Back in 1988, I was in the kitchen, making dinner or some such nonsense (it was a long time ago) while I waited for Gary to come home. He was coming home to watch the debate with me. Dan Quayle had just compared himself to JFK. Of course, his opponent Lloyd Bentsen had just coolly laid him out with "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
The garage door went up seconds later. Gary opened the door before my jaw came up off the floor.
"Oh my GOD!" I roared.
"OH MY GOD!" he shrieked.
"You would not believe what he just SAID!"
"I KNOW! They're playing the debate on NPR!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"OH MY GOD! I KNOW!"
"OH MY GOD!"
I know! We should have our own news analysis show! Oh my God!
Anyway, since that debate we've waded through a multitude of debates waiting for some good bitchiness. Hillary did not disappoint with her response to queries about Bill C's beliefs. ("Well, he's not up here, is he?") I heard there were some fireworks during the first ten minutes of last week's debate, but none that I saw.
Ah, but tonight's debate? Gary came in half an hour late. And I greeted him with:
"OH MY GOD!"
"Good debate?"
I spun about and waved my arms randomly. "OH MY GOD!"
Seriously, I want a Wikipedia page devoted to Anderson Cooper's "What's up with that?" remark. And the "did not" "did so" exchange at the beginning with Mitt and Rudy. And every crazy Ron Paul rant, and Anything Huckabee Said. It was exciting! Better than broadcast TV. Catch it any of the ten thousand times they repeat it on CNN.
(A complete aside: As I type this I just saw the back of Keith Olbermann's head again.)
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