McCain is being kind of tight-ropey -- he mentions "trained interrogators" to make sure we never torture anyone, but I am not sure what he really means. I totally get that he has a complete and real and very-in-disagreement-with-Bush anti-torture policy. But given what has happened in the last eight years, I need detail. I've been told too many times that we aren't gonna torture, only to find that, yeah, we're just gonna move the goalposts on what torture is.
Obama: acknowledges McCain's work on torture, works in some nice religiousy language about restoring America to its position as the "shining beacon on a hill." I have heard a lot in the last past eight years about how Bush has coded his speeches with a lot of religious allusions that make sense to evangelicals. It seems that Obama is following suit here. It's kind of clever, and not offensive.
Final comments: McCain goes out on a bit of a negative note, but maybe that is how America is feeling now? So does Obama, but it seems to build into his long-standing mantra of CHANGE.
Okay, I thought those were final comments, but they've kept on going for like five minutes. McCain goes out on POW stuff. The black, soulless eyes of Jim Lehrer wish us as much of a good night as such deep and aborbent singularities can muster.
And now the wives! Cindy like the red! Michelle is floral and adorable: florable. I am suddenly feeling very tender and affectionate toward Jim Lehrer and his notebook full of tabbed and indexed questions.
AND SCENE!
TAKEAWAYS:
Jeff: "I would like to be able to shout at the TV and not have everyone I know be able to read it."
Duly noted!
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