You Call That A Debate?

It's only the most important job in the entire world so why should anybody care about who gets it come November 2nd? If the United States continues to go to hell in a handbasket, it's none of our business is it? After all, this is the country [USA] where television is a vast wasteland as evidenced by such sterling offerings as "Wife Swap" and "My Big, Fat Fiance" to name a couple. I don't yearn for "I Love Lucy," exactly, but at least those shows had a semblance of plot and weren't just an excuse to sell advertising to conspicuous consumers with more money than brains.

Last night, for ninety minutes, Americans were 'treated' to a bilateral press conference with a referee and a stop watch. Instead of an actual debate like the ones we used to have in high school [do they still debate in high school?], we watched Jim Lehrer of PBS fame pretend to ask hard questions of two guys who weren't allowed to ask their own questions of each other or even address each other as part of a 30+ page set of rules hashed out over several weeks by the campaign teams for each side. It was all we had so we watched it.

What did you see? I saw Johnny One-Note talking at Mr. Bland. Johnny was slouched over his podium and Bland was gesticulating. At least he was standing up straight.

Bottom line? Same old message from Johnny like he only brought a half hour of material to an hour and a half stand-up. Bland made some sense but where is his passion? The lies are the same and the answers are the same. If you want to cut through the crap, go here:

www.factcheck.org

and find out the real skinny.

I'd say Bland won, overall, but does it matter? I'd sure like to see a real debate. Maybe the V.P. event will be more interesting?