tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post7679856963968156385..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-35496613295412222812012-10-13T19:52:44.686-04:002012-10-13T19:52:44.686-04:00The "Dean Scream" was ginned up nonsense...The "Dean Scream" was ginned up nonsense from the same jingoist corporate media that fired Phil Donahue & Bill Maher for being insufficiently patriotic in wartime. They could not abide a viable anti-war message sneaking into the noosphere. They were angling for a sensible house-broken liberal who would not skew the debate outside acceptable bounds. <br /><br />Joe Biden's debate performance is a wholly different animal. He is fulfilling the traditional role of a Vice President to say all those things to the base in terms that the President can not. Think Spiro Agnew, Dick Cheney or even Dan Quayle. It seems more unusual in a Democratic president because we recall LBJ & Clinton whose fantastic egos could not tolerate a dynamic VP and chose neutered mousy twerps Humphrey & Gore (competent men but hardly firebrands). But while Jimmy Carter was pursuing his pro-Military & pro-Business DLC prototype agenda, Walter Mondale was a sop to the pantywaist Liberal/McGovernik wing of the party... which is why he was such a disastrous candidate in '84. He was like the Left's Santorum, a purist who could only appeal to the base. So Joe Biden is doing exactly what he should. He can rally the rank & file while Obama looks all centrist & presidential.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217638196880190435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-25658041336476313362012-10-13T17:21:33.958-04:002012-10-13T17:21:33.958-04:00I agree, Victor, and I think the whole institution...I agree, Victor, and I think the whole institution of Prez/VP debates is of no benefit to anyone except the MSM and vapid entertainment-seekers. I'd abolish them, given the power. If we had a parliamentary system like the UK's, where debating skills can indeed be a crucial part of one's qualifications to become and perform as PM, it might make some sense. But in our system, I can't for the life of me see how being a good debater has f**k-all to do with one's qualifications for the presidency, or ability to do the job. It ain't nothing but show-biz - hell, it's not even done in a true debate framework. <br /><br />And the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the great progenitor of this bogus tradition? Well, Douglas won that election.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-72651748423137234722012-10-13T13:47:43.272-04:002012-10-13T13:47:43.272-04:00Angry Conservatives like Chris Christie are ok.
A...Angry Conservatives like Chris Christie are ok.<br /><br />Angry nutjob Conservatives like Allen West are ok.<br /><br />A Conservative guy running for President can be aggressive, talk over his opponent and the moderator, smile inappropriately, smirk, glare, glower, point his fingers, demand more time, monopolize the speaking time, are also ok, too, since that is what Mitt did last week in the debate with President Obama.<br /><br />But let a Liberal raise his/her voice above a whisper, and they're a shrieking maniac - possibly homocidal, so you'd better watch out.<br /><br />Never mind the lawyers - first, kill all the pundits.<br /><br />I'm am heartily sick and tired of the MSM in this country - they're what's killing this country.<br /><br />If they were truly "fair and balanced," we'd live in a much different nation.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37183443257993830642012-10-13T13:02:14.536-04:002012-10-13T13:02:14.536-04:00(Updated diary)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/201...(Updated diary)<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/13/1144110/-Joe-Biden-v-Chris-Christie-The-Double-Standard-in-ActionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274362313057502371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-23893236945185582892012-10-13T12:39:56.236-04:002012-10-13T12:39:56.236-04:00Your post inspired this diary at Kos, in which you...Your post inspired this diary at Kos, in which yours is linked linked. It compares media treatment of Joe Biden and Chris Christie:<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/13/1144110/-Joe-Biden-v-Chris-Christie-The-Double-Standard-in-ActionAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274362313057502371noreply@blogger.com