Racists around every corner, we’re drifting towards a Depression, the world hates us… blah blah blah. I want my President to be optimistic about fixing today’s problems and bring the American people along with them. I understand that they want to distinguish themselves from the Republicans, etc., but I found nothing redeeming about their victim-mentality, hand-out mentality, anti-business and growth economic philosophy, or demeanor. No one looked happy to be there:

She Who Must Not Be Named’s fake smiles were transparent. She nodded her head incessantly. She would drop names and numbers to look smart, but they had little bearing on the point.

Polly Prissy Pants looked quite effeminate and as Mike mentioned, his two America’s nonsense was made real through the backdrop seen in this post’s picture.

Barack O’Bama through out applause lines and agreed with too many people… but he looked OK.

Biden was angry.

Dodd is a dud.

Richardson likes to hear the sound of his voice, but apparently not Tavis Smiley’s– he kept talking over Tavis everytime Bill’s time ran out.

Gravel… gridlock!

Ok. Upon calling Mike after the debate, we wondered who Dennis Kucinich looked like. The consensus was “Kreacher” from Harry Potter. So Kreacher loved “Sicko”. Surprised?

All in all I agree with Mike and Chris on this debate. No one was helped nationally, they agreed with each other too much on issues where their solutions are worse than the problems.

You make a lot of good points about the attitude of the debate (good observation on the set, by the way), as well as the attitude and outlook of the modern day Democrat Party. They have continued this for many years…it is quite a rarity where you will find a Democrat Presidential Canidate who is willing to be positive campaigner/policymaker…example 1: John Kerry 2004: “Let America be America Again” By that statement, he is insinuating that our country’s greatness has wained and only he can improve it. I guess he hasn’t taken a look at the Mexican border at the thousands of illegals trying to get in who probably don’t agree with Kerry’s assessment. Example 2: Carter’s Malaise Speech (written by none other than Chrissy Matthews) where he criticizes the American People on their usage of energy, instead of looking to his own failed policies that didn’t help matters in the 1970s.

Republicans, on the other hand, have always been more positive and optimistic in nature. Ronald Reagan is the most notable example (“America as the shining city on a hill,” “You ain’t seen nothing yet,” “Morning in America,” etc). Their legislation has also exhibited this optimism and positive view of America. They are also aware that the National Security tied together with the War on Terror is most important issue in our country, more important than any Domestic issues with which the Democrats try to divide the nation. If we do not win the War on Terror or have a cohesive National Security, there will be no Domestic Issue debate because we will not survive as a nation. Despite the party’s issues today, I am happy to say the majority of Republicans at least get that.

Democrats have surely missed the boat on these issues and hopefully Americans will get this.

Just a warning, PBS and Tavis get a crack at the Republican candidates later this year…good bet they won’t be applying the Fairness Doctrine to that debate.