Being in D.C. for the election year is so much fun! I work way outside the city, but the VP debate was still all we could talk about at work yesterday. It goes without saying, but people around here are political junkies. L.A. is a city of movie stars, New York is a city of money, D.C. is a city of nerds on a power trip.
My friends Amin and Megan invited me to a debate party they were attending in their building in Chinatown. We were to bring drinks, so I tried my best to find beer from Delaware and Alaska. Beer from Delaware was easy enough, Dogfish Head, but beer from Alaska isn’t available this far east, according to my new friend David at Total Wine & More. That’s really not surprising, since we all know that the beverage distribution industry is controlled by East Coast liberals.
The debate party was so much fun! Amin remembered that his parents bought him a Got Moose? shirt from a vacation they took to Alaska, and he was the hit of the party. We also had Palin Bingo, where we checked off squares when she used certain words and phrases. I was pulling for her to say “earmarks” for the entire second half of the debate, but alas…. Another party attendee contributed homemade political cookies; there were the obligatory McCain, Bush, and Palin elephants, but my favorite cookie was the random circle that said “preconditions” with a line through it.
The debate itself was fine. Sarah Palin did not embarrass herself, Joe Biden didn’t stick his foot in his mouth, and I don’t think either of them persuaded any undecided voters. It wasn’t a game changer. My opinion is that Biden seemed infinitely more knowledgeable and extemporaneous. Palin, on the other hand, obviously had certain rehearsed points she wanted to make, regardless of the question that the moderator was asking. I think it’s arrogant to disregard the actual question being asked to talk about whatever else she wanted, but she’s a competent public speaker who obviously took care to prepare for the debate. I disagree with her on just about everything, but I knew that before the debate even began.
Now I have SNL and next Monday’s Daily Show to look forward to.
My friends Amin and Megan invited me to a debate party they were attending in their building in Chinatown. We were to bring drinks, so I tried my best to find beer from Delaware and Alaska. Beer from Delaware was easy enough, Dogfish Head, but beer from Alaska isn’t available this far east, according to my new friend David at Total Wine & More. That’s really not surprising, since we all know that the beverage distribution industry is controlled by East Coast liberals.
The debate party was so much fun! Amin remembered that his parents bought him a Got Moose? shirt from a vacation they took to Alaska, and he was the hit of the party. We also had Palin Bingo, where we checked off squares when she used certain words and phrases. I was pulling for her to say “earmarks” for the entire second half of the debate, but alas…. Another party attendee contributed homemade political cookies; there were the obligatory McCain, Bush, and Palin elephants, but my favorite cookie was the random circle that said “preconditions” with a line through it.
The debate itself was fine. Sarah Palin did not embarrass herself, Joe Biden didn’t stick his foot in his mouth, and I don’t think either of them persuaded any undecided voters. It wasn’t a game changer. My opinion is that Biden seemed infinitely more knowledgeable and extemporaneous. Palin, on the other hand, obviously had certain rehearsed points she wanted to make, regardless of the question that the moderator was asking. I think it’s arrogant to disregard the actual question being asked to talk about whatever else she wanted, but she’s a competent public speaker who obviously took care to prepare for the debate. I disagree with her on just about everything, but I knew that before the debate even began.
Now I have SNL and next Monday’s Daily Show to look forward to.
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