Yesterday afternoon I was primed and ready for the Republican Presidential debate. Presidential debates are a lot like sporting events to me, and this one was supposed to be even better than the other ones because Fred Thompson had decided to participate.

I’d seen Fred on Law and Order earlier in the day, so I was relieved when he showed up for the debate.

So after watching the debate for about 45 minutes, I decided to clean the bathroom. Yes, you read that last line correctly; I decided to clean the bathroom. This debate was so boring that it got me to clean the bathroom. Thanks guys.

I continued listening to the debate between scrubbing the bathtub and the toilet. Political debates and cleaning the bathroom seem to go well together.

Thompson struggled coming out of the gate on the first question. He did not do too much better the rest of the way, except when Chris Matthews told him he should have stopped at “no” on an answer. Thompson said, “Well, that’s your opinion, Chris.”

Fred also needs to leave his nose alone during the debates.

Romney screwed up when asked about what he’d do if Iran obtained a nuke saying he’d bring in the lawyers. I thought maybe he was going to insert a joke about lawyers, but he was serious. He was SERIOUS.

Huckabee was good again, but it seemed he was not asked as many questions as some of the others. Huckabee is the Wal-Mart candidate, so watch out. Nobody shops at Wal-Mart, but the parking lot is always full.

McCain could not hear some of the questions which seemed to make him look old. McCain did get a dig in about federal money he felt was wasted that had gone to study the DNA of bears in Montana. He said something like he did not know if any bears had been convicted or if the paternity tests were positive.

Rudy Giuliani did well again and appeared to me to be the winner of this debate. The arguments between Giuliani and Romney were good, with Giuliani winning. Thompson and the other candidates were on the sidelines.