I sat through some of the presidential debate. It was, after all, the first one, and when trying to decide which button to push at the voting booth when “None of the Above” is never available, one must pay attention to determine the lesser of two candidates and select the other one. Eenie meenie miney mo doesn’t work, because we all know that once you select eenie, the one you’ll wind up with is meenie. Miney and mo are just along to balance out the count and make it look like you have control over your choices.
The candidates didn’t surprise me much. Sure, it took guts for Mitt Romney to tell the well-known PBS moderator that he would cut funds to public television. President Obama stayed cool under fire (and maybe too cool for the matter at hand). The debate amounted to too much back and forth and not enough about the real issues. They always do.
What bothered me the most, though, was the candidates’ choice of lapel pins. Was it just me, or did the President wear a smaller American flag pin than Romney? It sure looked like a token piece rather than a conscious show of pride. I just hope neither of the lapel pins were made outside the country.
We still have more debating to go, with the veeps going at it next. The networks want us to watch and get involved in our right to vote based on how the candidates’ words move our choice. I still don’t feel I have one.
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