When I read your “shorter” version, I felt sure you were exaggerating. I was wrong, and I apologize.

PS “And Fred Thompson is a he-man for taking on that boring lady moderator”

It’s the Reagan legacy of public tough-guys run by their wives.

But Fred Thompson had a big moment when he took on that moderator, and refused to play by her idiotic rules. That moment, and his overall performance, may well reignite his campaign.

Yep. Old Fred was really en fuego at this debate, standing up to a moderator from Iowa. It’s like when he was that admiral guy in Hunt for Red October and his task force faced down the whole Soviet fleet and won the day for democracy. Watch out, Osama! This guy has a pulse after all.

Other shorter Dean Barnett: “There’s not really anything to say for the losers on the stage, so instead I’ll trash the moderator.”

I do find it interesting, though, that even Dean Barnett realizes Alan Keyes is crazy.

I think she should have sent him to the principal’s office right then.

Yeah, but that Alan Keyes really ruled, didn’t he?

Dean Barnett is silly, but Car Wash (as they call her in Iowa media circles) is indeed a heavy-handed dingbat. Before the debate started, she announced that questions on Iraq and immigration were off-limits. Of course, these are the two topics of most interest to the GOP primary audience, especially the Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo fans.

Saw some dipstick from the Weekly Standard w/ too many teeth on the tube who referred to Ms. Washburn as “that imperious moderator.”

And those Weekly Standard guys know imperialism when they see it.