I wasn't sure I wanted to tittle my first real entry the way I did. Why? Well now my soon to be wife will have to come up with a different tittle for her upcoming blog about wedding night.
Well it was a thursday night. That means The Office , Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and 30 Rock were all on right? Well for some reason 30 Rock thinks they are on Fox, so they wont start till the world series is over (makes sense... I guess). Always Sunny was an hour of pure joy (this show is The Wire of comedies, Wildly under rated) . But The Office was bumped for the VP debate. To top off this already busted night the cubs were playing game 2.
So I put all my chips on watching cubs game live then going back and watching the debate and Always Sunny on dvr.
Well the Cubs did what they do best. If it wasn't Zambrano trying harder to put a hole in his catcher's hand than trying to locate, it was Ryan (not Ryne) Theriot throwing the ball at the tarp twice( did the tarp hit on your chick, bro?). Even in a blow out the cubs found a way to leave you with a bunch of "what if"s and "If only"s.
Some teams are just built better for the regular season (Brewers) and others are built better for the post season (Red Sox). The cubs should be a great post season team, just look at that pitching staff.
Well after watching the city of Chicago being put on suicide watch i fired up the debate.
The issues are the issues. I think by now we all kinda get the gist of the platforms. It is all about style and who does a better job making the other guy look like Dan Quayle. I mean really do you watch to see who has the better platform or who implodes so bad that James Stockdale gets to die a happy man. Any ways... going into this both needed to do a few things to win.
Palin:
- Needed to come off smart, and capable.. and hott!
She did it. Even critics of her admitted that she held her own. Didn't struggle or stumble.She stood strong even though she was not used to this kinda thing and oh yeah... the moderator is working on a pro Obama book( how was that not a conflict of interest?)
- Come out throwing devastating punches. Down 5 in most polls, she needed to land a few good shots right across ol' silly-putty face and grab those headlines back (much like she did when she was first put on the ticket).
While she had a few fun one liners, she needed to go Mortal Combat on him. Instead she made it seem like she was auditioning for the role of Marge Gunderson in Fargo. I was waiting for her to talk about a "tree cent stamp" . {Side Bar: My Grandpa Dick (pause for laughter) totally says "tree" instead of "three". Good Times.}
Biden:
- Avoid putting his foot in his mouth.
While he did out and out lie about who voted for what and when, he didn't do anything too. retarded. He didn't say that William Henry Harrison had an inspiring podcast during the civil war. So all and all he didn't eat his Lacostes... way to go Joey.
- Punk Palin, punk her real good
Well besides maybe blinding her with the glare off his plastic head, he didn't really knock her around like some thought he would.
So who won? Not the viewer? If you ask the drudge report they say Palin, if you ask MSNBC they say Biden. Here is how I score it.
Captain Comb Over.
1 point for not dropping a C bomb on live TV. That had to take some real restraint.
1 point for looking not drunk, but looking like he had one Jack and coke.
1 point for his " that is my bridge to nowhere" fade away jumper he dropped.
-3 points for making up a story about talking to a poor guy at the gas station. No you were not and no you didn't.
VPILF
1 point for that funny Canadian impression she kept up the entire time. Oh wait... thats her real voice.
-2 points for the shout out to a third grade class no body has ever heard of before.
1 point for just being hott.
Thats right they both laid an egg. Waste of time.
Well that was it a night of so much promise strikes out looking with two on.
Lance
