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OK, I'll grant you Nixon-JFK.

Michael Wolraich — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 03:16:41 +0000

In reply to That's what I get for talking

OK, I'll grant you Nixon-JFK...

Small price to pay for such a

Oxy Mora — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:41:14 +0000

In reply to That's what I get for talking

Small price to pay for such a good blog. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

I just don't think we've seen a string of debates this bad in our history. Hopefully the CNBC whining will turn out to be the low point.

That's what I get for talking

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:31:33 +0000

In reply to Do you think there was ever a

That's what I get for talking out my ass on stuff I know nothing about - I cede the turn of the 20th century to you. As for debates, I think Nixon-JFK was real. Maybe it was all rigged and Watered down by Ronnie's 1980s emergence, but certainly not as freak show as today. Or maybe I should say "Fricken Show" in your honor. Fricken A, a proud moment.

Thank fricken you, Mr. Day

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:53:39 +0000

In reply to You know, I think I saw that

Thank fricken you, Mr. Day

You know, I think I saw that

Richard Day — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:40:22 +0000

In reply to Do you think there was ever a

You know, I think I saw that film:BIBLE BANGER.

Devon Lee starred if I recall correctly.

Anyway I attempted to do this before

HAPPY FRICKEN BIRTHDAY

Do you think there was ever a

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:29:00 +0000

In reply to Checks & no Balances

Do you think there was ever a golden era of presidential debates? Not many people got to see those legendary Lincoln-Douglass debates (which weren't even presidential). It seems to me that presidential debates have ranged from pathetic to not-very-good ever since they reached the masses via television. I could be wrong, but in the 1980s, I recall that the candidates insisted on vetting the questions and that Reagan basically ignored any question that he didn't want to answer.

And for the record, William Jennings Bryan was famously opposed to the gold standard; his "Cross of Gold" speech is one of the most famous addresses in American history. He was the country's first progressive presidential candidate from a major party, and though he lost three times, he succeeded in permanently sidelining the corrupt, Wall-Street-beholden bosses who dominated the party. Without Bryan, there would have been no Woodrow Wilson and no FDR, at least not in the Democratic Party.

PS Yeah, he was a Bible-banger, but so were many progressive reformers of the era. Scopes was an embarrassment that sadly tarnished his memory.

You have me thinking for sure

Richard Day — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:26:02 +0000

In reply to Checks & no Balances

You have me thinking for sure.

The liberals read mostly liberal blogs and sites and newspapers.

Conservatives mostly listen to right wing radio. because they cannot read. hahahahahah

I think about these things. But you put this all rather succinctly.

Most sites seem to be sayin:

Don't come around here no more (if you do not agree vwith us)