Let me be very clear about this

When the mealy mouth media spends the first third of the debate asking asinine questions about Avery, Rev Wright, Bosnia, Bittergunchurchgate...

they have completely prostituted their standing as journalists and should be relegated to the fox entertainment division.  I have to say that Obama did as fine a job as anyone could pointing out to these a-holes that at this point in our country's history, this obsession with E-politics undermines the seriousness and importance of this election.  Over and over he derided both Stephenpoopoluous & Glurbson for continuing Bush's dumbing down of America and Rove's please care about abortions & guns election strategy rather than face the important issues before us.

And as bad as all the ridiculous questions about Bitter & (to be fair) Bosnia, when they put that woman on the air to ask Senator Obama if he really was a patriot because he didn't wear an effing flag pin, I truly didn't realize just how far they had lowered their journalistic standards.  I am truly in awe...shock & awe at how low we could go.  How Barack could restrain himself from expressing the ridiculousness of thinking a person a non-patriot because of an effing lapel pin, is simply beyond comprehension.  His restraint & poise were amazing.

To be fair, even though Hillary sucked through this first third of the debate by debasing herself and jumping onto the pile of poo that was shoveled into the middle of the stage during that period, she did redeem herself (IMO) with answers to actual, serious questions that came later.  HOWEVER, the man standing beside her is our next President.  He handled himself with such grace and honor and made a decision to take the high road (with a possible cookie exception or two) and honored Senator Clinton as well as the audience and all of us.  He did not, and I fully agree with him in this, honor the two moderators who sunk to the lowest common denominator of corporate snake-i-ness.  If there had been a limbo stick on the stage placed one inch from the floor, George & Charlie could have easily made it under.

Here's to you Senator Obama.  My hat is off to you and my vote is guaranteed.