Debate Afterword; Economic Catastrophe
Hmm. Before a few words on our impending economic doom, a few notes on the debate, after settling for a few days.
I thought it pretty even between McCain and Obama, even after reading all the commentary afterwards that punditized it for McCain, and polled it for Obama. Problem was, I wasn’t among those who needed to see Obama do something (anything) remotely Presidential: I’m already “in the tank” as the term of art goes these days. So I saw a solid, unglamorous performance that was perhaps a touch stronger than McCain. I’m glad I seem to be in the minority, in that respect! Polls are humming along upwardly for Obama, and trending down for McCain. Woops! I really can’t wait to see what happens on Thursday night … it’ll be 90 minutes of pure comdey, I’m sure.
So anyway, we seem to heading quickly towards economic doom. Perhaps even becoming a banana republic! So we have an economic/financial FAIL splatted atop a political FAIL, which appears to add up to a complete and total FAIL. Not so good. Although the opportunity now to recraft a bill that doesn’t suck, as so many economists seem to think about the current thing, seems to be overall good … the likelihood of that happening pre-election seems slim. So that will allow the FREE MARKET to exert its holy self in all its fiery purity, and cleanse the economy. Right? Right? I think I’ll dress up as Failed Economic Policies for Halloween.
