The Presidential Debates Are Nothing But Scripted Beauty Contests, page 6


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reply posted on 23-10-2012 @ 09:34 AM by GD21D
reply to post by Vitruvian

I'll take that as you have nothing of significance to add, and intentional avoidance of a direct question I had asked. Good job.

By the way, please don't use my signature to prop up your own delusional argument when you clearly have no idea of its origins and/or its context.



reply posted on 23-10-2012 @ 03:07 PM by karen61057
reply to post by EarthCitizen07



And who would know better. Dont you have anything else to do besides bother me? Go on home and tell your mother she wants you.



reply posted on 28-10-2012 @ 11:44 AM by Maxmars
reply to post by EllaMarina



Actually not one of the "duopoly debates" actually informed the electorate in any way.

It is a pageant of rehearsed charisma and memorized celebrity wit.

You missed nothing in the third debate.



However, we should remember that the purpose of the debate is not aligned with the actual act of debating. These debates are produced to impress the convinced... not persuade the unconvinced.

The media talking heads which follow the so-called "debates" are more important to the commerce of it than the the debates themselves.

RT's small investment into irritating the duopoly may have interesting ramifications in the future,,,,, if the media has anything to say about it.... (assuming they can make money out of the reaction.)


reply posted on 28-10-2012 @ 02:11 PM by EllaMarina
reply to post by Maxmars



Impressing the convinced...
It's better than risking turning them off completely, I guess. Still, there's signs that the convinced voters' opinions kept changing based on how well each candidate did. Risky business, heh.


reply posted on 28-10-2012 @ 05:09 PM by searchdestroy
I came across this really strange story on reddit about Romney winning the election and getting inducted into the Illuminati by Obama himself. Not sure what to think: www.wireisalive.com...

I'm definitely voting third-party this year. I had almost been frightened into voting for Obama, but I decided after watching the pitiful debates this year that none of the issues important to me were being addressed. Not that it will have a huge impact, but voting third-party is the only way I have of delivering a message that I'm unsatisfied with the direction of the Democratic party.

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