Debate Advice

[JayDuck]

No need to even go that far. Apparently McCain already won it.

[Wolfman]

Never watch them(glorified Alphonse/Gaston press conferences)---lame. WGARA who "won" a "debate", and if that sways your vote one way or another, you really shouldn't be voting !

[JayDuck]

About 90% of the people in this country are so stupid that they shouldn't be voting as it is.

[Sirfindafold]

what debate?

[Cuda]

Don't watch it. Wait until tomorrow and then read the press reports of who won. I am sure they will be spot on.

the cows are playing the diamondbacks during this time.

even the shittiest baseball game beats a political fora any day

[War Wagon]

About 90% of the people in this country are so stupid that they shouldn't be voting as it is.

You're about one arrogant little prick, aren't you?

Ok, have it your way. Just go ahead and appoint all elected officials from this point forward, Jay.

No, wait... I think you're qualified to be in charge of everything... so why don't you just go ahead and appoint yourself God of the entire universe.

Go for it.

[General Peters]

About 90% of the people in this country are so stupid that they shouldn't be voting as it is.

Blacks do NOT make up 90% of the American population, dude. :?

[PSUFAN]

Never watch them(glorified Alphonse/Gaston press conferences)---lame. WGARA who "won" a "debate", and if that sways your vote one way or another, you really shouldn't be voting !

This just makes me shake my head.

You may be right that one should be more broadly informed about a candidate than to be swayed by one public speaking event. However, the debates are pretty much the only semblance of an opportunity we have to see the candidates stand up for what they believe in and defend their positions. Yes, the format is not perfect, but it's the closest thing we have to that interchange. It sure beats the crap the media slings us as "coverage" or "issues".

I'm not surprised that someone who supported George Bush would minimize the importance of the speaking medium...I get that. If winning a debate meant a THING to you, then you wouldn't have voted for Bush, that's for sure. The dude makes fire hydrants seem like rhetorical superstars. Clearly, some other sort of medium is valued by you - I get that.

[huh?]

Never watch them(glorified Alphonse/Gaston press conferences)---lame. WGARA who "won" a "debate", and if that sways your vote one way or another, you really shouldn't be voting !

Absolutely! I'll just wait and see what faux news spoon feeds me tomorrow. Any fool that listens to the actual words these guys speak shouldn't be voting. Besides all those words are on after my bedtime.

Ah, bliss.

[rozy]

Never watch them(glorified Alphonse/Gaston press conferences)---lame. WGARA who "won" a "debate", and if that sways your vote one way or another, you really shouldn't be voting !

This just makes me shake my head.

You may be right that one should be more broadly informed about a candidate than to be swayed by one public speaking event. However, the debates are pretty much the only semblance of an opportunity we have to see the candidates stand up for what they believe in and defend their positions. Yes, the format is not perfect, but it's the closest thing we have to that interchange. It sure beats the crap the media slings us as "coverage" or "issues".

I'm not surprised that someone who supported George Bush would minimize the importance of the speaking medium...I get that. If winning a debate meant a THING to you, then you wouldn't have voted for Bush, that's for sure. The dude makes fire hydrants seem like rhetorical superstars. Clearly, some other sort of medium is valued by you - I get that.

RACK

[War Wagon]

Clearly, some other sort of medium is valued...

Yeah. The one of having a pair.

Truthfully, I can't even listen to McCain speak. Dude is one step short of Alzheimers.

But I trust him as president more than Obama.

Yeah, I know. That's not saying much.

[BSmack]

Clearly, some other sort of medium is valued...

Yeah. The one of having a pair.

Truthfully, I can't even listen to McCain speak. Dude is one step short of Alzheimers.

But I trust him as president more than Obama.

Yeah, I know. That's not saying much.

You're just hoping McCain croaks so that freak Palin can break the 7th seal and usher in the End Times.

[huh?]

George Bush debated Al Gore and John Kerry. Those twits made Bush look like a rhetorical superstar.

"If what he said is what I meant then I agree"
shrub

Perhaps a paraphrase instead of quotes would have been more appropriate, but you get my intention. A rhetorical superstar? Please, reconsider this arguement.

[PSUFAN]

George Bush debated Al Gore and John Kerry. Those twits made Bush look like a rhetorical superstar.

Personally, the few opportunities we have to see the candidates face one another and make their points are valuable to me. I recognize that they are not valuable to a lot of my fellow Americans...in numbers significant enough to win the last two elections.

It saddens me that the rhetorical art is losing relevance in our public discourse. It saddens me because in my mind, it cheapens the office.

I miss the days where it mattered whether or not our President was capable of moving us with his public speaking. I hope that the dignity of the office is restores by either Obama or McCain...and generally, I'm hopeful that neither one of them will be remotely as bad as Bush.

[JayDuck]

About 90% of the people in this country are so stupid that they shouldn't be voting as it is.

You're about one arrogant little prick, aren't you?

Ok, have it your way. Just go ahead and appoint all elected officials from this point forward, Jay.

No, wait... I think you're qualified to be in charge of everything... so why don't you just go ahead and appoint yourself God of the entire universe.

Go for it.

I'm not an elitist. I'm just better than you.