Well I never...

I admire folk who say what they think.

I may not agree with them, at least not always, but a bit of passion certainly stirs the soul...

Just what exactly do you stand for, Hazel Blears - except election?

And this... in the Guardian. Hmn.

You say tomato; I say 'uniquely funded'...

I have been trying to understand a strange transatlantic difference... beyond our common languages, of course.

Over 'there', an entrenched, deeply unpopular (it seems) incumbent administration is taking a drubbing mainly on the basis of the economy which, if many who post here are to be believed (and such links as I have seen provided bear out) has mainly been shaped by those who are set against them, from Clinton to majority Democrat voting subsequently.

Meanwhile, over 'here', an entrenched, deeply unpopular (it seems to me on the ground, but not so much in the rarified circles of our Westminster Village Useful Idiot media) incumbent administration is getting a free pass from many, especially around an economy which was in pretty good shape when they inherited it over ten years ago and they have been free and clear to play with ever since, unencumbered by many of the legislative hurdles our US cousins' systems can impose.

Both sides of the pond have 'left' and 'right' print and broadcast media, so why the discrepancy, he asked, rhetorically?

Tory activists brainwashed by the BBC - no idea who this geezer is, and he is for sure in one camp (hence the rather inevitable course of the post replies), but it was interesting on the topic of the perceptions here, even if it wandered off a bit on Mrs. Palin.

Those who can, do. Those who can't get hired to report/comment on the other half

Will Sarah Palin or Joe Biden screw up tonight?

It seems rather surprising to me that, in a nation of a few hundred million, half of whom (as here) are in the media commentariat, 'they' couldn't crank up a moderator who had a slim chance of being seen as balanced and objective.

ps: What a sorry testimony to the state of, well, everything really, is that one the highest offices in one of the most significant countries on the planet is, or at least deemed to be about who of two candidates 'screws up the least'. I sit here deeply reassured as to the future of my kids.