October 14, 2004
Softball
we please get different moderators for next election's debates? While it's nice to hear the candidates talk about their wives, I would much rather have heard about the issues. And there were a lot of issues missing from the final debate. Stem cell research. The environment. Civil rights. Education, for crying out loud. And then there was this gem of post-debate spin from Candy Crowley, a reporter for CNN.
"The debate was a wonkfest. I don't think most people understood the first hour."
Way to dis your audience, Candy. I'll be dag-nabbed if I could make heads or tails of the whole thing myself. Thank heavens us stupid plebes have you on the TV to tell us what's what.
Fucking arrogant corporate media.
Here's another story about a cortical implant that enables a man with quadriplegia to write e-mail and operate a television simply by thinking about it. This kind of article seems to be popping up with increasing frequency. Just a reminder that I remain available for medical experimentation in regards to brain implants. Especially if I can use it to program my TiVo.
Posted by wintermute2_0 at October 14, 2004 10:12 PM
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Sad thing about that Candy Crowley comment, is that it reassures people who actually didn't quite understand what was being discussed in the first hour that it's perfectly okay, and there's nothing wrong with you for not comprehending those difficult issues. I know if I were left puzzled or feeling somewhat out of the loop based on what I'd heard in the debate, I'd be interested in trying to figure out where my knowledge was deficient, and hopefully educate myself on important issues that I'm currently insufficiently versed. Thanks to CNN's political coorespondent, I have no reason to do that, because hey, there's no shame in not understanding what's going on. Nobody else understood! I'm not deficient, I'm perfectly fine as ignorant as I am now, and there's no need to better myself.
Considering how many people felt that Saddam had something to do with 9/11, indeed, how many people felt that he was behind it, this is pretty shameful.
Posted by: Charles at October 14, 2004 10:57 PM