Posted by
Weekly Frog on Thursday, May 10, 2007 4:48:30 PM
Debates hosted by MSNBC. Well, anything involving MSNBC really. Poor Tucker Carlson. Destined to mediocrity thanks to a third rate public access-esque network. Joe Scarborough? He whines to much to be heard or seen by anymore than 9 persons sentenced to house arrest.
There has been some "outrage" on the right regarding Chris Mathews attempts to marginalize the candidates. The Irony here is that the Candidates were marginalized. just not by Mathews. More people watched FOX news talk about the debate than those who actually watched it. So any attempt by Mathews to sabotage the debate was all in vain.
The questions Mathews asked led me to believe I had suddenly entered the realm where cartoon characters live. Out of left field come this gem "Would you hire Karl Rove?". Now this is the first GOP debate 18 months before the election and Mathews expects them all to have their cabinets picked out? Besides that Mathews biggest downfall in life is he thinks he is smarter than the rest of us. He's not. Although no one saw that one coming because not even Chris Mathews could get so desperate, they easily brushed it aside with the obvious "No". Not knowing when to stop he asked a question about Scooter Libby. Now last I checked none of these people had anything to do with the man.
Then the gnome from politico asked what might be the dumbest question since Joan of Arc asked "Do you have a light mate?". "What do you dislike most about America". Now what was the gnome expecting Mitt Romney to say? "Well I really hate all them Jews" Maybe Mathews was hoping he could catch Rudy in some off handed remarks about "Darkies".
I was however disappointed when Mathews refrained from asking each candidate their sign. He refrained from asking Ron Paul anything because he fell asleep.
Mathews goose stepping around the stage like a bleached blonde Georg Von Trapp shouting Zeit! Turned the debate into a musical version of the Nuremburg Trials. Rudy Giuliani playing the part of Martin Bormann was hammered for his poor answer to the Abortion issue. Mathews However was beating a dead horse with an even deader llama. everyone knows Rudy is pro choice. Plenty of Conservatives have already announced they will not be voting for him. Chris Mathews is attempting to reveal something everyone already knows. That's how news is done at MSNBC?
Mathews decided to avoid asking tiresome questions about the economy, moral values, immigration. The sort of questions that usually stump the Liberals. Instead he focused on important issues such as their fave on American Idol and who has the best potato recipe.
The most disturbing part of this spectacle was the post debate recap where everyone used their time to express how brilliantly Mathews moderated the debate. Joe Scarborough was in full sycophant regalia literally drooling all over himself. Maybe he wants Mathews' Hardball timeslot so he can have the extra 5 viewers for his own show.
All that was missing was Jack Cafferty asking the candidates "Ona scale of 1 to 10, how big of a loser is George Bush"
-Bert