I’ve got, like, zero readers again. That’s sad. I was going to ask where everybody went, and then I realized, hey, I read and am generally read by grad students. They went to they same dark place I went to a few weeks ago.
Debate in a few minutes. God, CNN is hilarious with its “CNN.com” streaming debate interactive extravaganza crap. It was worse when they trucked in the pretty young women to play with the touch screen. Now they’ve got some old guy at the tech helm, which at least means they aren’t trying to play the young and hip card. That’s Obama’s job, I guess.
We’re all so excited for this debate, but come on, it’s not like this is the first time we’ve seen a bumpkin go up against a smart(er) person (I’m not all that impressed by Biden’s intellect, either, and part of me still feels like this should have been Hillary’s VP debate). Anyway, all Biden has to do is not roll his eyes ala Al Gore in 2000, and he should be fine.
I think we have a bigger problem: the major commercial running during the pre-debate coverage is the cash.4.gold ad, meaning either that the demographic for this particular debate is estimated to be wider than the norm, or we’re all fucked and have started selling off our jewelry. Except the Palins, whose net worth makes them not quite the average Americans. But not McCain-rich, either.
P.S. I love me some Gwen Ifill. Don’t care what her book is about.
I’m reading, don’t worry. But grading, too. And watching the playoffs. And drinking. There’s not much time.