The Debate: A Sorry Affair...

[Ben]

[Ben]

I had better things to do than watch the debate. Like fall asleep -- ha ha!
America. Home of circa 315 million people. And we have to choose between two men. Who went to the same school. Who are both multi-millionaires. Who are backed by the same big corporations.
Follow Gore Vidal's advice and don't vote...
As Professor Tom Ferguson pointed out: this was effectively a debate between two wings of a corporate boardroom.

[Ben]

How Do You Take Your Poison?

by: Chris Hedges

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/...ison_20120924/

[underdog6]

obama got his ass handed to him LOL! So much for the magic obama.

[trish]

The liar performed well, but course lying will always get you an advantage.

[robertlouis]

The liar performed well, but course lying will always get you an advantage.

There was an interesting article in The Observer in the UK a few weeks ago which examined the shift into a "post-truth" media age. Pioneered here by the likes of The Sun and The Daily Mail, but in the US it seems to have been adopted wholesale as a strategy by at least one political party. Guess which one.....

Where's George Orwell when you need him?

[flabbybody]

obama got his ass handed to him LOL! So much for the magic obama.

I watched in disbelief. I thought he was beyond terrible. The million dollar question is how it will move the poll numbers. I'm guessing the swing states will tighten up.
We'll know very soon

[Prospero]

Very depressing. Din't see the debate and right afterwards the NY Times declared it a draw - but everyone else has clearly given Romney an advantage. A very poor performance by Obama by all accounts. he needs fire in his belly or the GOP will steal this one - with godawful results afterwards.

[Prospero]

A line from Yeats occursto me re the debates

"The best lack all conviction, the worst are full of passionate intensity."

[Prospero]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/sas...ike-suc,29795/