Debate--Whose The Biggest Creep?

So I TRIED to be a good american and watch the Presidential Debate last night. Trevor was much more patriotic and lasted through most of it. I lasted about a half hour before I couldn't stand it anymore and hid in the tub. (Ok, I was taking a BATH, not like, hiding in there...) But I could still hear the droning, the constant reminders that they have only ONE MINUTE and the contant need of both candidates to say, "And by the way..." and then go back to the previous question they wanted to say more about. URG...


Have you ever heard that Greek mythology about the sirens? I'm no expert on Greek Mythology, but the story goes something like this. The sailors (I think the main guy is Ulysses) are on this boat, and they hear this amazing singing coming from the shore of a distant island. All the sailors know not to go near it--because if you do your boat will go crashing into the reef and you'll all die. But the singing is SO irrestible, that inevitalbly the sailors drift closer, to behold beautiful half-naked women singing to them and calling for them. There are the remains of crashed boats everywhere, warning them of their fate, but they go anyway, and they all die. And there's something about how, after a while, the sailors either block their ears or tie themselves to the mast when they go by, so they won't be called in to doom.


That's kinda how I feel about Barack Obama. I'm not a big McCain fan, but I am republican and he seemed the lesser of two evils. But last night as I listened to the debates, i found myself being swayed by the powerful orations of Obama--the man knows how to speak (which is kind of nice after the last eight years...) and his answeres seemed a bit more thought-out with less "We can do it America!" banter that you got from McCain. Do I listen? Do I cross over to the forbidden island of Democrats and allow myself to be taken in? Or do I tie myself to the mast and stubbornly insist on voting the "conservative" way with McCain? I don't know folks. It seems to me that the boat will crash whether I listen to the siren or not. Should I just vote Nader?


Well, those are my thoughts, from an average American who knows little about politics. But I will say this--I SWEAR that Palin's voice is more screechy than Clinton's. Who'da thought it was possible?