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That Fabulous Barack and His Amazing Magic Wizard Hat!

You have found a Wand of Hope and Change, +3 to Overblown Rhetoric:

Clearly, if the next US president were to be Barack Obama, the colour of his skin would do a great deal to change radically the image of America in the world. 

Suddenly America would move from a culture dominated by fear to a culture dominated by hope, at a time when Europeans would still be deeply immersed in a culture of fear.

What the hell does stuff like that even mean?

  1. Chris says:

    Palin couldn’t handle Katie Couric.

    COURIC: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

    PALIN: That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the

  2. Kai Davis says:

    @Chris

    Neither of them are Master Debaters, for sure.

    I don’t have that much new content to add to a discussion about the debate, I do think that the next early tipping point will be the vice presidential debate, something I am eagerly waiting for. I know nothing about Biden, well, I know nothing that the main stream media is saying about him. Which might be a position superior to the alternative. I’ll have to do some research on him and Palin’s positions prior to 10/2.

  3. Chris says:

    McCain looked very angry last night….and the whole not looking at Obama thing…weird. He also contradicted himself, which is probably not a good thing. Oh, and he wasn’t wearing a lapel pin. Who’s the patriot now? lol

    It was mostly a push though, they’re both not too good at debating.

  4. Sakaki says:

    Oh, how I love Moria, the PC ASCII game that revolutionized….well….nothing.

    For me, it was a fielder’s choice. If you’re for McCain, you loved him. If you’re for Obama, you loved him. And all those in between will wait for October 2nd.

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