…possibly the most wretchedly contrived Carry On line there ever was.
So in yon US they’re arguing over, like, what the craic is and who should be leading the world’s only superpower. The aim being to give the voting public their only real view of whether their future president actually has any clue what he’s talking about.
However, rather than a representative, one-on-one discussion, the ‘debates’ are bound by strict rules. Rules agreed by both parties. Kind of like Prime Minister’s Questions but for trembling gaylords.
This approach is designed to keep things predictable, to neuter conflict and to prevent embarrassment for either party.
We can’t have that, you see. This is the country where, proudly, anyone can be president.
Even fucking morons.
1. check out the top 10 little-known facts of the debates.
2. neither candidate can address the other directly. Err, ‘debate’?
3. the TV networks may not broadcast images of either candidate while they are NOT speaking, i.e. no reaction shots. Thank Allah, nearly all networks blatantly flouted this one.
4. the Republicans insisted on using a green-amber-red lighting system to inform the public when a candidate went over his time limit. The idea here was to try and humiliate word-spewing Kerry, who alas spoke efficiently and never broke the time given.
5. the podiums presented the candidates as equal height, rather than with JK towering over Bush.
6. likewise, the Republicans insisted the vice-president debate took place seated at a table – to prevent lawyer Edwards from striding about and doing an Ally McBeal. But without microskirts and CGI babies.
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