I did get to hear the highlights on Democracy Now, today and that was
certainly more than enough. But I do wonder what percentage of the
population watched it. Since such a small percentage of people vote,
probably not all that many people actually watch the debates.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of abdulah aga
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 9:23 PM
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Hi Miriam
So you have to know them goal wasn't to all audience
that why debates is jus for people who pay cable TV or satellite,
because they know how many people is poor and can't pay it and they know if
all people see how they play with people life then many wouldn't watt.
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Vieni
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:00 PM
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They never debate and the rules are always set by the two national parties.
But years ago, the debates were run by the League of Women Voters and the
debates, or whatever name you want to give them, were more open and the
rules were fairer. I would like to see them being run by a neutral party and
I would like to see spontaneous questions from an audience that hasn't been
hand picked, be permitted. And I'd like them to be Broadcast on PBS and NPR
so that people who don't have the money to pay for cable TV packages, would
have access to them. Also, advertising would be banned so perhaps they'd be
less of a performance and more informative.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran
Bailey (Redacted sender "rogerbailey81" for DMARC)
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 2:30 PM
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I sat through the whole thing, but, indeed, it was not really worth it
except for the entertainment value. What it is not - and this is the same
for every presidential debate I have ever seen is a debate. If any of these
people were on a debate team they would be expelled from it. I did like one
point that Jim Wells made. There was something about the rules such that if
another candidate's name was mentioned that candidate got to respond. Wells
said that since no one was mentioning him he was not getting to say much.
Indeed, it was mostly an exchange between Hillary and Bernie. In a broader
sense that is exactly what all of them do to candidates who are not
Republicrats. Just ignore them and no one ever hears them.
On 10/14/2015 8:59 AM, Charles Krugman (Redacted sender ckrugman for
DMARC) wrote:
Carl, I don't think you missed much by not listening. How anyone can
get excited about this method of Presidential debates is beyond me.
doesn't matter whether its Republican or Democratic candidates. I
heard part of it while I was at a meeting and was underwhelmed by the
whole process. These debates are just orchestrated media shows.
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 6:22 PM
To: blind-democracy
Subject: [blind-democracy] Babble
Well, I tried. So maybe there is a God, and He/She was doing His/Her
best to protect my ears and sanity from CNN. I sat patiently through
the first rush of excitement, and listening to Sheryl Crow do a ho hum
rendition of the National Anthem, and two very long commercial breaks
that were called, "Short". Then my phone began ringing. By then
Bernie began to introduce himself, my mother-in-law was frantically
wondering where her eldest daughter was. She was supposed to be at
the apartment. She'd left a note saying "Tuesday at 4:00 PM." I
said, "I'm not my sister-in-law's keeper. I'm trying to listen to
Bernie Sanders". "Who?" she asked.
"Bernie Sanders. He's supposedly debating the other Democratic
candidates."
"What do you waste time listening to that noise for?"
"it looks like I'm not listening."
Turned out the note was from last Tuesday. And I'm out of the notion
for listening to the hype.
Carl Jarvis
