I, too, was there and I agree with you assessment. I will go even further though, and say that our Ann was a disappointment. She HAD to know what she was in for in Hartford... I mean, she does live in New Canaan, right? She HAD to know Franken would have her books and some loaded points and all that stuff... it appeared to me at times that she didn't really care, she was getting paid handsomely and that's all that mattered. It was very frustrating to have Franken yap on and on ad nauseum about the same 3 things and never once did Ann step in and say, "Um, what about equal time here?"
I like thin women... but man, her legs were downright disturbing last night!
She held her own in the Q&A portion, until the very end. Al zinged her on his question (though cheap, it did play very well to the crowd) and her lack of a closing statement/question was a bit odd too. Come on Annie, let loose!
(she should lighten up on the adjective "Swarthy." she used it about 10x and all it did was fire up the partisan crowd. There are many millions of islamofascists in SE Asia who are not, I don't think, necessarily swarthy!
All in all, I came away frustrated... but i did engage in some healthy discussion with some of the idiots sitting near me and my wife.
Sorry we didn't hook up, Race (I was in the simulcast across town anyway).
We almost got thrown out for cheering her on in the balcony, and booing Al Franken.
But she did better than you saw on the simulcast, but you saw what I have been trying to state here: The TV screen was manipulated to make her look bad!
I compare it to the Nixon/Kennedy debates. Those who saw it thought Kennedy won, those who heard it thought Nixon won. I was in the hall, and I saw and heard the crowd and they were bad on her!
It created a bad atmosphere for her. She had all the good points, she had all the truth, but less than 5% of the audience on her side. None of the negative things were due to her, but what was done to her.
No conservatives at all up in our section. We had a liberal family sitting in front of us with two boys, ages approximately 11 and 13. The younger boy's question was asked during the question period: "Do you think Rumsfeld should resign?". When his question was asked, there were high-fives all over the place. They clearly hated everything Ann said. So sad, to see parents bringing up such liberal kids...
nutmeg & zelig