Debate Paaaaarty!

Okay, so the debates are 9 o'clock again this Friday, and, as civic minded members of society, we plan to engage in this showing of our candidates' platforms by watching it en masse while drinking to celebrate/drown our sorrows (should the need arise).

I'm proposing people show up at our apartment around 8-ish. We're asking that you bring something for the party, nothing huge or expensive, some vittles, skittles, and, but of course, liquor if you want. We'll have a little, I'll try to snag more Williams-Sonoma stuff if I can, but bring what you would like to drink if you want to be sure it'll be there. BYOB, basically, but we'll have stocked up on soda, ginger ale, and cream soda from the local Associated Market, so that will be there.

So, Friday, 8-ish, BYOB and somewhat BYOS (snacks), though some will be provided. If you want dinner, there's a Famiglia's right below us and the best Chinese in the city outside of Chinatown across the street. RSVP here or to partner-in-crime, aka feiran.

God Bless, Frank Rich...

So y'all can read it, The New York Times' own Frank Rich breaks it down for you on my lj:

( Why Did James Baker Turn Bush Into Nixon? )

The article's brilliant. Basically, as we all sort of figured, the Bush-Cheney 2004 people were so arrogant they began to believe their own hype. They forgot how they hand-picked the journalists they had talked to over the past year or so, how their friend and ally at Fox News and its subsidiaries asked 'hard hitting' questions approved prior to airing and how no possibly contentious reporters were allowed near the Pres or Veep...and because they surrounded themselves with only favorable journalists, they began to believe their blinders-eye view was the right one. And they walked right into it.

And, if I can't convince you to read the article, look at the picture Frank Rich selected and the caption:

Instant promo: President Bush at the first debate.