The Presidential Debate at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, is coming up in just over three hours. I don’t know about the candidates, or Candy Crowley, the moderator, but I’m a nervous wreck.<\/p>\n
(On a personal note, I spent many hundreds of hours playing the oboe at Hofstra’s concert hall, which once was home base to the Nassau Symphony Orchestra.)<\/p>\n
Pre-Debate Limerick
\nBy Madeleine Begun Kane<\/p>\n
Which lies will Mitt tell us tonight,
\nWhile disguising the fact he’s far right?
\nWill the Prez call Mitt out
\nWhen he fibs in this bout?
\nHe had better. The polls are damn tight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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