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I'm thinking ahead to the upcoming Presidential debates and I wonder whether, in addition to the other preparation he's surely doing, Obama has considered learning some conversational Vietnamese for use at an appropriate moment. For example, after McSame invokes his five-plus years without even one kitchen table, Obama could turn to him and ask, in Vietnamese, how the five-planes lost pilot was doing, and would he like some water, or some other appropriate pleasantry. (Indications are that McCain never was waterboarded -- but it's not certain, as far as I can find, that he avoided that particular form of torture, which he voted to approve despite his experiences.) If done properly, it comes under the same sort of umbrella as formal, icy, politeness.

But what do I know, who's rarely polite?

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Now that I've read Palin's speech and seen parts of it online (courtesy free wi-fi in Bryant Park), I really wonder if and hope that Tina Fey is free for a weekly guest shot on Saturday Night, making it politically relevant again. (I also wish the Obama campaign had her as its head of ad creation; humor is the best weapon against the Republicans' brand of playground taunts.)

*activates the equivalent of Jimmy Olsen's watch, hoping Ms, Fey responds*