New Rules As Bad as Old Ones
Presidential Debates are on their way to network Television. Broadcasters though are insisting they will not follow restrictions on their editorial choice of camera shots, as they should.
Indeed, presidential debates are absolute bullshit. From the day Kerry was the presumptive presidential nominee, both sides were formulating a plan to set debate rules that maximize their candidate. Master debaters of course want a lot debates, miserable failures want fewer.
Besides that, short candidates want to be seen sitting, bald candidates won't want their head shown. Dick Cheney for instance, unsure if he would be able to stand without looking like a hunched over troll, refused to debate Edwards standing up.
Anyway, the point is, for the last 4 months both sides have been negotiating rules for debates from everything from the color of the stage to the length and content of questions in an attempt to gain an advantage.
Bottom line is, its time federal law stated that anyone running for President would adhere to 5 debates, once a week for five weeks, with pre-determined rules, with mandatory broadcast by all the networks. Candidates who refuse to attend simply will not have their names on ballots. Simple.
Meanwhile the debates will be so rarefied nothing of substance will be said, and on top of that, the conservative media will simply call George Bush the winner and people too stupid to know anything will believe it.
Indeed, presidential debates are absolute bullshit. From the day Kerry was the presumptive presidential nominee, both sides were formulating a plan to set debate rules that maximize their candidate. Master debaters of course want a lot debates, miserable failures want fewer.
Besides that, short candidates want to be seen sitting, bald candidates won't want their head shown. Dick Cheney for instance, unsure if he would be able to stand without looking like a hunched over troll, refused to debate Edwards standing up.
Anyway, the point is, for the last 4 months both sides have been negotiating rules for debates from everything from the color of the stage to the length and content of questions in an attempt to gain an advantage.
Bottom line is, its time federal law stated that anyone running for President would adhere to 5 debates, once a week for five weeks, with pre-determined rules, with mandatory broadcast by all the networks. Candidates who refuse to attend simply will not have their names on ballots. Simple.
Meanwhile the debates will be so rarefied nothing of substance will be said, and on top of that, the conservative media will simply call George Bush the winner and people too stupid to know anything will believe it.
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