Dear Barack,
I can't take it anymore. I don't know if I want to wring McCain's neck for what he says, or wring yours for what you don't. It's like I want to crawl through the TV screen, if I wasn't listening on radio.
I say, enough with the civility. Enough with the excessive respect. Enough with polite indifference to McCain's attacks.
When McCain dropped the "Cut everything but defense and veteran's benefits," and you said "You're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel. " That wasn't bad, but how good would it have been if you would've punctuated it with, "John, you are making this thing wa-a-ay too easy."
This isn't about winning the vote of the debate judges. You're trying to win the vote of the man on the street And if you want to get the vote of the man on the street, you have to go street. Don't worry. He can take it. He's a war hero, remember?
In that vein, I've got a few suggestions for you to throw in during the next debate.
"Hey John I'm over here. Whatsamatter, 'fraid to look at me?
"John, you've mentioned "without preconditions" five times in the last thirty seconds. How about as a present for the next debate I get you a thesaurus."
(First spit out water you're drinking, then:) "I'm sorry. I thought you just said that you support veterans."
"Yeah, you support veteran benefits. Sure ya do...,except READ THE REST OF THE STUFF BARACK SHOULD SAY
Award-winning TV writer Steve Young is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com) and blogs at the appropriately named steveyoungonpolitics.com