The Hopes And Dreams Of Our Graduating Class..or Notes From Tonight's Debate

   Newsflash - Gov. Sarah Palin is not the moron some supposed she was following her pathetic interviews with Katie Couric. In fact, she was just robotically reciting the McCain campaign's talking points.

   She did, however, get her ass handed to her by Sen. Joe Biden this evening.

   She reminded me, scarily, of George W. Bush and his inability or unwillingness to listen. Palin repeatedly said things that made it clear she was not listening or if listening, not processing, what Biden had just said. And she did her best to not answer any of Gwen Ifill's questions.

   She also didn't do McCain any favors, in my opinion. She talked about herself and Alaska an awful lot. But then again, she is definitely running harder for (unelected) President than Biden is.

   Palin is clearly not ready for primetime and her folksy demeanor just turned my stomach, frankly. I want to know that our vice president is someone with significant skills and judgment, not someone that is just a down-home regular person. I want someone from the top of the heap intellectually and I'm quite certain she is not. The more I listened to her pontificate, the more Palin reminded me of that high school graduation speaker everyone knows that, while probably sincere and well-intentioned, just comes off as too self-important and lofty in their proclamations about the greatness the Class of XXXX is bound to achieve.

   Please, for our kids' sake, don't vote for McCain because whether he or his supporters want to acknowledge it, the actuarial facts don't lie and he may well gift us all the first President from the great state of Alaska, free of charge and without the inconvenience of an election.