The Breck Girl Strikes Back

I didn't follow last night's debate as closely as the previous one, but I did catch a few choice morsels. I'm not sure what purpose this serves for the Democrats, other than for them to argue whether we should leave Iraq now or next week. I'm pretty sure that Kucinich is up there merely to make the others (with the exception of Gravel) look downright hawkish. I feel better knowing that, if he had the chance, Kucinich would not ram a cruise missile up bin Laden's rear end. He'd make sure we could try him in a court of law, where I'm sure he would guarantee his right to due process and all that other stuff. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for constitutional rights for American citizens. But does anybody believe that, given the opportunity, the Allies wouldn't have dropped the big one on Adolf Hitler? And would anyone have shed a tear?
But once again, the most outlandish comment of the night was not owned by Kucinich, or even Gravel. You have to give it to John Boy Edwards (Garmire's personal favorite of the pack). When asked what he would do in his first one hundred days in office, he didn't choke quite as bad as when asked who his personal heroes were in the first debate. But what was his response? He'd leave the country. That's right. With all the things he claims are desperately in need of doing, his number one priority would be to go tour the world. In a way, though, when you think about it, it wouldn't be that bad. How nice would it have been if Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter had left the country upon taking office? But in all seriousness, his answer was the political equivalent of "I'm going to Disneyland." Of course, going to Disneyland wouldn't be necessary for him, as this "man of the people" probably already has plans for building his own amusement park on his estate.
As for the rest of the debate, it was nothing but a bunch of sellouts falling over themselves to be "the" anti-war candidate. I particularly liked how Richardson talked about how little we do for Africa (ignoring the millions of dollars pumped into that continent to fight AIDS by President Bush, no less). I found it also interesting to note that, while talking about fiscal responsibility, one candidate thought we should set up elementary education worldwide. Yeah, that should be doable. Why not just also promise to end famine, establish world peace, turn lead into gold, and do away with hate? And all of this will be funded by simply overtaxing people making over $200,000 a year in the U.S. But what will really make all of this possible is John Edwards world tour. That's what our country has been so sorely lacking.