Tuesday
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The Commentariat -- Oct. 17, 2012
Presidential Race
New York Times Editors: President Obama "regained full command of his vision and his legacy, leaving Mitt Romney sputtering with half-answers, deceptions and one memorable error." ...
... Some of the Times' regular op-ed contributors give their early reactions to the debate. ...
... Ross Douthat writes a fair & balanced (and here I mean that) right-wing perspective on the debate. ...
... By contrast, Stephen Stromberg, a reliable liberal, was disappointed by what Obama didn't say. ...
... CW: generally speaking, they are outraged over there in Right Wing World, outrage being their natural state of being. So, today, you get headlines like this: "Candy Crowley disgraces herself with outrageous tagteam hit on Romney over Libya" and "Michelle Obama broke agreed upon rules, clapped at debate."
You'll get your chance in a moment. I'm still speaking. -- Willard Romney to the President of the United States during last night's town-hall
Charles Pierce: "I thought that, given the roll he's been on, Romney would be able to keep both Snippy Willard and Dickhead Willard in check.... But not even I expected Romney to let his entitled, Lord-of-the-Manor freak flag fly as proudly as he did on Tuesday night. He got in the president's face. He got in Crowley's face."
Michael Grunwald of Time: "Finally, Obama makes his case for four more years."
Ed Kilgore of Washington Monthly: "Moderate Mitt took a beating last night, and that Obama did as much as he's ever going to do in laying out a second-term agenda."
Greg Sargent: "This race will still be the dead heat tomorrow that it was yesterday, but Obama made big strides towards turning things around tonight."
** "Binders Full of Women." David Bernstein of the Boston Phoenix: during the debate, Romney claimed, "I went to a number of women's groups and said, 'Can you help us find folks,' and they brought us whole binders full of women." Bernstein writes: "Not a true story. What actually happened was that in 2002 -- prior to the election, not even knowing yet whether it would be a Republican or Democratic administration -- a bipartisan group of women in Massachusetts formed MassGAP to address the problem of few women in senior leadership positions in state government.... They presented this binder to Governor Romney when he was elected.... Romney's claim tonight, that he asked for such a study, is false.... Romney did appoint 14 women out of his first 33 senior-level appointments, which is a reasonably impressive 42 percent.... None of the senior positions Romney cared about -- budget, business development, etc. -- went to women." ...
.. Via Amy Davidson of the New Yorker, who writes, "One got the sense of Mitt Romney coming from a place where women were generally in the other room, waiting to be invited in only when the moment -- or the visibility of the job -- called for it." CW: we will be hearing more about binders full of women. ...
... Beth Healy of the Boston Globe: "Romney, however, did not have a history of appointing women to high-level positions in the private sector. Romney did not have any women partners as CEO of Bain Capital during the 1980s and 1990s.... Today, 4 of out of 49 of the firm's managing directors in the buyout area are women."
... Ha! John Cassidy of the New Yorker: "By the end of the debate, there was already a Facebook page and a Tumblr with the name 'bindersfullofwomen.'" ...
From the tumblr page.
... AND here's the Twitter account Romney's Binder. ReTweets include, "When Romney flies, he flies TransVaginal." ReTweets include other women's issues too: "Nothing should stand between a woman and her doctor except an HMO, picketers and the state legislature."
Zeke Miller & Ben Smith of BuzzFeed: "Barack Obama turned his administration's worst foreign policy disaster into a dramatic victory in Tuesday's debate when Mitt Romney sought to stretch the criticism of the Obama Administration's handling of the incident":
... Jonathan Bernstein says of this exchange: "This was the night in which the conservative closed information feedback loop and its close cousin, lazy mendacity, caught up with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- in a big way.... The closed information loop leaves conservatives vulnerable, and it makes it very difficult for them to govern effectively when they are in office." CW: I wouldn't call it lazy mendacity; I think it's more akin to audacious mendacity. Romney, Ryan, et al. may not always know when they're lying, but oftentimes they know, & they're proud of the stuff they make up. ...
... Everything Is the President's Fault. Marcy Wheeler on "The Libya Question." CW: looks like the Dick in John Dickerson (of Slate & CBS News & PBS & wherever) is well deserved. Or is it John Bickerson? Turns out it's President Obama's fault that reporters didn't more actively & prominently report his various remarks on the Benghazi attack. See, we don't have a better press corps because, um, the President failed to something, something. ...
