So of course I watched the debate last night. I was happy with Kerry's performance though I wished Bush would have been as laughable as he was last week. I'm sure he solidified his base with his performance.

The thing that kills me is how Bush was constantly spinning Kerry's answers. Yeah, yeah, they were both doing it to an extent but I noticed it much moreso on Bush's side. When Bush acted like he didn't understand Kerry's answer regarding abortion, as if it didn't make sense, I was so freaking annoyed!

I really think that in lieu of debates we should just have both of them sit at a bar and do shots. I mean, come on, you know you're much more honest when you have a few drinks in you. You know, in vino veritas and all that. THEN, I'd know for sure I was hearing the truth out of both of them. I know I like Kerry so much more than Bush already, but they both are just spinning like crazy and I'm tired of it. My big worry is that there are many people out there who hear the spin and totally buy it. Like Scully and Mulder used to tell us, the truth is out there. You can log onto many sites that will shed light on the true records of these two, there are plenty of sites combing through the he said/he said of the debates and fact checking. But I worry that so many people don't bother to do that but rather buy the soundbites and rhetoric.

I did love it when Kerry said the EXACT same thing I had just said while Bush was talking about the "safety" of drugs from Canada. Gage just looked at me like "Wow Mom!". I'm also loving the current polls that are giving me much more hope about the outcome of this election. Only a month ago I was lamenting that it was likely a pipe dream we'd get rid of Bush, but now it feels like a possibility. I am a bit afraid of the unethical gymnastics that Bushco is likely to use to "win" this election like they did the last time.

So to go to the other extreme, I've been watching "And You Don't Stop - 30 years of Hip Hop" on VH1. Scott finds it amusing that I've watched pretty much the whole thing. He halfway woke up the other night when I was watching the one about freestyling and just laughed. I'm a white girl from Ohio, 'nuff said. It's really interesting, though! It's like a whole subculture and I especially like the shows about the early DJ's and how the MC's came about, and how the Sugarhill Gang were a bunch of posers lol. I also like watching the ones with Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys. I did intentionally miss last night's episode with Eminem on; I can't stand him. But apparently that was also the episode with The Roots, and I wanted to see them. So I say, catch it if you can. Very interesting stuff!

Oh, and if anyone can tell me if Bush really DOES own a timber company?? Can't find anything on Google. I thought Kerry was just talking hypothetically...