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Debate Hell
January 18, 2012

Monday's South Carolina Presidential Deba

Think for a moment.  If you were one of the five remaining “contestants” for the presidency, and I say that because of their Jeopardy-like debate  podiums, wouldn’t you be a bit TIRED of responding to the same questions, the same issues, craftily delivered in a slightly different ways?  Attacked by the very same guys?  Almost twice a week for the past many months?  One wonders if the candidates wait behind the curtain after a hard day of campaigning, and feel like they are once again…entering DEBATE HELL?

Only the names of the interviewers ( and we use that term loosely) and the places change.  The feigned drama is all the same.

Hi Diane

Enough already with the bells.  The buzzers.  The anchor women peeking out from under their false eyelashes.  Wouldn’t it be nice if we could have Barbara Walters back?  (hmmmmm)  Or Tom Brokaw?

Or Dan Rather?  Or even better how about Mike Wallace?  All of these people knewwhat a FOLLOW-UP question was. These media debates are so structured, and interwoven with Facebook, Skype, and Politico promotions, that there’s no time left to hold candidates accountable for their answers!

Well...At One Time He Was A Real Journalist......

What IS fun is watching these 30-something anchor-journalists listen to Mitt Romney tutor them in Macro-Economics!  Or Ron Paul explain why we needn’t stand by our allies, or pay ANY taxes!  Or watching Rick Santorum strike up a fight with Mitt Romney to get more camera time.

Even so, we’ve seen these debates so many times now that we’re starting to recognize Newt’s suits!  There was one night when we wished that Mitt would have chosen another tie!

Perhaps we should “edit” some of the too-frequent national debates out of OUR schedules, and then FOX, CNN and others will start holding fewer events, and make the ones they do have…COUNT.

       


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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Jan 18, 2012

5 Responses to “Debate Hell
January 18, 2012”

  1. Linette Kiefer, on January 18th, 2012 at 2:21 pm Said:

    Not Barbara Walters!  She would ask something like  “what would you like to be remembered as a tree, or ……..”.
     

  2. Sonja Eddings Brown, on January 18th, 2012 at 2:22 pm Said:

    Wouldn’t you like to know what kind of tree Newt Gingrich wants to be? S

  3. james Facciuto, on January 18th, 2012 at 2:33 pm Said:

    Diane….you sound like an old, wrinkled up , jealous x-broadcaster……you’re day has passed…..you, “The bubble headed bleach blonde that comes on at five…tells you ’bout a plane crash with a gleam in her eye” want to unearth Barbara WAWA??…..yeah sure……get her speech therapy first….and a completely disgraced, completely washed out and disingenuous Dan Rather??………talk about being out of touch………what are you smokin??….send me some!!……you’re funny as hell……..

  4. J. Ervin, on January 18th, 2012 at 3:05 pm Said:

    I agree with the author of the article where “follow up question” is concerned.  I find the commentators ask the same question.  Let’s ask Santorium what he would do about the border and Romney what he would do about foreign affairs.

    None of the above mentioned commentators.  They had their chance.  There are yesterday’s news. 

  5. james Facciuto, on January 19th, 2012 at 1:28 pm Said:

    DIANE…..I HAVE TO GIVE YOU YOUR “CHOPS”…..YOU PUT UP EVERY WORD I WROTE IN MY COMMENT……TO BE HONEST….YOU MAY “SOUND THAT WAY”…..BUT YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL LADY….WITH A LOT OF CLASS……I DON’T AGREE WITH YOU ON THE ARTICLE…..EVERYONE HAS TO LEARN….AND YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE 30 SOMETHINGS ONE DAY AS WELL….AND YOU TURNED INTO ONE OF THE BEST …..YOU SURPRISED ME WITH YOUR CUTTING COMMENTS ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN……..AND THE MORE DEBATES, THE BETTER IN MY OPINION… POLITICIANS HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGET THEIR PREVIOUS ANSWERS TO THE SAME QUESTIONS…..SO THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN FROM THE SAME QUESTIONS SOMETIMES……..BY THE WAY…..ARE YOU AN EAGLES FAN??…..JUST JOKIN’