Pantheon, Rome

I’m not big on watching political anything. It’s just not for me, listening to people drone on. Put a transcript in front of me, so I can read, deconstruct, take notes – that I can do, though I realize you lose the human element, body language, the tone. I just can’t stomach 90 minutes of chatter and blah, blah, blah.

But highlights – a 3 to 5 minute recap, I’ll listen to that, stay current (again, taken with a grain of salt, since what is shown is very subjective to the producers, reporters and editors). The thing that really strikes me this morning is, “Biden vs. Palin – there’s no clear winner, but Palin didn’t fail, which is what many expected. She held her own.”

Yes, that’s a good motivator for me when I’m at my lowest. I may not have sparkled and shined, performing top-notch, but at least I didn’t fail. Quite frankly, I don’t see that as I’m successful at something. Is that really what we need in a leader of our country? “Wow, she didn’t fail, so that’s successful.” That’s bullshit. You need a leader, someone who can take charge, bring value to the table and clearly come out on top. Not someone who scrapes by, because they didn’t fail.

Since I didn’t really listen to the debate, and I haven’t actually read any in-depth information on the debate, this isn’t so much a criticism of the two candidates as it is the press and the reaction of the hand-picked “public” on the TV this morning.

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