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Well that was disappointing...
Oct. 3rd, 2008 12:05 pmWatched the 'debate' last night. It wasn't a debate. (Neither was the first one really, but it was marginally better.)
A debate has questions, answers, counterpoints, and rebuttals. What we got was a very long intermixed ad for the two candidates, almost entirely content-free... and that's what most people want, from what I see. Hell, I'm sure the main reason most people tuned in was to watch "The Other Party's Candidate" crash and burn. Other than "Will Biden be seen as sexist?", the leading question going into this was "Which one will stick their foot in their mouth the worst?"
Frankly, the debates have all the intellectual content of a NASCAR race. It's two 'contestants' going around and around the same track, blatantly hawking their sponsors through branding and logos, and the only time it's interesting is when someone wrecks badly.
Here's hoping the last two debates raise the bar, but I'm really not betting on it. We're in for more of the same tribal posturing and emotional responses that define our current politics in much the same way as the ever-important Yankees/Red Sox discussion up here. Doesn't matter who you root for, or why, what's important is that dammit, you *PICK ONE*, and you're willing to scream incoherently at someone for not believing the same way you do.
Rah team.
A debate has questions, answers, counterpoints, and rebuttals. What we got was a very long intermixed ad for the two candidates, almost entirely content-free... and that's what most people want, from what I see. Hell, I'm sure the main reason most people tuned in was to watch "The Other Party's Candidate" crash and burn. Other than "Will Biden be seen as sexist?", the leading question going into this was "Which one will stick their foot in their mouth the worst?"
Frankly, the debates have all the intellectual content of a NASCAR race. It's two 'contestants' going around and around the same track, blatantly hawking their sponsors through branding and logos, and the only time it's interesting is when someone wrecks badly.
Here's hoping the last two debates raise the bar, but I'm really not betting on it. We're in for more of the same tribal posturing and emotional responses that define our current politics in much the same way as the ever-important Yankees/Red Sox discussion up here. Doesn't matter who you root for, or why, what's important is that dammit, you *PICK ONE*, and you're willing to scream incoherently at someone for not believing the same way you do.
Rah team.