Trivial Matters

I watched the debate last night with some friends at the Living Room Theater downtown. It was a packed house, and people stood in line for over and hour to get the 46 extra seats they had in the theater (I believe they were showing them in all 6 theaters).

We got a table in the lounge and watched it from afar. (I hope they install another TV at the other end of the bar.) I think the crowd was almost entirely for Obama which seems to be typical for Portland. I’m sure there are McCain supporters somewhere, but they stay out of sight.

Polls are showing that Obama won the debate. Personally, I don’t think either of them “won” in the sense of walking away with the whole thing. Obama kept his ground against the personal attacks, much more so than McCain. I got tired of hearing the word “fundamental” (from both of them) followed by the fact that Obama has yet to go to Afghanistan and therefore does not know what is going on there. Personally, I think if McCain himself couldn’t find Bin Laden in the 900 days he said he was there, he’s not going to find him from the White House in the next 1461 days either.

Regardless of my views, I think a nice time was had by all. And I’m glad to live in a town where something like the presidential debate can draw such a crowd of people. (There were a dozen other venues and theaters hosting similar parties.)

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