Debate Nonsense

As I mentioned on October 4, the millions of voters who haven't yet been able to make up their minds who to vote for president and have been waiting for the debates to make their decision are a little scary to me.  After all, every four years I have to place my hopes (often dashed) on these dunderheads to somehow get swayed by some irrelevant side issue and vote for MY candidate.  This year is certainly a classic example of this, with the debate results accounting for ridiculous swings in the public opinion polls.  Romney supposedly won the first debate and Obama the second, while for the Veep post Biden is reported to have laughed Ryan off the stage.  Of course, it all depends on your point of view.  The winner, if he was your candidate, was confident, assertive and humorous.  But if he was the "bad" guy, then he was offensive and lied through his teeth.

The point I'd like to make is that these debates are so contrived and manipulated that it is impossible to gain any measure of the candidates' worth through them.  But with all of the information and exposure for the past several years in the media about Romney and Obama, anyone with half a brain could have figured out by now who they wanted to lead them and the country.  Instead, we're being treated to what amounts to an American Idol/Dance With the Stars-caliber entertainment spectacle, where the audience (through the polls) determines winner and loser.   Oh joy, we still have another debate to go...