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anacrusis (original author) -- let's meme this to hell & back and see if the blogosphere makes it happen.
Comedy Central. Your time is now.
We have no debates. Our debates are a sham. What's more, we have no prospect of their being a presidential debate at any point during this (and probably future) elections.
So here's what you need to do. Find a smart, eloquent, possibly slightly hip, guy from each party who supports their candidate and can say why that is. Put em in a room with John Stewart MCing, with a panel of real journalists, the kind who won't be allowed to ask question in the debate. Throw hardballs. Let em call each other names. End it in a steel cage match for all i care.
But make it a publicized, meaningful debate, where people are smart enough to say "no, that's bullshit, how about a real answer?" right there on TV.
It'd probably be a rating flop, but I hold out a tiny sliver of hope. It's something I'd watch.
And What scares me most is that I can trust no other network but Comedy Central to do such a thing.
If you agree with this, put it in your journal. Or your webpage. Or...wherever.
anacrusis (original author) -- let's meme this to hell & back and see if the blogosphere makes it happen.Comedy Central. Your time is now.
We have no debates. Our debates are a sham. What's more, we have no prospect of their being a presidential debate at any point during this (and probably future) elections.
So here's what you need to do. Find a smart, eloquent, possibly slightly hip, guy from each party who supports their candidate and can say why that is. Put em in a room with John Stewart MCing, with a panel of real journalists, the kind who won't be allowed to ask question in the debate. Throw hardballs. Let em call each other names. End it in a steel cage match for all i care.
But make it a publicized, meaningful debate, where people are smart enough to say "no, that's bullshit, how about a real answer?" right there on TV.
It'd probably be a rating flop, but I hold out a tiny sliver of hope. It's something I'd watch.
And What scares me most is that I can trust no other network but Comedy Central to do such a thing.
If you agree with this, put it in your journal. Or your webpage. Or...wherever.
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Date: 2004-09-29 03:43 pm (UTC)Though it's not quite factually correct, either. We are having debates, unless they've been cancelled in the last few minutes.
Only in name
Date: 2004-09-29 03:45 pm (UTC)