Letters to the Editor
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I sure hope Steffuck is on the defensive
What a bunch of moronic clowns him and Gibson are.
What a bunch of Republican talking points! What CRAP!!
I have NEVER seen such a travesty of a "debate" in my life, outside of a Limp Pimplebutt broadcast.
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these issues, unfortunately, *do* matter to voters
what do you think is swaying voters more, hillary's healthcare proposal or the bosnia flap?
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Oh Steve...!
You really think that George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson and all the rest of the monied chattering class of sh!t-flinging press monkeys CARE about what Americans think? Or do? Or whether we live or die?
How sweet of you. You naïve young man.
Don't you know that THE MEDIA will tell you what to care about?
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And as for Barack Obama's speech: ROCK ON, BARACK!!!
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What Stephanopoulos hasn't addressed
I haven't seen anyone in the media address Stephanopoulos' obvious conflict of interest considering his incredibly close history with the Clintons. That's like if Karl Rove moderated the debates for the general election.
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They may be right about religion being on people's minds
I lost count of how many times I shouted "Jesus Christ!" during the first hour.
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Maybe Stephanopoulos should watch this:
http://www.thoughttheater.com/2008/03/the_onion_bullshit_is_number_one_issue_for_voters.php
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Since when is it George's job
To be "tough" on the candidates during a debate? During an interview, an adversarial position is certainly called for. During a debate, the adversary is supposed to be, well, you know, umm... the opponent, right?
When I participated in Lincoln-Douglas debate in high school, the judges didn't speak a word the entirety of the debate. We had a topic, we presented our arguments, we cross examined each other. Maybe the networks can learn something from high school and college.
George's brand of "tough" is not only water carrying for the GOP, it's water carrying for the candidates themselves. I'd love to see a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, where, if the candidates want to ask about slimy, smarmy nonsense, they have to do it themselves.
Of course, I'd also love to see William Buckley come back from the grave and moderate one of these damn things.
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ABC Dereliction
ABC is rightly reaping the whirlwind of revulsion stirred up by last night's shameful debate. The network and its sub-par moderators were derelict in their only true responsibility: to question the candidates on issues of weight and interest to voters seeking to form opinions in advance of the primaries or the general election.
Smarmy Stephanopoulos is disingenuous in declaring that he was right to press Sen. Obama on questions pertaining to "electability." This in not an issue relevant to any voters, only to the ABC executives who were seeking a ratings boost.
Oh, and of course to the GOP, which would dearly love to run the campaign focussed only on such deep concerns as flag pins, geriatric 60's radicals, bitter blather, and the loudmouth Rev. Wright. If the campaign were instead to be focussed on such issues as the disasterous war in Iraq, the calamitous decline of the U.S. economy, our stricken educational system, the endangered environment, measley support for our veterans, and the poor standing of America in world opinion, then the Republicans would lose easily to either Democratic candidate.
Stephanopoulos and Gibson were stalking horses for the radical right which has successfully steered the political conversation for the past two decades and now fears that the talking points will shift against them.
ABC has done a disservice to democracy and to the American voters with their indefensible and derelict debate management. ABC richly deserves the vehement reaction that is pouring in from around the world today. Shame on them all.
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Wrong Question
Where do you suppose trustworthiness, honesty, and personality in general rank on the list of criteria voters use to pick their candidates? These guys have the same positions on everything; the only way to distinguish between the two is to look at personality.
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what questions do you think the superdelegates want answered?
obama and clinton are a hair's breadth apart on policy issues, so there isn't much room at htis point for enlightening debate on those.
what does need to be made clear is how obama can respond to being a front-runner and having to actually answer questions about the kind of tacky political stuff that, like it or not, will in large part determine who wins the white house.
he did a more or less crummy job, which is fueling the outrage about the quality of the debate moderators among obama supporters.
would they be mad if he'd handled the questions with consummate skill? nope, they'd be delighted that he'd put the issues to rest. but, alarmingly enough, he was quite weak and wobbly and he said some truly inartful things (among the most egregrious "that's not my handwriting/i never said i wouldn't wear the flag pin" -- both flatly false statements. clinton would've been flayed for those).
the bottom line is, whatever the quality of the debate moderators, he looked shaky, and he's going to have to face these issues again and again. he's not going to get a pass in the general -- obama's stated desire to transcend politics as usual doesn't mean that politics as usual won't determine this race.
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Steph gives it away
When he defends his "gotch" questions as "going to the heart of electability," Stephanopoulos shows his hand: the only people concerned about "electability," the only people using that as a defense of their most heinous actions, are Clinton supporters. Steph rigged it, threw his questions out there in order to help the campaign of the wife of his friend and former employer. It stinks of collaboration, and Stephanopoulos (who never had much credibility to begin with) has shown himself as a faux-journalist who lacks even a shred of integrity. Once more, the Clinton campaign demonstrates the candidate is bereft of anything remotely resembling decency.
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Obama is angry
The ground quakes. Quick let's throw a virgin into the volcano.
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Bullshit election, Bullshit journalism, Bullshit debate, Bullshit cadiddates.
ObaMOE
HiLARRY
McCURLY
Three war stooges, That is what the MSM and the corporautocracy think of the nation, the voters and the system.
Vote for Bullshit and War in 2008.
You have no other choiice.
Really.
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Bullshit election, Bullshit journalism, Bullshit debate, Bullshit candidates.
ObaMOE
HiLARRY
McCURLY
Three war stooges, That is what the MSM and the corporautocracy think of the nation, the voters and the system.
Vote for Bullshit and War in 2008.
You have no other choiice.
Really.
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