I caught the second half of the Democratic debate. Lest the discussion focus on the war, Iran, health care, taxes, illegal immigrants and other boring crap, the moderators asked Dennis Kucinich whether he had seen a UFO. Kucinich attempted to charm his way out of it but acknowledged having seen one and said it was a powerful emotional experience. So the idiot moderators asked the other candidates if they believed in UFOs too. The next guy was a deer in the headlights, knowing that according to some poll, 14% of the public/voters claim to have seen one, enough to turn a narrow win into a landslide defeat. Obama had the presence of mind to say that he believed in life on earth and that children and old people need health care and blah blah blah -- i.e. it was a stupid question.
Hillary made a fool of herself by contradicting herself on the subject of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants and Obama and Edwards both jumped on her for doubletalk. It appeared from the post-debate chatter that she had contradicted herself eariler as well. It appeared that Hillary lost and Edwards, Obama, and Biden won.
In a post-debate interview Biden said that he was the only Democrat with foreign policy qualifications and the only qualified Republican was John McCain. He also said that Giuliani constructed every sentence with a noun, a verb, and 9-11.
When Bill C. ras running for president, he was asked "Boxers or Briefs?" Maybe we can get Leslie Stahl to ask Hillary "Bikini or Thong?" These are the things American want to know.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, seeing a UFO does not mean you have seen a space ship from Mars. It just means you saw something flying that you can't identify. I have seen a UFO. Was it a plane, a helicopter, some wierd hang glider, I couldn't tell. But, with no evidence, to carry it to the extent of assuming it is a space ship from a galaxy far, far away does make one question your reasoning powers.
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ReplyDeleteKucinich, she [Shirley Maclaine] writes on page143-144 of the book, "had a close sighting over my home in Graham, Washington, when I lived there. Dennis found his encounter extremely moving. The smell of roses drew him out to my balcony where, when he looked up, he saw a gigantic triangular craft, silent, and observing him. It hovered, soundless, for ten minutes or so, and sped away with a speed he couldn't comprehend. He said he felt a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind."
ReplyDeleteSo the question is not whether he saw something he couldn't identify, but whether Maclaine was accurately reporting what he said. If he really said he heard directions in his mind from a light in the sky then he is not who we want in control of our nuclear arsenal.
Kucinich is in the debates as a courtesy. He will not get as many votes as Colbert.
ReplyDeleteTrue. But he represents the pure anti-war position that the other candidates have only partially. He is the hard left of the dove to hawk spectrum. So making him ridiculous discredits his position, not just him personally.
ReplyDeleteHe has been discredited for years. The only questin remaining is "What does she see in him?"
ReplyDeleteI assume it is the usual marriage of convenience. He has a seat in Congress. She has a lot of money and a lot of friends with even more money.
ReplyDeleteLeno said that it was a surprise that he was taken up into a flying saucer, because one would expect someone like him to be coming out of one.