Slog - Comments on The Pre-Debate Show http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show There's a Democratic presidential candidate debate coming up in Iowa this weekend. (Yes, another one.) The Caucus has a good round-up of the pre-debate posturing. And if you want to watch the debate live—well, if you want to watch it live, then I worry about the quality of your life outside of politics. The debate runs from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. CDT on Sunday.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:30:16 -0800 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:14:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by attack of the pretensious Are they going to run the companion piece to Jen's 'The Movie' http://potw.news.yahoo.com/s/potw/23115/strokes-of-genius

]]> attack of the pretensious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785381 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785381 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:33:52 -0800 Comment by Phil M Notably, this will be the first Presidential debate this year that the public can watch live without paying or agreeing to restrictions being placed on them by cable television companies, Microsoft, or Apple.

]]> Phil M http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785382 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:34:23 -0800 Comment by christopher They need to stop doing these for several months. Give us a goddamn break. We're all worried or at least anxious about the future and campaigns are hell on our nerves. The more people lay into each other, the more we have to worry about and wring our hands (like "how will the press spin this? what'll it mean in that state? who's it gonna be? can they win?"). Unless the primaries are in 2 weeks, cool it. Y'all are freakin' me out!

]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785400 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:46:42 -0800 Comment by Karl Rove EXCELLENT!! Now the Democrats will be so annoying that by next fall NO ONE will vote for them HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! (thunder in background)

]]> Karl Rove http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785406 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:50:47 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO These endless "debates" remind me of the two week hype up to the Super Bowl. Except this is WAY WORSE. At least the Super Bowl hype means something compared to all this pinche mierda.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785426 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:09:30 -0800 Comment by poster Girl I think it's good. People are sick of 'em now but it's good sparing practice. Not many people are watching 'em and nobody is not going to vote for a D because there were too many debates.

]]> poster Girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785457 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:43:05 -0800 Comment by anthow The Super Bowl hype means ... what, exactly? When I'm watching Chris Dodd respond to a question about human-rights provisions in free-trade agreements, I don't think, "You know, compared to a featurette on the frozen food Peyton Manning chooses to wrap around his elbow, this is fucking shit." Maybe I'm wrong, but an onslaught of political discourse is not what's plaguing this country.

]]> anthow http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785460 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785460 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:45:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Watch live?

Um, 6:30 am PST?

Nope.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785485 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785485 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:56:57 -0800 Comment by Big Sven "An onslaught of political discourse is not what's plaguing this country"

Fucking fabulous.

If you don't want to watch the debates, don't watch the debates. I think people are bitching because Hills *owns* these things. They'd rather see their precious, delicate candidate in a hermetically sealed environment where they don't have to worry about getting bitchslapped by future-President Clinton.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785494 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785494 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:02:44 -0800 Comment by christopher Perhaps because I'm only mediocre at debate (unless my opponent has staked out an asinine position like defending creationism), I don't trust people who are good at it. I don't watch the debates, but I will bitch about them. Because after every one of them, I get the "spin" from 500 different sources without even trying. And it fucks with my nerves. And it makes ALL of these fuckers, especially Hillary, come off like assholes. Well, except Kucinich, but he doesn't count because he can't win. Anyhow, I know there's other people out there who feel like me. This shit is turning off voters. If it was happening closer to the primaries, less so. But 500 debated several months in advance? The first one was a good idea; after that it's all needling the fuck out of us.

]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/the_predebate_show#c785510 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:14:38 -0800