Monday, October 1, 2012
When Voters Ignore Debates to Decide
- To debate or not to debate, that was the question. But deal or no deal, Wednesday’s so-called debate was still on.
- But first, let’s get one thing straight: What you’ll see on October 3 in Denver will not be a “debate.” At best, the media circus put on by the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates will be a Joint Press Conference with a Biased Liberal Moderator like former PBS Commentator Jim Lehrer.
- Hurley the Historian says no wonder Lincoln, Douglas, Kennedy, and Nixon will all be spinning in their graves. And that’s why our Quote for Today Committee chose Roman poet Juvenal’s: “Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.”
- According to Wikipedia, “Bread and circuses” (or Bread and games) (from Latin: panem et circenses) is an ancient Roman metaphor for people choosing food and fun over freedom. It often appears in commentary that accuses people of giving up their civic duty and following whichever political leader offers to satisfy their decadent desires.
- Romney and Obama won’t be under oath. Neither will their spokesmen and spinners, so there’s no danger of anybody being prosecuted for perjury. Or else, the entire Obama Administration would be in the slammer this morning for all those lies they’ve told, covering up for all those lies they told about the emerging scandal of Team Obama’s lies about the attacks at the Benghazi consulate that killed four Americans, including the reportedly gay Ambassador. The best part was when Obama Spokes Dweeb Jay Cardboard said, “We didn’t lie about Libya. We just said things that weren’t true.”
- You’re about to see a lot of hoopla and hype. You’ll see pre-debate spinning to raise and lower expectations and post-debate spinning for campaigns and supporters to tell you that despite of what you may have seen with your own eyes, their candidate won.
- There will be focus groups of supporters who’ll claim they’re “still undecided” so they can get on TV. At the media circus, pundits will be the clowns.
- Then you’ll see media polls to tell you who won, and so-called expert analysis by Partisans in the Press telling you why their candidates triumphed. The Obama Campaign has assigned Gaffe-Master Joe Biden to lead Obama’s Post-Debate Spin Session. What could possibly go wrong with that?
- Unfortunately, when all of this is long forgotten, The Whistleblower will still be around to tell you who the real losers were— the American people.
- Political insiders at yesterday’s meeting of the Conservative Agenda asked Charles Foster Kane why he thought journalism in America was dead, and our Beloved Whistleblower Publisher said it was because Liberal reporters kept getting away with presenting their opinions as facts.
- Only yesterday The Blower reported how after PMSNBC and News Harpy Andrea Mitchell got caught in June selectively editing a video of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to make him look like an out of touch moron, Thursday, Morning Joe aired a video that has aroused similar suspicion.No wonder the distrust of the media keeps growing. Trust has become disgust. And that’s hardly news to anyone, except to the clueless editors and publishers of the big newspapers and television network executives, who keep seeing their audiences shrinking and wondering why.
- There was no new Saturday Night Live last weekend, but “SNL” did offer a prime-time special last Thursday that ridiculed Obama on the Economy. We hope Romney can do that well at the Denver Debate.
- Yesterday Kane also explained that after all the hype and hoopla, these Joint Press Conferences with Partisan Panelists will be just like the last month’s political conventions, because after they’re over, Republicans will still be for Romney and DemocRATS will still be for Obama, and the only thing that will matter during the next “35” days until the November Elections will be if those dumbed-down, self-absorbed, media-influenced, celebrity-obsessed, politically-correct, uninformed undecided voters can ever make up their minds.
- And if you think Wednesday Night’s Joint Press Conference with Biased Former PBS Commentator Jim Lehrer will be total waste of time, you’re probably right, since Whistleblower Pollster Ron Rasmussen says recent history shows debates having only a modest impact on the outcomes of Presidential Elections.
Top Ten List
Today It’s the Top Ten Reasons Those Televised Presidential Debates Don’t Mean Crap
10. They’re not really debates: They’re joint press appearances. Candidates don’t even have to answer the questions. No wonder Lincoln and Douglas keep turning in their graves.
9. Candidates don’t even have to tell the truth: Just like in their campaign ads. This week we’re still trying to count up all of Obama’s lies.
8. You’ll never know when somebody’s giving you the wrong answer: They should use a buzzer, like on a quiz show.
7. There’s no follow-up: Imagine a trial where the defendant gets to say “I’m innocent,” and there’s no cross-examination.
6. Nobody’s really watching: With all that media hype, audiences should be even bigger than for the Super Bowl.
5. Those who are watching already have their minds made up: Folks seem surprised when debates don’t seem to change many minds.
4. Guys asking the questions aren’t really objective: TV commentators are being paid by the same big corporations that give all that money to presidential candidates.
3. There’s no way to determine the real winner: Americans love the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. They need to see gold medal ceremonies or a victory celebration at the end of the game. Imagine after the World Series if they had to take polls and get spin doctors, paid pundits, and representatives of both teams to tell you which team won.
2. What in hell is an “undecided” voter anyway: Where do they find those morons? Are they ignorant, apathetic, or both?
…and the Number One Reason televised presidential debates don’t mean crap is…No Urine Tests!
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