Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

Since the next presidential debate is tonight, I thought I’d write a brief note about the debates so far. Specifically, who won those debates?

The answer: both candidates won. And who lost? The American citizen.

Why? Because the candidates clearly demonstrated that there’s no real difference between the two parties and the American citizen didn’t realize it.

The following describes both McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden:

• The bailout for the rich is good and they support it. And they don’t have any programs to cut to fund it, so it’s more deficit spending. Both parties support stealing from our kids to give to the rich!
• Never hesitate to use military force. Back in the “good old days”, war was the last resort. Not anymore.
• Wasting more lives and money in Iraq
• Wasting more lives and money in Afghanistan (what’s that thing people say about land wars in Asia?
• Threatening war against Pakistan
• Threatening war again Iran
• More antaganizing of Russia
• Both are against gay marriage, but for civil unions.

So on social issues, foreign policy, and economics, there isn’t much of a difference.

They say stuff about abortion, universal health care, and other wedge issues, but in the past 20 years both parties have had full control of the White and Congress and did nothing. The parties want those wedge issues to remain.

The main difference we have this November is that one guy is half African-American and the the other VP is a woman.