They both dodder and stutter; take their time; seem always anxious to take their pills. Both are theoretically young but they're staid and set in their ways; wooden and repetitive; comfortable in life; eager to get away from the toil and pressure of being President. Neither of them are the very least hungry - for power or anything else. Their teams consist mainly of even older men. You can easily imagine naps and grumbling; hot chocolate and biscuits; senescent "insouciance"; "Dallas" and "Murphy Brown" reruns - and even indifference. Easily.
Whatever happened to youth? Even the most generous fortyish definition of youth? Does this matter at all?
Two Presidential Debates and one Vice-Presidential debate have already brought us YouForgotPoland.com, Factcheck.com, and needsumwood.com. Let's hear your predictions on which domains will be swooped up as a result of tonight's wonderous soundbites.
Ketchup wars are never nice but matching ice-cream parlour uniforms are probably worse.
A caption would be much appreciated but would it be too ambitious to think sitcom? Laura is a no-nonsense, old-fashioned, conservative Texan home-maker who is probably a black belt in short shrift and put-down. Teresa is a rebellious, foul-mouthed Portugeezer who's never baked a pie in her life but has devoted her life to defending those who do. [More inside, I'm afraid.]
Now's here's a hike we oughta take - the Whiskey Trail. Drink where George Washington drank! And wouldn't you know, one of the stops is in Kentucky, along with four operating distilleries that are open to the public.
