Debate, Goliath

I'll give you my take on the debate, since everyone (and by everyone I mean not a fucking soul) wants to know what I think:

It was a victory for Kerry, but a small one. He did a little better, but he had to since he's the challenger. He seemed more composed and presidential (and he stood up straighter) but people have grown to expect and even like Bush's fumbling for words and the occasional (I'm quoting someone else here) "vapor-lock" where he stares into the camera, searching for a word. It makes him seem like a normal guy.

It was a good debate, though. Lots of information came out of both guys. And they obviously don't like each other. Several times Bush was looking at Kerry like he was about to bark out "cocksucker!" which might not have been the best move politically but would have definitely entertained me more. In fact, I'll make this offer to Mr. Bush: infer - either overtly or covertly - that your opponent is a pole-smoker and I'll vote for you. Can't beat that!

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And I mentioned that John has a little girlfriend named Amanda at school, right? Get this: there's a new kid in the baby class. His name is Goliath* - he's a month older and a good bit bigger than John.

So the other day Goliath goes to give Amanda a hug. John, apparently, was all like "oh no he didn't!" and he goes over to them and removes Goliath's hands from Amanda.

And then! And then, yesterday, Goliath was playing with a toy. John proceeded to get all up in Goliath's face and try to take the toy away. Goliath then bit John.

"We talked about it last night," I told his teachers this morning, "and we want to call the cops. We'd like to see Goliath do some time."

See, though, we were worried about John being a bully. He's bigger than the other kids and he does tend to throw his weight around. But hell, if he's getting right up in the face of the biggest kid in class then I'm not too worried.

* Of course his name's not Goliath. What kind of retard would name their kid Goliath? He is big, though.