Tuesdays with Brokaw

The only thing I like more than presidential debates on Tuesday evenings is FactCheck.org on Wednesday mornings.

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You know, now that I've had some time to think about it, I really like quite a few things more than either of those. I like rivers and I like a full moon. I like chocolate syrup on a spoon. I like a fairly funny cartoon. Speaking of cartoons, my new favorite is Order of the Stick. I'm no DnD (that's nerdspeak for Dungeons and Dragons, a game nerds play) nerd, but I get most of the jokes in this simple comic about a guild making its way through a dungeon. It's pretty good storytelling, with a touch of self-reference which I almost always enjoy.

But that's neither here nor there when the economy is in the toilet and we're electing the next guy to wave a lit match and say "I didn't do it." Ok, that's a cynical point of view. Thankfully, we have the presidential debates to let us forget about this country's problems and focus on petty differences between candidates who espouse mistruths in order to make the other guy look bad in order to make the accuser look good in order to prop him up as an example of American integrity. Bah. More cynicism.

I really enjoyed the VP debates last week. I was partly waiting for an infamous gaffe by either of the number twos. It was going to be my "Where were you when...?" moment of 2008. Now I guess I'll wait for something else. Snow on Mars? Meh. How about GnR releasing Chinese Democracy? Heh. Anyhow, I thought Biden was bland and Palin was a bit too winky. Seriously, if she winks at the camera one more time I'm going to vote for Obama. Really, I'm voting for Obama no matter what she does, but don't tell her that. Just, no more winking, kay?

So tonight I'm going to watch the next debate and have a good time. Oh yeah, when I was waiting for the veep debate to begin, and CNN told me that there was 15 minutes until they showed up on stage, I got a little flutter in my stomach. That's sick.