So You Don't Have To

I watched the Republican debate this afternoon.  I have had invasive body exams that were more fun.  The analysis seems to agree that this was a boring debate dominated by a dreadful moderator who Fred Barnes on Fox compared to Nurse Ratchet.  The only really interesting moment was Fred Thompson refusing to raise his hand in answer to, "Do you think there is global warming caused by humans?"  His point was that he was not going to raise his hand without being able to actually explain his answer, which the moderator told him he would not be able to do.  Good for Thompson. Then, after Alan Keyes addressed the global warming issue by talking about how unfair it is that he hasn't been invited to the other debates, Thompson quipped, "I agree with Alan Keyes on global warming."  And whoever it was at the Des Moines Register who thought inviting Alan Keyes was a good idea ought to be fired.  An otherwise entirely uninteresting debate.

Update: I think Jim Geraghty at NRO pretty much as it right, down to the absurdity of the Des Moines Register inviting the irrelevant Alan Keyes to the GOP debate while refusing to invite Mike Gravel or Dennis Kucinich to the Democrat debate tomorrow. 

Update II:  Jay Reding has the Thompson video: