After staying up last night to watch the debates, I found that there was nothing fresh and both were cordial, I wanted a little Jerry Springer action. I still think that McCain is Republican lite, but what angers me, and has for a while, is his choice for VP. It’s exactly the Republican technique, to undermine credibility for political gain. It’s amazing that the most anti-women candidate running for a position in the Oval Office is a woman herself. I can only imagine how the US would change if she dragged her hate into office. When I was opposed to Bush back in 1999, I was the only one, at least among my Kuwaiti peers. Everyone championed his father as the good-doing liberator of Kuwait. Completely disregarding this:

“On Wednesday July 25, 1990, the U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, April Glaspie, asked the Iraqi high command to explain the military preparations in progress, including the massing of Iraqi troops near the border. The American ambassador declared to her Iraqi interlocutor that Washington, “inspired by the friendship and not by confrontation, does not have an opinion” on the disagreement which opposes Kuwait to Iraq, stating “we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts”. She also let Saddam Hussein know that the U.S. did not intend “to start an economic war against Iraq”. These statements may have misled Saddam into believing he had received a diplomatic green light from the United States to invade Kuwait (New York Times, September 23, 1990).”

When he took the second election people in Kuwait were divided, but the majority still backed Bush. Mostly because of security reasons. After all, we are stuck in a very unique corner for policy-making. We are in between “The Big Three” (Iraq, Iran and Saudi).

Now, the predominant majority are against Bush, so much so that there is little support for McCain. So, I can gloat in my I-told-you-so’s but it is pointless. Now I am hoping the Palin never makes it. Even though I was Hillary’s biggest fan, I would like to see Obama win. Just because he is the closest chance the world has to a liberal direction and because I am sure Palin thinks that Oscar de la Renta is the Spanish version of the Academy Awards.