A President Who Is Human

Today's post will be a reprieve from the usual candor of photography and general awesomeness to bring you something I find pressing, the presidential elections:

According to Fox News (my favorite) Barack Obama bummed cigarettes on the campaign trail.

ALL THE MORE REASON TO VOTE FOR HIM- HE'S HUMAN.

Not to mention, he did some serious work last night and, as hackers would say, pwned the noob McCain. I am proud to say that most places are saying the Obama won last night. I'm eagerly awaiting the final one, which should be either the nail in the coffin, or the hand reaching from the grave. We will see.

I took some notes last night during the debate, because I am a gentleman and a scholar, and this is basically what my analysis says:

McCain uses the term "America" to talk about the middle class. He uses "America" because he doesn't know anyone in the middle class.

McCain had a wonderful opportunity to tackle the energy crisis we're heading towards when asked whether he would support a Silicone Valley type of deal (funding lots of people trying different things) or a government regulated and funded project, like the Manhattan Project. He didn't answer the question.

Obama often ran too long and didn't fully answer the questions at hand, using his time rather to attack his opponent and then drawing relevance when Tom Brokaw waved his hand and told him to stop talking. It was kind of arrogant of him to later ask to respond, despite the agreements set before the debate.

McCain is 72 and should be living off of Social Security. However, he isn't because he's married to an heiress and is a wealthy Senator. He knows nothing of the problem. To quote Good Will Hunting, "You're an orphan, right? You think I know the first thing about how hard your life has been, how you feel, who you are, because I read Oliver Twist? Does that encapsulate you?"

Obama uses personal stories too much but has very few public speaking flaws. He sometimes belabored the points.

Obama clearly laid out three priorities (Alternative Energy, Health Care, and Education, in that order) and McCain claimed to be able to do everything at once. Obama leaned towards Keynesism and McCain leaned towards Friedmanism. Neither seem to be economists or too well read in the theories, like myself.

Obama is much better dressed and can lift his arms higher.

Teddy Roosevelt would have attacked Pakistan when he got information that terrorists were hiding there. He would have probably gone in himself, on horseback, and kicked at least three people in the face. Immediately after, he would have gotten drunk and shot skeet with Musharraf. I don't see McCain really emulating his "idol."

Obama constantly didn't answer questions, such as his last one.

McCain did answer the final question, he was asked what he doesn't know. He said what comes next remains a mystery to him. Which is to say, "I'm very experienced, look at how well prepared I've always been, I always see things ahead of time, I have no idea what being president will be like."

Tom Brokaw is awesome and I'd like to make him some sort of pastry.

Notes to look at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.johnmccain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/uselections2008
http://www.foxnews.com/