... Paul Krugman calls the moment "Chicken Hawk Down."
Andy Borowitz: "Romney sets new personal best for faking empathy.... Tonight's display of bogus sensitivity made a big impression on a post-debate focus group, as a majority of participants agreed with the statement, 'Mitt Romney has the facial expressions of someone who cares about me.' ... 'It was an awesome display of stamina,' said ... Paul Ryan, who watched Mr. Romney pretending to be empathic from a shelter in Virginia, where Mr. Ryan was pretending to feed a homeless orphan."
Nate Silver: "Scientific polls conducted after Tuesday night’s presidential debate in New York give a modest edge to President Obama."
Scott Wilson of the Washington Post has a lengthy rundown of the debate. ...
... Here's the New York Times story by Jim Rutenberg & Jeff Zeleny. ...
... CNN has the full transcript.
Rachel Maddow called this evening President Obama's best debate ever. I think she's right. ...
... Maddow says the CNN insta-poll said President Obama won the debate 46-39 among debate watchers. ...
... Even this stuffed shirt agrees:
New York magazine puts together a video of "The Debate in Under Three Minutes":
Kevin Cirilli of Politico: "Police arrested Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, on Tuesday after a failed attempt at attending the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y."
The New York Times is liveblogging & fact-checking the debate. They have done quite good work in the two previous debates.
Greg Sargent: The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal "to overturn an appeals court decision to reinstate early voting [in Ohio] on the weekend and Monday before the election. This is a big, big victory for the Obama campaign, and it could arguably make a difference to the outcome in the critical state of Ohio."
Ann Romney, Low-Information Voter. Colby Itkowitz of the Allentown (Pennsylvania) Morning Call: "Ann Romney called it a 'myth' that her husband has veered to the right over the years, insisting there is little difference between the moderate figure who was governor of Massachusetts and the conservative who is running for president."
Ha Ha. Creepy Guy Caught with Pants Down. Joe Coscarelli of New York: "Dinesh D'Souza, the president of the Evangelical New York City school King's College and the right-wing author and director behind the fear-mongering 2016 Obama's America, has some explaining to do. The Christian magazine World reports today that D'Souza showed up for a speech at a Baptist church last month with someone who was not his wife of twenty years, but a much younger woman.... D'Souza reportedly introduced [her] as his fiancée, and although they shared a hotel room, he assured his conservative colleagues that 'nothing happened.'" D'Souza told a reporter he & his wife were divorced, but he didn't even file for divorce until the day the reporter contacted him. "After facing questions about the rushed arrangement, D'Souza told the magazine, 'I have decided to suspend the engagement.'"
Local News
Norimitsu Onishi of the New York Times: Four of the 11 California ballot propositions "are initiatives of single rich individuals, while others are being challenged by equally wealthy critics pouring in millions of dollars to defeat them -- a sign, in this era of 'super PACs' and Citizens United, of the increasingly sophisticated use of the populist tool by the wealthy to influence politics in the nation's most populous state."
Ian Lovett of the New York Times: "Los Angeles could soon become the largest city in the country to offer municipal identification cards to illegal immigrants, with the goal of allowing them to open bank accounts and gain access to other services. A City Council committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to solicit proposals from private companies to develop and operate a city ID card system. The plan will now go to the full Council for a vote."
News Ledes
Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: "Libyan authorities have named Ahmed Abu Khattala, a leader of the Benghazi-based Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, as a commander in the attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens last month."
AP: "U.S. home construction is making a comeback that could invigorate the economy's still-weak recovery. Builders last month started construction on single-family houses and apartments at the fastest rate in more than four years.... And they laid plans to build homes at an even faster pace in coming months -- a signal of their confidence that the housing rebound will last. The pace of construction has grown steadily in the past year, and analysts expect it to keep rising. The increase has been fueled by record-low mortgage rates, more stable home prices and a shortage of previously occupied homes for sale."
