The Democratic Debate: A Freak Show

CNN did a terrible job, microphones weren't working and they split the debate into two segments which interrupted the flow. The questions were softball in the extreme and the entire "debate" was overly controlled, rehearsed, inauthentic, and lacked anywhere near the interesting confrontations that occurred in the second Republican debate. It was more like a coordinated infomercial in which candidates "competed" on the question of who was farther to the left on the Iraq war and every other subject. The only honest moments came when space alien Dennis Kucinich looked at the other candidates and accurately challenged them on their hypocrisy: "you say you want to end the war? You could end the war tomorrow by simply de-funding the war, but you won't do it." Naturally, the top-tier candidates had no answers for that and simply ignored it. The entire "debate" was an exercise in putting as many words into the smallest thought possible.

The ghost of DNC Chairman Howard Dean loomed heavy.

Hillary showed up as the best Bill she could be.

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