What a day it could have been. Had the football games had any good teams in them, I might have worn my TV out. Still, the touchy-feely, teeth-baring, love-in format of the back-to-back debates were enough to keep me busy until my attention ran out of steam.

Having not watched network news for some time, I had forgotten about Charlie Gibson, but he is not only a likeable talking-head, he also performed his role as moderator incredibly well. He reminds me very much of Peter Jennings who I admired very much. He runs with an air of extreme credibility that somehow doesn’t stop him from being charmingly crude or inappropriate at times to either break the tension or call BS on a candidate without seeming biased or drawing immediate ire.

On the other hand, his [...]

Watching C–SPAN…at 4AM…on MUTE…makes everyone…on stage and in the crowd…look like the worst goddamn criminals. Everyone has either just recently committed the worst crime in some darkened passage of the town hall…committed it years and years ago and now carries that baggage everywhere they go in the form of proud and pained expressions on their faces…or are only now thinking of committing a criminal act because they suspect everyone else in the audience is on the verge of the same murderous or otherwise heinous act. And I’m telling you they are…just look at them! They may never actually get to it…but it is just below the surface.

Of course, it starts off well enough…for a second. The dumb hick local politician stumbles around, learning to use the microphone for the first time…again. With the sound off, I can’t help but [...]