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Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:00 AM

A Democratic donnybrook

The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Sunday, January 6, 2008 11:33 AM

    Well, I've been in hostage negotiations that are a lot more civil than this.

    Horseshit!

    That's all you got, Richardson? A prefab throw-away line you've been waiting all day to drag out for the right moment in the debate? Look, you're a nice guy, OK? A big lump of nice. You may well be a good bureaucrat. But you are dead slow on your feet and really don't have any business competing for the nomination. You lost me way back months ago when you couldn't answer Melissa Ethridge's question, whether or not being gay is genetic or acquired behavior. You sat there like a deer caught in the headlights and stumbled and fumbled around. The audience was even mouthing the answer for you, ge-net-ic, ge-NET-ic! And you still sat there like an oaf.

    Get off the stage. Salvage whatever dignity you haven't squandered and hope nobody remembers your performance when it comes time to pick Sec of State.

    —Garry Owen Read Garry Owen's other letters

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