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Mommy and Daddy Stopped Fighting!

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a household where I don't have a memory of my parents ever fighting (on the flip side, never saw much signs of affection either)... so watching the recent verbal barbs being exchanged between the Democratic nominees made me cringe at time... I kept thinking... please, not in front of the children...err, ummm... country.

So while last night's first head-to-head meeting of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton won't go down in the annals of memorable and cracklin' debates.  I am not naive enough to think that this is a permanent truce, but it still made me feel better.

The night was not without its disagreements.  But it had the hush of chess match.  I didn't see, nor once things got going and the non-combative tone established, expect any "checkmates"... but there were a bunch of "checks" or moves to safety from both of the candidates.

However, the decision to watch last night's debate probably pushed me into "get a life" territory.  Did I actually chose this over the Lost premiere?!?!?  Well, that's okay.  No spoilers thus far (though, as I type, it's still early in the day) after big season-ending "bangs," the island tends not to get interesting again until the end of the season... or mini-season, as looks to be the case this year.  For those of you who did watch Lost, if anything good happened... shhhhhh!

At least night we got to see celebrities at the Kodak Theater, which may not be the case in a couple of weeks for the Oscar ceremony... but what an eclectic crew!  Look it's Ugly Betty!   Speilberg!   Meathead Rob Reiner!  Diane Keaton (in that darn Annie Hall hat)!  Garry Shandling!   Leonardo DiCaprio (ok, I didn't know he was there until I saw pix this morning)!  Ed Helms?!?!  Pierce Brosnan!  Jason Alexander!  Stevie Wonder!   Josh Lyman!   Err... I mean Bradley Whitford, but that still made me fondly think back to The West Wing... I'm guessing Josh would be an Obama man.

The debate ended on a positive note when a question about a joint ticket featuring both, in alphabetical order, Clinton and Obama got a huge ovation.  I am at a loss whether or not there is true animosity or "like" between the two... and while I have my preferred order, I think it's a ticket that would rock.

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[Scott-O-Rama]

Well, I don't want to ruin the Lost premier for you, so I won't mention that Jack woke up and found Bobby in the shower and it was all a dream.