AP: "The family of ex-U.S. Sen. George McGovern says the 90-year-old is 'no longer responsive' in hospice care. McGovern's family issued a statement Wednesday afternoon through Avera McKennan Hospital. His daughter, Ann McGovern, earlier told The Associated Press that her father is 'nearing the end' and appears restful and peaceful."
Washington Post: "Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is facing questions about whether he gave misleading information to Congress about security risks posed by a prostitution scandal embroiling agents in Cartagena, Colombia, according to three government sources familiar with an internal investigation."
AP: "A former used-car salesman accused of conspiring with Iranians in an audacious murder-for-hire plot pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping plan the assassination of a Saudi diplomat at a posh Georgetown restaurant. Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, a Texan with dual Iranian and U.S. citizenship, entered the plea in a New York courtroom just over year after his arrest in a case that shocked the world and drove U.S.-Iranian relations to a new low."
New York Times: "Federal authorities on Wednesday charged a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man with conspiring to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Lower Manhattan,after he tried to detonate a van filled with what he believed to be explosives. The entire plot was in fact an elaborate F.B.I. sting. The man, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, came to the United States in January...."
AP: "A judge set a tentative trial date next year for a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. In her first hearing since taking over the case, Judge Debra S. Nelson said June 10 would be the start of George Zimmerman's trial, though the date could change as both sides get prepared for what is expected to be a three-week trial."
AP: "Prosecutors have won a key legal ruling in their case against a former CIA officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists. Prosecutors will not have to prove that John Kiriakou actually intended to harm the United States by allegedly leaking the covert officers' identities. Instead, they will only have to show that Kiriakou had 'reason to believe' that the information could be used to injure the U.S."
New York Times: "A week after the United States Anti-Doping Agency made public its evidence in a doping case against Lance Armstrong..., Armstrong on Wednesday stepped down as chairman of Livestrong, his cancer foundation, the organization that inspired millions fighting the disease. The fallout from the antidoping agency's report also prompted Nike, the company that stood by Armstrong through more than a decade's worth of doping allegations, to terminate his contract on Wednesday."
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Way to go Mr. President!
Our assembly's reaction: mild applause and a long pent up sigh....of relief. Another prediction (without benefit of wished for hindsight): tomorrow will be a much better day.
I know it ain't over but we'll enjoy the moment.
Well...MittWitt certainly showed himself to be the smug bully he is tonight! I loved Obama's telling him after the Benghazi gaffe: "Proceed Governor," with Candy Crowley informing "the Governor" a few seconds later that he was in error--quoting Obama's actual remarks in the Rose Garden the day after the incident about "a terror attack." The look on Romney's face in slow motion (which, of course, I had to rewind to see) was amazing. From Smug Bully to Pathetic Panderer. And Obama had the grace not to laugh and point!
MittWitt was offensive to Candy Crowley as well, IMHO. He clearly tried to dominate--interrupting and dismissing her. She seemed sadly unnerved at one point, and I wish she had not told both men they would "have time later." That was a bit too co-dependent and entirely unnecessary. All she had to say was: "Your time is up," and move on.
I was sorry there were no audience questions about abortion, same sex marriage, and especially a question about their favorite SCOTUS. No matter, WE all will Remember the Supremes! And as Ken Winkes said, we'll enjoy the moment.
All the talking heads on the right calling this a tie are enough to convince me. Reminds me of the old scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690
Yes! Four words sealed the deal: "Proceed Governor," and ...It's offensive!" Our guy got his balls into that net leaving Romney on the other side of the court empty handed. Like Kate, I wished those other hot topics would have been introduced, but it was a good night. I never doubted that Obama wouldn't rally round––hating to lose and having to win are powerful factors that made the difference.
P.S. I thought this was a crucial point made by Chaitt in his assessment:
"By the way, the auto rescue isn't simply important because of what it did for the midwest. It is also a test of character and a window into economic philosophy. Obama made a politically difficult decision, while Romney has shifted his rhetoric to accommodate political demands. And, in the end, Obama was willing to have the government act in order to save a vital industry. Romney has said he would not have done so."
The responses to the final question need to be hammered home to the American people.
In response to: "What do you believe is the biggest misperception that the American people have about you as a man and a candidate? Using specific examples, can you take this opportunity to debunk that misperception and set us straight?" Governor Romney put forward a re-branding of "misconceptions" he himself had started, followed by an attempt to define President Obama.
