Finally watched the debate
November 30, 2007 — wickleMy first comment about the debate at large is …
What is this country coming to?
I realize that these were the rejected questions, but what kind of person submits questions by animated aliens, melting snowmen, their dogs, stuffed animals, or talking 100-dollar bills? This is a Presidential race in the real world, not Fantasy Land. The President represents real people — not Gumby, Bullwinkle, Sponge Bob, or Garfield.
This was pathetic.
Most of the questions were designed for the purposes of setting people off against each other — “What do you think, was New York a sanctuary city?” What does that have to do with Romney running for President?
This debate isn’t about discussing ideas of the future, it’s almost entirely about finding each candidate’s faults in the past and watching them eat each other.
I’ll get back to the substantive comments on the content of the debate, but my initial thoughts on the debate format and questions are not positive. This is a joke.
November 30, 2007 at 7:18 am
It’s called “dumbing down,” and proof that technology doesn’t improve processes. This idea that somehow, allowing semi-literate Americans to suddenly be able to gain credibility and access because they have a movie camera is pathetic.
I remember Boston-area talk show host, Jay Severin, discussing the lament back in 2000 that many Americans weren’t voting. Like Severin, who commented that he was “thrilled” that these uninformed morons weren’t going to participate, I’d be more than happy to see fewer Americans vote, as long as paid attention to the issues and accepted their responsibilities as citizens.