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I thought that people are going to be a lot harder on Clark this debate and I was right.

Clark pronounces Washington “Warrsh-ing-ton”. That irritates people who live in the State of WA-SHING-TON. Look no R in “Washington”.

The CNN moderator got handed this note like it was breaking news and it turns out that the Kerry camp was handing out notes quoting dean when he was arguing with the Republicans about a tax issue in Vermont that they would have to cut drug benefits if the tax did not pass. Dean debuked it and I think that Kerry looked slimy and back stabbing. Then Kerry joked about Rush Limbaugh’s drug problems.

I watched the whole debate. Actually, I enjoyed it. I guess I am a sucker for nine people bashing Bush and speaking sensibly about America.

My thoughts on each candidate, and my dream sequence follow:

Dean is ready for Bush now. I think he is tired of the same-old same-old in these debates. He looks like he’d rather sleep than hear Joey L.

Gep has some good lines, and he has found some energy. I just don’t trust him. Never have. And that colors my interpretation of his message. Seems like ol’politics to me.

Kerry is not going anywhere, but the Limbaugh line was the funniest thing in a long time, and it was totally innapropriate, which was a breath of fresh air. Oh, for a country with more irreverence and humor in its leaders!

Joey L will be the only Republican who would “support any of the eight people on stage.”

Dennis is brilliant and in a perfect world, he would win. In his impassioned call for a Dept. of Peace, some a$$hole’s cell phone rang. I hate cell phoens and all they stand for. I love Dennis. Why can’t he win? Because he isn’t afraid to be human, and Americans think the Prez needs to be super-human.

Edwards… was he there?

Ms. Mosely-Braun’s intelligence shines through, sometimes even brighter than her ego, which was in full force last night, to her detriment.

Clark is out of his element. He listens well, I’ll give him that. Looks liek a shoe-in for a cabinet position.

And, finally, the good Reverend Al Sharpton. I am beginning to think that he is the best candidate in the race next to Dean. I am beginning to see some meaningful questions about his past, and some answers that actually show he may not be the mess he was painted to be. I still don’t see him winning, but it is my hope he stays in the race to the convention because we need a voice with no fear… and Al Sharpton has no fear. He is a great benefit to the party’s effort to find its platform.

And now my dream sequence…

At the opening of the debate, Dennis, Al or Dean directly addresses the media panelists and says,” as I understand it, at least one of you was contacted by the White House in realtion to the CIA agent leaking. That means that at least one person in this room knows a siginificant piece of information that would help the investigation of the leak. With all the talk of patriotism the past few years, I challenge you, here, right now, on live TV, to come forward and be an American-first, and tell us who in the Bush Administration was shopping the tale and blowing the cover of a CIA agent.”

Unfortunately, that was just a dream…

I thought that Dennis came off like a nutbag and he lost against Dean when he pushed for an immediate troop withdrawl from Iraq and Dean argued that it was a horrible idea to not rebuild and stabilize Iraq.