Obama stuck to his own vision, his own character. While I wish he had been stronger, hammering at his desire for equal opportunity *as opposed to* the caricature "equal outcome" nonsense one hears so often from attackers, I believe it is important that he listened to the question and answered it directly.
I have not gone back to check the facts, but if memory serves, Gov. Romney's idea of GM and Chrysler bankruptcy would have paid creditors and bondholders first, and pensioners' and employees' benefits claims would be far down the priority list (and probably below corporate ability to fund in a restructuring or a liquidation.) This is a pretty standard way that equity firms make money - strip the assets, pump the debt, and walk away from obligations to employees, and shift the pension costs to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp -- which will cover only a portion of what would otherwise be due to retirees.
In the GM case, the administration made sure that employees' and pensioners' benefits were (mostly) covered, before creditors and bondholders. They "looked out for the middle class." To someone from Wall Street, this must seem pretty close to communism. To someone working in Youngstown, OH, it may seem pretty close to fair. If Gov. Romney had been in charge at the time, he probably would have allowed creditors and bondholders to cash out first and just figured that it was tough that employees got shut out at the end of the line.
I think that is a big difference between how the two candiates think.
I watched the debate via live-streaming online, at the same time a side-by-side view of Twitter comments by MSNBC and other contributors as it unfolded. Why? Curious to see what this social media aspect would/should/might be of such 'valuable import' as a communications 'tool.' What utter nonsense, the comments by David Gregory, Chuck Todd and other news persons I never heard of were totally inane. They should all be ashamed. Actually, they shouldn't have bothered.
Just finished reading Douthat's blather, despite his caged acknowledgment that Romney apparently didn't do well in explaining his positions, it was still the old apologist alive and well. A most piecing (pun intended) read, is Charlie Pierce in Esquire. Boy, did he nail it and expressed his take on the debate so strongly—that from several paragraphs I thought maybe Akheilleus & Charlie Pierce had morphed into the same no-holds-barred being.
Romney continues his ever-confusing, ever-changing positions without actually putting out anything concrete. One particular irritant (among the many) from last night...previously, Romney announced a $17,000 tax deduction for all. Though, initially it up to $17,000 — deduct anything you want. Last night, he emphatically upped it to $25,000. Already, the reaction to this generosity is showing it for a sham. Then there's his promise for "...no tax on capital gains, interest, etc..." Oh, yeah...and the paltry interest (myself and everyone else) from savings account and CDs these days...I really tremble when tax time comes around! Hah! Capital gains, ha hah ha ha...
@CW might want to check the hot link for the Ann Romney interview, it took me to the LA Times, (Times-Mirror owns the Allentown Morning Call, maybe that's why it did that)...so I went directly to the Morning Call site and found by putting Colby Itkowitz into the Search window that I could see the video.
MAG Re: Twitter inanity.
MSNBC's stable of analysts and commentators is clearly the most talented of the networks with the exception of Tom (mumble, mumble) Brokaw and worse by far Chuck Todd. His comment last night about the "suburban housewives" who would think equally poorly of both candidates because they seemed unwilling to just get along was particularly dumb...and he was dumb enough to repeat it. Maybe he didn't know he was attending a debate. I would guess most suburban residents of either sex did. If Chuck Todd would like to learn what insight really is, he should listen to his compatriot, Chris Hayes...who, unlike Mr. Todd, is one bright whippersnapper.
I have met Chuck Todd. I have talked with Chuck Todd. And I can tell you Chuck Todd is no Chris Hayes!
(He is a lightweight Republican who does the K Street Social scene in D.C. And a know-it-all). I adore Chris Hayes. He rides his bicycle to work in NYC and loves cats--besides being devastatingly smart and authentic.
Whew...
Great view out on that ledge but man, I was getting tired of all those Republicans down on the street shouting "Jump!"
Fuck them.
And the horse they rode in on...Mittens the Wonder Horse. Sucked in the Olympics. Sucks as a leader, and just plain sucks. They can ride him right back out. Put the spurs to his gold-plated shanks.
