I think I just posted on how the American people dislike politicing as a reason why they don’t get more involved… It doesn’t help when you have mass media fuck up the whole process and promote superficial gossip and pedestrian issues in their “debate” that have already been hashed out for months and of which have no real reflection on resolving issues for the American people.
“It took us 45 minutes before we even started talking about a single issue that matters to the American people…” – Obama spoke the next day.
ABC held the twenty-something Democratic debate in Philli with hosts George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson on a very key night as this being the last meeting from the “big” primary on Tuesday in PA and probably the last chance to debate the issues before the Democratic Nomination is cast. Of course with such an opportunity, ABC hooked up with TMZ and Fox News to present a meaningful, sought after debate on reverends, bosnia, weather ungrd, lapel pins, american patriotism, the dream ticket and would you support the other in the final race.
True, true. It wasn’t until the 16th question that the “Number one issue” was asked on the economy. Some questions that were not raised during this debate:
- How they will deal with the crumbling American infrastructure
- Scuttling NAFTA or try to fix it?
- Is China an adversary or allie?
- What’s your take on the Tibetan protests?
- If we get out of Iraq, and Al-Qaeda got back in, would the US go back?
- Is there a plan to end military forces in Afghanistan?
- Will you, as president, initiate American military action against terrorists residing in Pakistan?
- What plans do you have to reverse the trend to outsource American jobs internationally?
- What steps will you take to improve and/or promote national to local public transportation?
- What will you do for the American service men to either expand time between service calls and/or shortening service time in the field?
- Policies regarding undocumented workers
- How to fix no child left behind? Further the education of our children?
Obama raises a great point – what was that BS? The “main stream media” has announced the real loser of the debate was ABC, but I maintain that it was really the American people for ABC obviously does not respect or think to highly of the intellect of it’s viewers to only spend 39 minutes of a 2 hour debate on real topics. No wonder the crowd turned on Gibson and Stephan.
Quite possibly, this whole show was a set up from the Clinton side. Of course no one really pointed out that George Stephanopoulos was the Communications Director for Clinton’s campaign and Bill Clinton’s most senior and closest personal aide until he resigned the position in Bill’s 2nd term amid pressures of poor ethics and disheartened by Bill’s sexual encounters (and lying about them) in the white house. Conflict of interest? Well this wasn’t the first time that Stephanopoulos let his bias out – what about grilling Edwards early on in this process?
Through it all, Obama has a good attitude about all this – stay above the fray and work for a better politics of tomorrow. Brush your shoulders off:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you think Senator Obama can beat John McCain or not?
CLINTON: Yes, yes, yes….
I guess that “experience” argument is done?