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These "debates" have become less substantive and more of a spectacle every time they do them. Their corporate sponsorship and the requirement of a certain level of campaign moo-lah in order to buy your part of the platform makes the fundamental nature of electoral politics absolutely transparent--as much as the motives of the Democratic National Committee and the various organs of the media in sponsoring and structuring them. All the commentary building up to them aims at encouraging confrontational rhetoric and minimizing conflict over substantive questions. The whole thing is modeled on a game show and it's no secret that that's what framed the election of the present Con-artist-in-Chief. And they've gotten worse every four years. Next time, I'm expecting mud wrestling. Eight years, maybe the swimsuit competition with Trump lurking in the dressing rooms. I don't know how anyone with an ounce of respect for themselves and what they say they're running to promote can go anywhere near them. ML _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
