tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post2352329665337164253..comments2024-03-28T08:18:57.280-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: winner/loserellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-86125050823968354792012-10-11T01:06:08.153-05:002012-10-11T01:06:08.153-05:00I just wrote about this SAME THING today. I don...I just wrote about this SAME THING today. I don't get the idea that someone "wins" the debate. It's a discussion, a presentation of the candidates' positions.<br /><br />I think Romney was deemed the winner because expectations for his performance were so incredibly low, and he surprised everyone by being competent.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-57033550653103590932012-10-10T10:53:47.799-05:002012-10-10T10:53:47.799-05:00Honestly... I am very tempted to unfriend a few pe...Honestly... I am very tempted to unfriend a few people on FB because ALL they ever talk about is politics. If they added variety, I'd be more interested but they don't. But I haven't actually UNFRIENDED them because I try to keep in mind that they have the right to their opinion. I just skip over their FB posts now. I also try to keep in mind that this is election year, that is what is going to happen. Its just... we get enough of that on TV! Don't need it in every other aspect of social media too. I don't like watching sports or politics, and that is all that is on TV these days and I'm sad that my escape route isn't available for the time being.Furry Bottomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126096393524594755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-73050536629248292402012-10-08T19:56:58.795-05:002012-10-08T19:56:58.795-05:00I was at a class that night, so I missed the whole...I was at a class that night, so I missed the whole thing. Which is just fine. The election can't come soon enough for me.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-78591203975936459492012-10-08T11:10:02.782-05:002012-10-08T11:10:02.782-05:00Ellen, my dear, you really are applying the wrong ...Ellen, my dear, you really are applying the wrong criteria here.<br />This is politics. The guy with the loudest voice (and the biggest guns) always wins.<br /><br />Common sense and reason have no place in politics.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-69542841636148570992012-10-08T06:49:33.620-05:002012-10-08T06:49:33.620-05:00Unfortunately, our culture is one of style over su...Unfortunately, our culture is one of style over substance. One less "friend" to worry about.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-78166964244050838762012-10-07T18:30:24.390-05:002012-10-07T18:30:24.390-05:00I agree with you and I also like what John said.
...I agree with you and I also like what John said. <br />If you lie in a debate, you're a cheater, a bully, and the loser. <br /><br />However, I am curious about what happened with Obama. Maybe he had a fight with Michelle before he went on. Who knows. Regardless, he's still the winner.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-16332278022814528132012-10-07T16:54:30.249-05:002012-10-07T16:54:30.249-05:00I just want Romney to stop wearing that old shirt ...I just want Romney to stop wearing that old shirt of George Bush's all the time! I'm surprised he put on a suit for the debate. Obviously, whoever dresses him thinks the pressed jeans and Bush shirt will make people think that Mr. Moneybags is just a regular guy. Um, no.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-62338539593774296202012-10-07T13:17:14.356-05:002012-10-07T13:17:14.356-05:00Think if all these candidates put all their $$$ to...Think if all these candidates put all their $$$ toward poverty or hunger and said if you like this vote for me.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-50583975892301854072012-10-07T12:59:51.871-05:002012-10-07T12:59:51.871-05:00I so agree with you - it's a kind of anti-inte...I so agree with you - it's a kind of anti-intellectualism too. The person who thinks is less popular than the one who does the "hail fellow well met" stuff - even if he's clearly just saying what he thinks we want to hear. <br /><br />I had a thought the other day. I didn't watch the debate because I just can't watch stuff like that. But I wonder if Obama seemed hesitant & lost sometimes because he was prepared for what Romney would say, but Romney changed his position so radically that Obama was dumbfounded. I know I was!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-86310332423317751432012-10-07T10:51:02.528-05:002012-10-07T10:51:02.528-05:00Virtual interactions are so fickle. I wouldn't...Virtual interactions are so fickle. I wouldn't say half the stuff I say on FB to someone face to face. Too bad there isn't a cone of silence we can put over those posters we don't want to listen to. Also, selective hearing (reading) comes in handy in these instances.<br /><br />I listened to Ben Stein today on Sunday Morning. Mostly I don't listen to him (I have selective hearing), but today, I liked what I heard. He talked about civil discourse. Civil discourse doesn't make for good tv. John is right...NASCAR makes for better tv.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338712273383751320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-42361133596211585842012-10-07T10:50:32.580-05:002012-10-07T10:50:32.580-05:00Good riddance!
We need to have adult conversations...Good riddance!<br />We need to have adult conversations, about serious matters, and this way of deciding, this way of pitting one person against the other in this format or any format where aggression and lies are rewarded in the end is definitely wrong.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-64101476048858425512012-10-07T10:49:26.524-05:002012-10-07T10:49:26.524-05:00i get anxious watching the debates. i detest the r...i get anxious watching the debates. i detest the rancor and constant battle. i liked your point about the winner/loser being determined at election time instead by debate.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-74302976471441724032012-10-07T10:22:10.898-05:002012-10-07T10:22:10.898-05:00Unfriended by another idiot- consider it complimen...Unfriended by another idiot- consider it complimentary. I had a night mare last night- Romney WON! Everything went to hell and the reality hit me upon waking that should that actually happen...I better make a plan. This country will not be a place to pursue happiness.<br />I am friending you twenty times!!!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-42276324457116803072012-10-07T09:51:28.941-05:002012-10-07T09:51:28.941-05:00Watching the debate evoked one feeling in me--sadn...Watching the debate evoked one feeling in me--sadness.<br /><br />I unfriended a facebook "friend" who acquired me from a hight school list and then shovelled politics. I loved the unfriend button.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-26090392823286405582012-10-07T09:23:45.434-05:002012-10-07T09:23:45.434-05:00I don't watch the debates. I don't watch b...I don't watch the debates. I don't watch becasue it ain't a debate. They aren't debates.<br /><br />Debates are constructing a logical and cogent argument from a set of facts, and deconstructing the other's arguments by either showing the facts are wrong, or the reasoning is wrong. Debates aren't trading sound bites, or posturing like roosters.<br /><br />People watch the debates for the same reason they watch NASCAR - for the car crashes.John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.com