number of troops in Iraq in the Spring. The truth: he'd be reducing the number back to the pre-surge level. The reality will be no change at all.

NO FEAR!

Nothing Good Could Have Come From It

So after rehearsal and a late night run last night, I sat down to watch Fred Thompson announce his candidacy for the GOP nomination on the Tonight Show. Usually nothing short of an appearance by Gomez can make me watch the Tonight Show. I hate the Tonight Show. I watched Jays very first show (mostly because the Black Crows were the musical guest) and have hated it ever since. The first half hour (the monologue and "sketch") epitomize everything that is wrong with Americans. Seriously. Want to know why Bush was elected in 2004 (since he wasn't in 200) watch the first half hour of the Tonight Show and you will know.

Anyway, I wanted to see if Thompson was serious. I wanted to be able to see his eyes. I did, and I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that this guy has no idea how to do the job. He is unqualified, and thinks he will be "playing" the president, not be the president.

There were ample opportunities to see Thompson's eyes and I'll tell you what was going on. Zero. I say nominate him. He looks like he will fall over at any moment, and is brain dead to boot. Actually, there isn't a single GOP candidate that I am afraid of. the only thing I fear is Kusinich getting anywhere near the DEM ticket, and the continued presence of Mike Gravel - he makes people think Democrats are crazy, oh and he isn't a Democrat, he's a Libertarian that is very confused.

But mostly, I was astounded with Thompson's utter lack of ideas on the issues. The guy is literally, "stay the course" on everything, with the banal caveat that we "could do somethings a little better." So I'd like to see the GOP nominate him and let him get 17% of the vote (of course he's still win the flyover states.) Even if I'm wrong - at least Democrats can use the "Hollywood" charge against the GOP this time around. But fair warning to the GOP and the media, if you really think this guy is Reagan, your gonna be really disappointed.

That said, he is "likable" so he's probably get 40% easy. It really comes down to whether he will be able to debate, and organize. So far, I hear he can't do either. But if he starts now, maybe he can drive his red pickup truck to every town in America, he seems to think that strategy will get him a 20 point win. I hope he tries it.