On Sat, 24 Oct 2015 12:10:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



Greg makes a great point about the "debates" though. They are not
debates. I remember one a while back ... maybe it was when Perot
was running ... when the participants were allowed to ask questions
of each other and have a give and take on whatever the issue they raised
was.


That was probably 96.
It was embarrassing for Dole and Clinton when they were not prepared
to answer questions from Perot and Browne. The next time, we only had
the 2 parties there and the questions were given in advance.

2000 was just the George and Al show. George made Al look like a moron
when he approached GWs podium like he was going to intimidate him.
GW just gave him a cursory nod and continued what he was saying.
Al just stood there a minute, looking like he was caught in his
underwear at the airport and slinked back to his spot.
No matter what else was said, that was what most people took away from
the debate. It was just reciting stump speeches anyway.

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BTW spell check keeps wanting to change Perot to Peyote