The Democratic candidates met tonight for their 21st televised debate. Think about that for a moment. 21 debates. In the primaries. Some of them were so utterly futile they amounted to children bickering over the last slice of pizza at the kiddy table.
Some time ago, during the Wisconsin primary I believe, Obama said he was going to cut back on the number of debates he participates in and focus on campaigning. He course came under immediate fire from Clinton, who painted him as someone who’s afraid of a debate, or doesn’t want to face the issues.
Well he was damn right. After 20 debates what more were the two candidates going to cover? The answer is nothing. They rehashed the media circuses over the past few weeks regarding Obama’s bitterness remarks and Hillary’s active imagination. They discussed people Obama knows and how Bill pardoned some those same people’s colleagues. And they of course discussed issues that have been covered again, and again and again.
The entire show was a waste of time and was clearly treated as such by the candidates, moderatores and audience, who naturally showed their disdain by heckling the moderators at the conclusion. I would have too. Nothing was learned, no revelations were made and republicans were able to sit back and laugh at the petty squabbling of the Democratic Party. Huzzah!
