Half Time?

The conventions have come and gone and now everyone is taking a deep breath for one day and then the battle will be joined in earnest.

The teams are set: McCain/ Palin vs. Obama/Biden. Each side will devote the 50-odd days left before the election to spinning gossamer-like myths comprised of bull shit. Because the realities facing the electorate, the country, and the world are far too complicated to be expressed within the confines of the 45-second sound bite, the real battle will take place in the media over which side controls its message, which side controls the media, which side spins a better fantasy than the other.

It seems to me that the Democrats had tried to present some facts with their arguments, but the facts had no emotional content, and didn't "stick". The Republicans hurled invective and played with emotions as they wrapped themselves in the flag. Unfortunately, they displayed not a passing interest in engaging with the facts as they presented themselves as the party of change. Well they tried to, as they all drank the Kool-Aid and the conveniently forgot that they were in power for the past 8 years, and in fact ever since the first Reagan administration save for the eight Clinton years. How can you run as the outsider when you've been the insider for a quarter century? Will this drivel achieve any level of credibility with the voters?

Take a day off because halftime is over and the second half starts on Sunday. Winner is the leader of the free world.