I fix home PCs for a living, and I usually don't talk politics with my customers. This morning, I was fixing a computer for a nice older couple, and their browser opened to a news page that mentioned the debate.
I asked them if they had watched it, and they had. The husband said, "Neither of them really changed my mind much."
I replied, "No, I don't think anyone got their mind changed last night: if you had already picked a candidate, you didn't switch on account of that debate."
They agreed...
So, I admitted my own position: "I'm a bleeding-heart liberal, so there isn't much John McCain could say that would change my mind."
The husband said, "Yeah, we're leaning toward Obama."
His wife added, "John McCain seemed so angry last night..."
"Yeah, he didn't even look at the other guy. Not once."
"We don't know so much about Obama, but he seems really intelligent..."
I said, "Well, if you want an intelligent President -- and I sure do -- you really don't want Sarah Palin a heartbeat away."
They weren't so sure about that: "We haven't seen much about her..."
"The Enquirer is going after her, but..."
"She can't be as dumb as all that, or she wouldn't be where she is..."
This was my chance. I opened their browser, went to DKos, and found that Cafferty to Blitzer: Don't Make Excuses For Her (Palin)! was still on the rec list. I played the video:
When it ended, there was a stunned silence.
"Wow."
"Yeah. Just... wow."
"Who was that beauty pageant girl... ?"
I supplied the answer: "Miss Teen South Carolina, right?"
"Yeah. She talks just like that girl."
"And did you see the look on Katie Couric's face?"
"Like she couldn't believe how stupid that answer was..."
"That's amazing... Oh. My. God. What if something happened to McCain?"
I asked, "So... what are we going to do?"
They said, almost in stereo, "We're going to vote for Obama!"
Then, the husband asked, "Can you make sure we have the address for that video? We need to Email that to a whole bunch of people."
UPDATE:
OMG, the Rec List? I'm not worthy...
(really, I'm not).
Thanks!!!!!