On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > As you say, dude is batshit crazy, and it is not clear how politically > meaningful his personal candidacy is right now. But that is not the news > here. He has about 7-8% of the delegates at the convention. If even 3% of > politically active Republicans decided to sit on their hands this fall and > not vote for Romney, that could be a difference-maker. If they doubled > themselves, and then took 15% of the Republican party out early next year to > join the Libertarian party, perhaps making common cause with 10-15% of > disaffected Democrats and a similar chunk of registered Independents, you > might have something > I don't think any of that is actually going to happen (except maybe a > non-zero percentage of Paul-Republicans sitting out this election). But it > is news. News too was the incident when two Republican delegates threw nuts > at an African-American cameraperson for CNN and yelled "this is how we treat > animals". The two dlelegates were thrown out, and their behavior condemned > by Convention authorities.
Even if I agreed with all of the what ifs, attempting to predict the future isn't news, and none of the above directly relates to the items on the agenda at the convention. Of course things might happen during the convention that are newsworthy, just as they'd happen absent the convention. It frankly isn't newsworthy that there are racist delegates. My guess is there are also people there who like guns and don't want their taxes raised, too. I recall you stated earlier that you felt the conventions and the debates are important because they highlight the differences between the parties. But the differences don't matter. Setting aside why others may or may not choose to watch them, my reason is simple: Neither candidate will lift a finger to help me or anyone I know. If Obama is reelected, I will be unemployed, in debt, have no health care, pay too much for gas and food, and be generally f*cked. If Romney is elected, I will be unemployed, in debt, have no health care, pay too much for gas and food, and be generally f*cked. I don't need a convention or a debate or live streaming coverage to tell me what I already know. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
