Not the presidential debates between McCain and Obama but the primary presidential debates. They should replay those debates and if they wanted to save time they could just replay the McCain and Obama soundbites.
Wouldn’t that make sense? That would make some great TV. Let’s hear what these guys were saying during the primaries. Isn’t that a good indicator of how well they make decisions and how well they understand what’s going on in our country?
I haven’t seen any clips from the primary season and I haven’t seen anyone put up clips of what these guys were saying then compared to what they are saying now. It’s as if everyone just accepts the fact that they change their stories and message after just a few months.
Also, after every debate I see these stories from the “fact checkers” that basically tell you how much of what is said in the debates by the candidates is true and which are not. Why does this have to come the day after? Why can’t we call them on their BS during the debate? It’s not hard to check those numbers and facts in a few minutes. I think we have put up with enough BS over the past 8 years and I’d like to see us demand more from an election.
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Brett // October 30, 2008 at 10:22 pm |
Yes – I’d love to see how they react to factcheckers on the spot. The problem is that so many decisions these guys have made is “contextual” (whether it is or isn’t).