Well, neither did I. But maybe you heard all the press around it? Going into the debate, the discussion in the press wasn't about what the candidates' positions on important issues were--it was more sports reporting! Would Senator Obama "attack" Senator Clinton? The endless metaphors of combat and sports were simply nauseating.
But that's nothing compared to the post-debate reporting. The news organizations (I hate the term "mainstream media") all got sucked in with the political types' fascination with the tactics of the debate, and more prominently, the post-debate spin. I saw virtually no reporting on what the candidates' positions were or what proposals were offered to make the nation stronger.
No! The big story was some variation on the boys ganging up on the lone girl. The story seemed to start as an assessment of how voters would react to this "unchivalrous" dynamic. But the camp of Senator Clinton needed to make sure they took full advantage of that analysis, so they tried to turn that same story into proof that the senator is "tough enough" to play with the boys--which meant her rivals' surrogates needed to spend time complaining that the girls' team was exploiting Ms. Clinton's gender.
So, how did the national defense get discussed? Health care? Carbon emissions and global warming? The weak dollar? Credit problems in the mortgage industry? I guess they had more important things to discuss in the headlines and reports most viewers/readers would see--we can't work with real issues or nobody would watch...
CDs listened to today:
- Bernard Rands: Canti dell'Eclisse
- Seal: (eponymous, 1991)
- Jesus Guridi: Sinfonia Pirenaica
- William Schuman: Symphony No. 6
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: Shake The Sheets
- stellastarr*: (eponymous)
- Peter Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin
- Various Artists: The K & D Sessions, disk 2
- Gyorgy Ligeti: Requiem
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