what it's like

Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems very sweet, stupid, but sweet - she's got this cute Fargo thing going for her too. In her defense, she almost sounds intelligent talking about oil corporations and their business relationships with the state of Alaska and she is correct in saying that John McCain has "ruffled my feathers," but otherwise she's more or less moronic. All she does is talk about McCain, and while I grant he's an important part of the ticket, I think she's on it too. Contrastingly, Senator Biden already has my vote for President in 2016.

Anyway, I've been trying to come up with a sports analogy to describe this debate, and I'm a little startled by the comparison at which I've arrived. While this debate is clearly a blowout, it's not like watching the 2007 New England Patriots scoring eff-you touchdowns - I'd liken the Presidential debate last week to the Pats, but given what happened in the Super Bowl I don't want to be held responsible for any form of jinx - and it's not like watching an NCAA FBS division football team take on an FCS in an early season warm-up - my apologies to Michigan fans. No, after just a few minutes of watching the debate, it occurred to me: this debate is like a lopsided boxing match, and Senator Joe Biden is like 1930's heavyweight champion Max Baer. Baer was a monster in the ring. He punched as hard as George Foreman, but inside the ropes he had a mean-streak the jolly grillmaster thankfully did not.

Unintentionally and unfortunately, Baer killed two men he fought. As the debate progress, I'm hoping Biden eases up just a little. There's dignity in holding that last punch when you know you're opponent is already felled - if you don't believe me go back and watch Ali's fights. Biden is beating her up pretty good. He's already got the victory. I just hope he allows the ref to call the fight before he does irreversible damage.

By the way, in what came as a creepy revelation after settling on this analogy, Biden kinda looks like Baer too.