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Old 09-16-2016, 09:45 AM   #78
Undertoad
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Read a couple paragraphs before I remembered I don't give a shit. But that was long enough to dismiss it:

The debates are far different from the past. In 1960 they represented a great deal of the information people would get about the candidates. TV was a fresh medium, 95% of news arrived at the house in print, and most people had not seen the candidates "live" very often, if at all.

Today we have seen and heard them so much we want to puke, a year before they ever set foot on a debate stage.

In 1960 a lot of people would be moved by the debate as to whom they should vote for. Today that is unthinkable. Almost all people are highly polarized, and almost all of them have decided months ago. Most people will watch because they are interested to see how bad the candidate they don't like is.
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