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Old 09-22-2004, 10:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
guthmund
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Absolutely and it's really a shame.

I think debates should be a mandatory part of the race. I don't think the candidate's should get advance notice of anything. In fact, the only thing required of the candidate is an appearance. If they really want to come off well do the fucking homework and prove you're the best man for job. I want a parrot; I buy a parrot. I really can't see how anyone will be able to come away with these sham debates with anything but a bad taste in their mouths.

I saw a list of the "requirements" that both candidates agreed to...can't directly ask questions of the opposition unless it's asked rhetorically, the camera isn't allowed to shift to the candidate not answering the question, no use of props or anything that makes one man look taller than the other....?!?!

If your vote is determined by which man used his props more effectively or which man looked taller....well, this country is in a sad state of affairs.

I don't expect anything out of this debate other than the regurgitation and recitation of bits and pieces of the stump speeches we've already heard. The personable President regaling us with folksy homilies and platitudes and trying to convince us he's everyman and Sen. Kerry...well, doing the exact same thing with healthy doses of "this President is wrong, wrong, wrong."

I think the poll is absolutely right in declaring the race a dead heat. Not because the country is so divided, but rather the two candidates have done very little to distinguish themselves from each other. What I can't decide is if it's on purpose or not.
With very little differences to see between the two candidates, it basically boils down to who would you like to go have a beer with and that's a role President Bush plays up rather well.
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