SO GLAD CNN trotted out the candidates like this was a fucking Talent Show!

[matcom]

:eyes:

ridiculous.

[Sal316]

1. All that was missing....

....was handlers like the Westminster dog show.

Blah.

[matcom]

2. when is the swimsuit competition?

:puke:

[DCKit]

3. Amurikin Idle nt

[matcom]

4. 100% spot on

[Virginia Dare]

11. Yep, even the cutesy full page ad in the WAPO this morning..

looked just like an A.I. plug.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. I'm surprised they're not wearing jerseys w/ numbers....

:crazy:, isn't it?

[Renew Deal]

6. And then did a pre-game.

:wtf:

[daninthemoon]

7. Yeah it was. And I guess the msm has officially removed Gravel

from the process. Did I miss something? Did he drop out? Did Dean kick him out? The audience also seemed to give Hillary the applause meter boost. Think there was a light up sign?

[Rhiannon12866]

19. How the hell can the MSM "officially remove Gravel?"

Most of the Republican candidates don't have a prayer in hell, either, but they all show up every damn time...:-(

[Joe Fields]

8. Well it damned sure isn't a debate.

[TahitiNut]

9. The corporate media is having a slave auction. It's tradition.

:puke:

[babylonsister]

10. I think the dinner last week got so much coverage they tried

to mimic it; it didn't work. :eyes:

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

12. Matcom,I've been voting for 53 years and this year-

it IS a fuckin' talent show.

[Virginia Dare]

13. That's basically what it is..

a personality contest and a talent show. Come on out and tap for us (meaning the so-called "journalists" at CNN).

[spanone]

14. American Idol Politics...Simon Blitzer

[KharmaTrain]

15. Yawn...Is It Over Yet???

Wolfie tells Hillary to attack Obama after he tells Edwards to attack Hillary after he tells Obama to attack Hillary...all we need now is a cage or is jello wrestling more appropriate?

There have been too many "debates" this year without many being real debates. I've stopped watching as I'm not interested in popularity contests or demolition derby. I far more prefer the single issue debates...one on health care, another on Iraq another on education and so on...then let ALL the candidates put it out there...and then let the real debate begin. Enough of these TV bobbleheads trying to turn the electoral system into All Star Wrestling.

[daninthemoon]

16. Wrestlemania. You got that right. I hate the sportscast style the msm

has turned this process into.

[AngryOldDem]

17. What a free-for-all

I almost turned it off when the audience got louder than the candidates.

I'm hanging in with it, but there is a reason why debates are usually structured and generally follow some ground rules.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. So you noticed that too?!

And don't the game show producers usually get in trouble when it's revealed that the outcome is fixed?:eyes: