I just got off Hugh Hewitt. He’s more concerned than I am with the Kerry suntan issue. Franky, that’s between Kerry and his dermatologist, as far as I’m concerned. On the other hand, Hugh’s point that this and the manicure are an indication of an effete character, well I see his point. Okay, Kerry’s a metrosexual, whatever that means. But is he a metrosexual for me, as John Osborne would put it? I doubt it.
More interesting to me was the gossip the Lileks and all the Northern Alliance/ Power Line crowd were up there in Minneapolis knocking down shooters one for one every time Kerry mentioned (would mention, I mean) Halliburton. They could end up on the floor. No live debate bloggin for them!
But here’s the Big Question – will there be more bloggers or readers? Considering the number of bloggers expected to engage in this stunt… er, process… I can’t give the answer. Time to pour a good Central California Malbec and settle in. [What're you? Some kind of yuppie?--ed.]
Well, at least share the brand of the malbec. I haven’t had any malbec from central California, though I recently had some up in Sonoma. Like most I usually rely on good cheap Argentine malbec for that variety. And speaking of (relatively) obscure reds, Virginia’s starting to do pretty good 100% cabernet franc bottlings. Time was when only a handful of Dry Creek producers did some of those.
I caught abut ten seconds of Kerry on the air and couldn’t stand it any more.
You and the other live bloggers are doing a great service to those with no stomach for Kerry.
I can’t stand Kerry, but didn’t feel I had too much trouble remaining objective. I put myself into the shoes of who I think the undecideds or shiftables are. In general I think they haven’t paid close attention yet, so they wouldn’t know what Kerry’s positions are or when he’s flip-flopped before (no one’s going to necessary believe his opponent when he claims he flip-flops). Based on Kerry’s breadth and depth of knowledge (how would they know most were distortions) he won on substance. Bush frowned off-camera, paused too long, repeated the same message too many times (I even got tired of it), and was slouching at the lecturn. Kerry won on style.
Kerry will gain 2-3 points over next two days. By the end of the third debate, they’ll be neck and neck (in the polls). Barring a catastrophe, Bush will win (Kerry’s internals are just too awful).