[quote=eavesdropper]However, I have to comment on one sorta creepy aspect. The candidates were all given a chance to introduce themselves and say a little somethin’-somethin’. First up: Rick Santorum.

“I’m Rick Santorum. I served 12 years representing Pennsylvania in the United States Senate, but I also have substantial executive experience making the tough decisions and balancing budgets and cutting spending. Karen and I are the parents of seven children.”

At that, he stopped, and got this big, smarmy, expectant smile on his face, like awaiting acknowledgement of this incredible accomplishment/ biological function. And so it went, down the line: one after the other had to engage in reproductive one-upmanship. “I’ve been married for 24 years and have 9 children”, “I’ve got 5 children AND 3 grandchildren”, “I’ve got a husband (who is also my stylist), 6 children, and 47 foster children, and am planning an even 100 grandchildren, hoping for at least one token biracial”. Okay, Michelle Bachmann didn’t really say that, but would anyone really be paying enough attention to know if she did?

What is with this pride in child production? I’m sorry to say that the crowd gave the applause and acknowledgement for which they appeared to be waiting. But maybe it was because they honestly knew that this was going to be the high point of the debate for most of them. Sorry, but it just really creeped me out.

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Eaves…You don’t get it, do you? Some of those oldie’s are looking at the 7+ so children as social security and medicare paying tax payers…Come on, get with the program, will you?

But, yup…This election year, I think I’m going to vote for obama….Not that I like him. but a GOP prez with a GOP Congress = recipe for another disaster.