Speaking of the accompanying tweets from such worthies as MAG mentions, it strikes me how paltry are the vast majority of their typical comments. They don't even rise to the level of "pedestrian". To do that, they'd have to be at least average. I didn't read any of their deathless quips last night (too busy watching the President of the United States whipsaw an Uppity Fool) but I can only imagine what Fuzzy Gregory and Todd the Faithful Water Carrier might have been tweeting (what a great word to describe the offerings of these sad sacks--reminds me Lincoln's characterization of similarly empty sentiments as comprising a thin gruel made from "...boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death." Keep tweeting Fuzzy, maybe you'll get a nice treat.).
Patrick's detailing of the difference between how the President of the United States (ie, ALL of the United States) handled the auto crisis and how an Uppity Fool (who wishes to be CEO only of Wall Street, and, now and then get a chance to blow shit up around the world) would have handled it, is most revealing not just of their world views, but, of what's in their hearts. Obama's: oxygenated blood; The Rat's: hardened concrete.
This Uppity Prick brings to mind my old friend Ambrose Bierce's definition of politics as practiced by such rectal cavities:
"A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
Ain't it the truth?
Oh...and before I forget.
*snicker, snicker, snicker* Another race-baiting lying hypocritical sack of donkey dung, one Dinesh D'Souza, is doing all those high-toned Christians at King's College right proud, sneaking off like that with his young paramour and lying about being divorced at the time. I'm sure they're all right glad they've hired such a stalwart Christian to dick around, er, represent their interests and uphold their reputation to the world. Let me guess, he's hired Newt Gingrich as a guest lecturer and together they're going to teach a course on Circumventing Marriage Vows the Christian Way 101.
Another right-wing scumbag brought low by his own arrogance.
Word of the Day for the Right is HUBRIS. followed quickly by LOSER.
@Ken...the 'surburban housewives' meme via Todd came up a few days ago, at which I groaned. Media is always scrambling to newly name a demographic segment as 'key to the outcome.' Whatever happened to the soccer moms? Irrelevant this time around, I suppose? What's next? The Flex-Moms who work, yet scurry home on their ever-accommodating corporate schedules to prepare dinner!
When it comes to NBC/MSNBC - if we could only experience an unleashed Brian Williams (hints of his sardonic wit do appear on Jon Stewart & Letterman)—but otherwise he behaves mannered! Fully agree, Maddow & Chris Hayes are smart & sharp!
Meantime, I gotta get back to following our juicy local news scandal (even reported in the NY Times)...as the names (and addresses) of the johns are being released in the Kennebunkport prostitution case. To say it has captured major attention here is an understatement! Then, too, there was last night's earthquake! Yes. In Maine. Felt like the house was coming apart.
@Akhilleus. Love you man! Frightened everyone in Starbucks laughing so loud at your post today!
Suburban Moms, Soccer Moms, and now Women in Binders.
I never knew women came in binders. You can really learn a lot listening to Mittens. "Binders full of women!"
Who knew?
Even better, he took full credit for effort made to collect all those women in binders. He gave no recognition to the Massachusetts women who did all the work and delivered those names for his royal consideration.
SUCH a prick.
So I want to know who those women are who are moving into the Rat's camp. Did they see the utter disregard and disrespect he showed to Candy Crowley (dissing the president feeds from a different part of his warped rodent brain). Did they not hear him say many times that he, not they, will control their choices. That they exist only to supply the lord with heirs and provide arm candy in public. Other than that, it's the usual cooking, cleaning, and obeying men like Romney. Have they been living in a cave? Cultivating meth addiction?
Oh wait, maybe THOSE are the women in binders.
P.S. Howls of derisive laughter on my part watching the squriming Rat find every way possible not to mention the word "Massachusetts" more than once. It was always "my state" as if he owned it.
I say again, SUCH a prick.
I'd like to suggest a change in language. Words have meaning, and here and other venues many writers have taken to referring to Gov. Romney as a "prick" or a "dick."
That's just wrong.
He's a "dildo," which is an artificial penis. Let's get this right.
Calyban,
Glad I could deliver some laughs.
If I did those emoticon thingies, I'd shoot you a little smiley face.
Thanks. I think we all needed something to smile about. Pointing at the Rat and laughing only goes so far.
