The Moral Majority is (Surprise!) a Minority

  Minnesota (that snowy, cold, northern state) is right now embroiled in a nasty, no holds barred Senate race. So is Oregon, and Florida, and Wisconsin. As far as Senate Races are concerned, these are some of the nastiest in US History. But, I digress. The point I was trying to make is that in races as close as these are, you have to watch very carefully what it is that you say. Very, very carefully. One slip of the tongue, and it could be all over for you. For example:  A nominee from a certain state claimed that they think those running for a national public office should have to face a board to determine their "patriotism". Overnight their opponent received thousands in donations. Moral: Don't let your extremist, right-wing views push your voters away. That seems to be a problem as of late. Right-wing extremists, that is. The ultraconservative, hate mongering, dyed-in-the-wool red type. Nothing against Republicans, and not saying the opposite is good either, but these people are the types of people that are really hurting the country and the world. Extremism in any way is never productive. It stalls progress and glorifies ignorance, not exactly ideal for politics. I think the so-called moral majority needs to take a good hard look at itself, and realize that it's representing a very thin slice of the population. 

Wipe off that smirk Sarah, it's starting to give you wrinkles

Wow, what a debate. Maybe there weren't any real knock outs, but to me that made it even more tense. Personally I think Joe Biden outperformed Sarah Palin. She usually did not answer the question and kept talking about Alaska. Now, I like Alaska. My family has a town named after it in that great state and it is truly beautiful but, I really really don't want to constantly hear about it. To me, Sarah Palin's weakness (besides her obvious stupidity) is her total lack of experience at the national level. Oh and how she speaks like she never made it past the eighth grade. Not that Joe Biden is perfect. He tends to have his history facts like majorly wrong (for example, FDR was never on TV talking about the stock market crash). He's prone to long winded responses that never really get him anywhere. But tonight he was able to show us why he's been a senator for six terms, the guy knows his stuff. Compared to Biden, Palin came off pretty petty when she tried to take jabs at him. He was incredibly restrained and it made me respect him more. So Sarah, please stop smirking. We weren't laughing with you, we were laughing at you.