Reply #10: Okay, I tuned in to see if it was on ... (a bit of a surprise here)

[zbdent]

and, of course, the moment I tuned in, they were talking, leading up to "starting" the debate.

Came in where DeWine was talking about why ads are so negative. Then Triv asks Brown the same thing, and Brown says "Well, when there's a commercial where the WTC is on fire, an image that was changed, mind you ..." (not exact wording, but you get the idea)

and the place erupts like "Whoa, there goes the debate!" ... but they said that they would return to actually start the debate.

Curious, I stayed tuned in, until I got to where I had to go to pick up dinner.

I was a bit surprised ... DeWine, of course, being in friendly territory, was at ease. Brown got a few digs in at Triv, but it was good natured - as was the jabs from Triv to Brown.

Then the debate started.

Now, both sides can claim that the other bent the rules a bit ... but I liked the setup ... Triv asked the same questions of both ... (this was one of the few times that I could stomach listening to Triv for more than two minutes ... wow ...)

I guess that, since the questions came from the callers, and were only handed to Triv by the screeners, they were able to keep out the stupid usual listeners ... I didn't hear any questions that began with the usual "mega-ditto" type of "DeWine is great, Brown is worse than Satan" crap that the callers usually resort to ...

There were times when boths sides ran a bit over the time limit, but there were also times that they both got their points in with a bit of time to spare.

And, as promised, (from what i heard), nobody broke the rules. There were some references which could be taken as "veiled", but not enough to get bleeped (for lack of a better term).

I think that Brown managed to get the message out, if anybody was listening ... when you consider that the only time that WTAM is not pure RW propaganda is when the Indians, Cavs, or Browns are on, or on Saturday morning when Bob Becker is on ... and just his listeners are the kool-aide drinkers ... B.B. is moderate/conservative/intelligent ...

I will try to find the link to the debate ... they said that it would be on WTAM's page, but there was also a more "political" type with a web site which give ALL the candidates a chance, which was going to link the audio of the debate.

Now, to see if it really will be unadulterated ...