That said Obama, and his cadre still scare me, so I've decided to put my money where my mouth is, and put myself down as a write in. :)

Vice presidential debate was interesting, I think Biden won that one but very closely. It seemed that candidates were briefed of questions in advance and allowed to take written speeches (they were reading something of the desk obviously).

McCain just blinks like crazy. I might have been reading a bit too far into it.

I still think he attempted to paint much of Obama's positions out of context, when he knew the context quite well.

As far as that is concerned, there seems to me a fine line between doing a poor job at acting, and speaking untruths.

If you want to read a disturbing, but very informative book on deceit, to include tactics to discern when people are lying based on how they craft their words, then check out Quirkology by Dr. Richard Wiseman. He got his Ph.D. in deceit.

There were a few times when I thought McCain was being less than truthful, the one I'll mention specifically was when McCain accused Obama of not "getting," Russia's aggression into Georgia.

Excuse me, but unless McCain has had his head buried in the sand, he would know that in terms of taking this controversy from political posturing to to physical violence, Georgia acted first, by bombing, and by attacking Russian peacekeepers.

Obama's comment that "Both sides should show restraint," was spot on, as we weren't going to do anything signficant about the situation, and personally, I still doubt we will, and if McCain didn't truly know that, then I think he should be ruled out for that measure of incompetence alone. I have little doubt he knew what went down between Russia and Georgia, long before we did, and he is sacrificing the truth for political posturing.

If we are saying that all is fair in love, war, and politics, then we are saying that it is naive not to expect that he will lie. None of that changes the fact that, if I'm right, he has lied, whether we choose to hold him, or any politician, accountable or not.

They were just naive to think that we would come to their rescue. Selling them arms is one thing, but actually using our military, to protect them, well unless they start coming up with the natural resources Iraq has, or the strategic importance Afghanistan has, they will continue to be in a for a rude awakening, unless of course, pipelines start coming into play, as our military shuts down without oil, (as does any significantly sized military on this planet) thus it has become a sort of hungry hippo.

Well, here is a link to the other side of the story, as our press for the most part, did not emphasize that Georgia attacked Russian Peacekeepers first. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNw24Il7lZY

I think this is a great article explaining much of what could be made better about American foreign policy, much better, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/why-russia-invaded-georgi_b_118344.html

It's just that I don't agree with his conclusion to support Obama because he is the lesser of two villians (my inference, not his)

There was also another spot near the end of of the debate when McCain was blinking like a rabbit in the wind. I didn't believe his response initially, and then when he started with the blinking, I just tuned him out.

If I watch the debate again, which I seriously doubt, as I am not in the habit of making insult to my own injury, I'll make a not of the time,

Finally, a paraphrased quote from the movie Lawrence of Arabia. It was spoken by the French Diplomat near the film's end. He said the difference between a liar, (such as myself) (still quoting the movie here :) ) and someone that tells half-truths, is that the liar knows what the truth is, but for whatever reason does no speak it, whereas the person who speaks half-truths, has forgotten where they have put the truth entirely. Remember, I said it was a paraphrase.