I sat through the whole thing, but, indeed, it was not really worth it
except for the entertainment value. What it is not - and this is the
same for every presidential debate I have ever seen is a debate. If any
of these people were on a debate team they would be expelled from it. I
did like one point that Jim Wells made. There was something about the
rules such that if another candidate's name was mentioned that candidate
got to respond. Wells said that since no one was mentioning him he was
not getting to say much. Indeed, it was mostly an exchange between
Hillary and Bernie. In a broader sense that is exactly what all of them
do to candidates who are not Republicrats. Just ignore them and no one
ever hears them.
On 10/14/2015 8:59 AM, Charles Krugman (Redacted sender ckrugman for
DMARC) wrote:
Carl, I don't think you missed much by not listening. How anyone can get excited about this method of Presidential debates is beyond me. doesn't matter whether its Republican or Democratic candidates. I heard part of it while I was at a meeting and was underwhelmed by the whole process. These debates are just orchestrated media shows.
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:22 PM
To: blind-democracy
Subject: [blind-democracy] Babble
Well, I tried. So maybe there is a God, and He/She was doing His/Her
best to protect my ears and sanity from CNN. I sat patiently through
the first rush of excitement, and listening to Sheryl Crow do a ho hum
rendition of the National Anthem, and two very long commercial breaks
that were called, "Short". Then my phone began ringing. By then
Bernie began to introduce himself, my mother-in-law was frantically
wondering where her eldest daughter was. She was supposed to be at
the apartment. She'd left a note saying "Tuesday at 4:00 PM." I
said, "I'm not my sister-in-law's keeper. I'm trying to listen to
Bernie Sanders". "Who?" she asked.
"Bernie Sanders. He's supposedly debating the other Democratic candidates."
"What do you waste time listening to that noise for?"
"it looks like I'm not listening."
Turned out the note was from last Tuesday. And I'm out of the notion
for listening to the hype.
Carl Jarvis