Trampled by elephants

There were so many elephants in the living room at both presidential debates, it's a wonder anyone could move around. Some of the things that are yet to be mentioned by the Democratic candidate:

• Abu Ghurayb

• Bush's selection of an alleged terrorist to be the leader of Iraq

• The deaths of thousands of Africans, many of them babies and children, because of Bush's withholding of U.N. Population Fund money

• The thousands of abortions estimated to be caused by this withholding of funds

• Carbon dioxide, mercury, and lead
  

• National Security Advisor Rice's assertion that "I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile..."

• Bush's months of obstruction againt the September 11 Commission

• The fact that airplane cargoes are not inspected (Kerry did mention that) because Bush vetoed the entire budget for doing the inspections

• The assault on the Constitution known as "free speech zones," and the resulting punishment and humiliation of those who attempt to exercise their First Amendment rights outside of the zones

• Valerie Plame

• Sibel Edmonds

Throughout the debates, I have fantasized that Bush had to face the people I wish were debating him: Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley Braun, Al Sharpton, Jimmy Carter, Maxine Waters, Margaret Cho, Bill Maher, Arianna Hufffington, Ralph Nader, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Henry Waxman...

But there will be no discussion of major world-threatening issues. The third debate will be like the other two: Honest to God, I'm not a flip-flopper v. I won't let anyone tell me how to defend Amurica.