Debate #2

Comienzo del debate anoche. Mr. McCain nos regala esta perla:

I think that this problem has become so severe, as you know, that we're going to have to do something about home values.

You know that home values of retirees continues to decline and people are no longer able to afford their mortgage payments. As president of the United States, Alan, I would order the secretary of the treasury to immediately buy up the bad home loan mortgages in America and renegotiate at the new value of those homes -- at the diminished value of those homes and let people be able to make those -- be able to make those payments and stay in their homes.

Is it expensive? Yes. But we all know, my friends, until we stabilize home values in America, we're never going to start turning around and creating jobs and fixing our economy. And we've got to give some trust and confidence back to America.

Les aclaro. Este es el candidato "conservador". El que defiende el free market. Gracias McCain por tu generosidad. Como todos sabemos, la gente que compró casas que no podían pagar lo hicieron porque tenían una pistola en la cabeza. Alquilar no es para uno, viste?

Qué quieren que les diga? Estoy listo para Obama. Es claro que se viene una gran intervención estatal. Prefiero que llegue con etiqueta demócrata, como corresponde. Ya hemos visto el mayor incremento de gastos desde la administración Johnson con este gobierno republicano, lo único que falta es que los republicanos sean los paternalistas del siglo XXI. La esperanza: si Obama es el nuevo Jimmy Carter, quizás haya un Ronald Reagan esperando a la vuelta de la esquina.

By the way: me acuerdo cuando los demócratas se burlaban del mejor presidente del siglo XX porque se había referido a la Unión Soviética como el "evil empire". Hoy Obama no descarta llamar así a Rusia, que es un país que con todo lo malo que tiene, no es el estado totalitario que era la URSS. Mis amigos Ben&Jerry no deben estar contentos con esto.

BROKAW: This requires only a yes or a no. Ronald Reagan famously said that the Soviet Union was the evil empire. Do you think that Russia under Vladimir Putin is an evil empire?

OBAMA: I think they've engaged in an evil behavior and I think that it is important that we understand they're not the old Soviet Union but they still have nationalist impulses that I think are very dangerous.

BROKAW: Senator McCain?

MCCAIN: Maybe.

Y después dicen que la Reagan Revolution is dead.

Posdata: me desagrada mucho más McCain que Obama cuando los escucho y veo juntos.