Patrick,
How about RoboDick? Cold, artificial, and dead.
Dildo is a good choice however. I guess that would make Ryan a sort of dildonic manifestation.
If Mitt is trying for a "guy next door" image he certainly did his best to destroy it last night. During Obama's first statement Mitt was right in his face interrupting in spite of their preshow agreement to not interrupt each other. His arrogance, "I'm speaking here", trying to steamroller Crowley etc just burnished his projected sense of entitlement and image as billionaire prick. His message reinforced the fact that he leads Obama only in voters perception that he would be better president in economics. Every statement was turned into "I know how to get the economy moving" to the point that I was tuning him out.
I was not impressed with Obama. This was him after intensive preparation? Pitiful. He ceded to Mitt the image of beloved successful ex-governor and financial wizard without challenge. He never challenged Mitt's pipedream of a made in America gasoline price, possible only by nationalizing oil production. He has never explained how the next 4 years are going to be different from the last. Without Mitt's arrogance the debate would have been a draw at best.
Was that an earth quake in New England last night? Or was it the quaking sound of the first major cracks in a presidential campaign over loaded with lies, narcissism, woman bashing, race baiting and class bullying? Time will tell as damage estimates are compiled.
All: Jill Abramson, NYT Executive Editor, is answering SELECTED questions today and tomorrow. I have lots of questions, none of which would be selected. Anyone have any ideas of a meaningful question that might be answered?
@Calyban-
Yes. Ask her what has happened to that "trusted commenter" thingie? I read something in the NYT last week about commenting, and nowhere was that mentioned. There were a few of us who were surprised when we were not asked by Artie Brisbane to be "trusted commenters," since we were almost always in the top 5, or with Marie #1 or 2). Not so surprised about myself--since I refused to join Facebook, and that was a requirement. But Artie and his Flying Freak Circus also did not "choose" Marie and Akhilleus. HUH? Ever seen NYT comments in recent years that are nearly as terrific as what these two write?
I notice that the so-called "trusted commenters" have a little green check next to their names, and apparently their comments are not moderated, but are put up as soon as they come in. That is why they are always #1-10. Same people every day.
@Kate: Thanks for the excellent suggestion. (P.S. I won't tell your husband you have a crush on Chris Hayes----my wife does as well!)
I think I saw Romney spurt out excessive eye lubrication when Obama called out his business credentials as a magic mathematician and disrespected him Chicago-style deeming his offer as "sketchy".
It's one thing to say he doesn't give a shit about poor minorities or that women only serve society for white male breeding purposes or half of Americans are worthless welfare fiends but disrespect his BUSINESS credentials Obama just crossed the red line folks.
The Neanderthal stare down, the condescending 'I'd fire you're ass and laugh in your face' smirk and the exasperated, pouty body language show just how deep such a dagger to his mainframe can cause short circuits.
Scamming, scheming and slithering capitalism IS Williard the Rat. He says so himself, "I've spent my hole life in business." Without his fairy tale business creed, he's hollow. He knows this. His 'passionate' facial expressions mask the insecurities surrounding the HOLE in his heart. Science has come a long way, but manufacturing souls is apparently still a way off because it's sure Rmoney paid top dollar for his and wouldn't you know it the soul rejected his body, leaving his innards an awkward network of swiss cheese.
Gaining momentum down the stretch, we need Obama's team to start raining fire down on the Repug machine. I'm talking no-holds-barred action. Call these soulless anal stars out for what they are. The Repug machine will be relentless as time grows short and their lust for power bubbles over into hysteria.
Light a Yankee candle, slide it into Romney's debris dispenser, and melt the prick down from the inside. Make his shit stink.
Can't add much to all the great comments today. Kate, I swear we must sisters from another mother. I feel the same way about Facebook. Its my one disappointment with Pierce, his comment section. His column was BAM target perfect today.
After the debate my attention was drawn to Lady Small Balls and the plethora of offspring pouring on to the stage. She looked dazed and confused. They formed a phalanx around LSB while he stared at the floor. Touching if you are a fellow cockroach I suppose. My son announced that they looked like a "cootie" wall, keeping the great unwashed away from Lord SB. Big contrast to the President.
As Sherlock says "crack on" everyone!