Who won?

I'm not the most patient person. I never liked politics. Never liked much of what's on TV. Never really liked debates in general. So maybe I'm not the best person to comment. But has anyone considered that the words "who won" and a discussion concerning presidential (or vice-presidential) candidates really don't belong together, at least until November? If the debate serves any useful purpose--whatever that is supposed to be--it seems like it should be more than winning a battle of words. When the country is horribly divided, the economy is in shambles, and the war isn't over, I don't care who won a silly debate.

I know who's losing. We are. The entire political system is much like that debate. Pointless and much like a popularity contest. Who's the best speaker? Why does that really matter. What we need is an intelligent person surrounded by other intelligent people knowledgeable in several different fields that can make good decisions.

I heard talk of how people felt differently about the outcome depending upon the medium--e.g. Nixon was said to have won the radio version of the debate with Kennedy, but Kennedy won on TV. This just proves my point. It's all about perception. Not about who's right for the job. And, y'know, if the job were something non-important, I guess it wouldn't matter so much, but this is perhaps the most-important job on the planet right now.

All this to say, I'm in a state of despair over our nation. I've heard sensible people say the debate came out a "tie," yet I hear that support is continuing to swell behind Obama. Not that McCain is my favorite person in the world, but if the nation supports Obama, that, for me, is just the last nail in the coffin of common sense---in fact the survivability of our nation---for many reasons I won't go into here. Suffice it to say, I see him and his campaign much like Herod who didn't quiet the cries of those who said "the voice of a God and not of a man," except the worms are eating our nation.