Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Appearences Trump Policy

Yesterday when I was watching the cable news morning news coverage. It was no surprise that they continued to talk about the debates and their ensuing narratives....

On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Host Joe Scarborough tried to talk about McCain's "temperament" at every possible point he could, going on to say "he looked like that angry grandfather at dinner."
It was truly absurd how many comments he made about his age.
Joe Scarborough t was about temperament.."he looked like that angry grandfather at dinner."

Pat Buchanan, co-host of Morning Joe (and GOPer who ran an unsuccessful bid for president) went on to discuss how it really came down to "atmospherics." And in the end, Buchanan said Obama came across as a much nicer guy, "like Bush was in 2000." Whew, I don't know if Obama would see that as much of a compliment being compared to Bush, although the man did win two elections.

Later discussion summed up the event as "dull" and having very few "memorable moments."

Um...policy discussion..anyone?

No comments: