- War horse, def: "something... that has become overly familiar or hackneyed due to much repetition in the standard repertoire."
"Both pointlessly bloated, the two contests showcase a slew of options without a single one that inspires outsize passion or commands any real consensus....
Such a sprawling buffet, so many empty calories...
What we have here are two hoary institutions flailing for relevance, failing to find it and responding in ways that merely exhaust the audience*."
Hear, hear, sir!
*Speaking of exhaustion, that last debate was the TWENTIETH. And you can get your War Horse wallpaper, profile pics, icons/avatars, and email signatures over here (seriously!).