Oh, yes they did. Senator John McCain finally brought up the William Ayers question. Senator Barack Obama called out McCain's supporters for threatening him during McCain's rallies. And both men made the case for the real star of Wednesday night's final presidential debate: some guy named "Joe the Plumber," who seems to have replaced "Joe Six-Pack" as the generic face of struggling America in the waning days of this presidential campaign.
It got ugly, and it got personal.
So, who do you think won the debate?
He won. She totally won. At least she didn't fall on her face. Thank God he kept it brief. Does anyone really buy all this "betcha, gosh, golly wow, Joe Six-pack" crap? What was that dude even talking about? It's kind of hard to fail when the bar is set below the bar. Is winking a debate tactic? What about crying? Does it count as an answer if you don't really answer the question and just talk about whatever you want to talk about? Do vice-presidential debates even matter? Is anyone seriously going to be swayed by either of these two?
It's October, and if we're being perfectly honest, despite the economy collapsing, despite the mortgage crisis and the war and all the issues facing the country right now, we have to admit this is the most fun election ever. And one source is responsible for a lot of that fun: YouTube.