The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

"2/3 of the American people think McCain is an angry candidate, and for 90 minutes, he tried to convince the other third." -- Tom Daschle

That about sums up the debate tonight. McBush did himself no favors. He was seething, gritting his teeth, rolling his eyes and snorting. And guess what? People didn't like him very much.  All insta polls show that Obama won big time.  Even Fox News.

And there were some really bad moments for McBush that stood out to me:

• When speaking about the Supreme Court McBush said: "Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards." Yeah...I don't think so. Breyer was appointed in '94.
• McBush said a couple of times that Palin knows more about the issue of autism than nearly anyone because her son has autism.  That's not correct.  Her son has Downs Syndrome.  And what evidence is there of that she would do anything at all to help families with special needs children?   Do you really thinks a McBush administration would help fund IDEA? Would they want to expand rights for special-education students to private schools? McBush also said they want to help find a cure. But how? The NIH budget has been slashed in the past eight years. Will McBush propose additional funding, particularly for autism or Down's research? My guess is he would not.
• McBush sarcastically paid tribute with snarky air quotes to "the eloquence of Senator Obama. He's for the "health" of mother. You know, that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything."  What a wanker! I mean really. Ridiculing an exception in a late-term abortion ban for the life of the mother? Doesn't that tell you everything you need to know about his views about women? I don't think it will go over well with women that he MOCKED and belittled the idea that some women are faced with very heart wrenching life and death choices.
• McBush said he would "encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and not have to take these examinations which -- or have the certification that some are required in some states." Did you get that? He wants to put teachers in my children's classrooms who have no training in education, which usually includes some training in how to handle children with special needs. This scares me. It's all I need is some former drill sergeant continually berating my sons to "look me in the eye when I talk to you." I've seen the type; they seem to coach a lot of kids' sports teams around here and it's not what the children in this country need. They need highly trained teachers and programs that are fully funded.
• And did anyone else catch McCain's remarks about 27 minutes into the debate??? He called JFK's assassination an "intervention"!!! WTF?? Nice code words!

I'm so glad in 20 days I won't have to listen to him again!