Comments on: The “Debate”

By: Fausta

Fausta — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 15:29:39 +0000

The real debates take place every day of campaigning. The TV debates are simply showbiz

By: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop

Jim - Parkway Rest Stop — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:42:53 +0000

Dan,

You are a wise man.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:02:33 +0000

I think the TRUE purpose is to give the “hair vote” folks a chance to see which “do” is better.

Of course if your going to vote for a president based on hair, you should just vote for Jimbo as a write-in candidate.

By: roberto

roberto — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 04:41:30 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more, Jim. The media make a big deal out of undecided voters, giving them some sort of Shakespeare-like “To be or not to be” mystique. Anyone who’s been paying attention knows the difference between Kerry and Bush. I argue that Kerry’s arguments against Bush are too complicated for these “undecideds”. There is no easy way to explain what he’d do differently in Iraq. And intellectual arguments in general don’t sway voters, it takes emotional appeals.

Hey, it was way too long. I listened to some on the radio while I was in the kitchen, and I caught some live blogging, but I didn’t want to sit there for an hour and a half. My guess is that a lot of people who aren’t addicted to politics turned it off half way.