tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post62557630415805359..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: Watching the debates, sort ofCarol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-35901824946893633312008-10-06T08:01:00.000-04:002008-10-06T08:01:00.000-04:00We were on vacation, and in the evening, after wal...We were on vacation, and in the evening, after walks with our four-legged children on the beach, leisurely bike rides, and a surf cast or two, we would turn on the news. By Wednesday night, I could take the talking heads no longer and threatened my husband with rod removal (fishing) if he dared turn the dial to CNN again before we returned home. Of course, I was pretty much caught up by the time we arrived home Saturday evening, since it’s a six-hour drive. But, the debate I missed. I listened to reviews but happily missed watching that woman (I honestly did not think it was possible that any politician would turn my stomach quicker than W, but she takes that prize). A friend just sent me Tina Fey’s reenactment, however… it's worth a look. Of course, the piece also points out that Joe Biden is pretty much of an ass himself. If you’ve not seen it, <A HREF="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/" REL="nofollow">SNL VP debate</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-84604793940782027342008-10-04T08:51:00.000-04:002008-10-04T08:51:00.000-04:00Ha ha! That's great. I had out-patient surgery yes...Ha ha! That's great. <BR/>I had out-patient surgery yesterday and had to spend time on the couch with my leg up, and I watched about 4 hours of post debate reflection, from the McNeil Lehrer report to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to Bill Moyers (a good way to end it - my eyeballs had started to melt anyway...)<BR/>I wondered about the value of a debate that was so constricted, how much actual helpful infomation we could glean, but I guess we learn something about the candidates even if we are only watching their body language, which was as you noticed with the winking, pretty funny at times.<BR/>I spent 4 hours on the phone Thursday night here in Maine doing some polling for Move-On. We had lists of Undecided voters up in northern rural Maine to call - we were to ask who they plan to vote for and to offer encouragemant and information if they are leaning toward Obama.<BR/>I phoned 72 households. Alot of folks were not at home, and several refused to tell me who they were voting for. But out of the rest, everyone I spoke to was voting for Obama or leaning toward Obama. I had only 1 person(outwardly admitting) that she was voting for McCain. This surprised me - I expected more leaning to the right in that part of the state! Encouraging!!! I will be on the phones again for the next four weeks...martha millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17847828956846494958noreply@blogger.com