The Dems' Debate

Everyone was boring except for Al Sharpton. He made the best point that I disagreed with and got slaughtered by Peter Jennings.

On the gay marriage issue, all of the candidates were spelling out their various methods of rendering it a non-issue. Most said that they approved of civil unions but thought it should be left up to individual states to decide. Al Sharpton really stood by his guns and said that he was very uncomfortable leaving the rights Americans up to the states to decide. He was correct. I disagree with him about gay marriage being a right, but if that is what you do believe, then it should be the same for all Americans.

But all was not smooth for Old Al. Peter Jennings burned him with a snarky little question. He asked what qualities he would look for and who he would pick as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Al knows nothing about the Federal Reserve and it was a fair question, but it seemed snarky of Jennings because it was out of left field - particularly for someone like Al Sharpton.