That shouting over the other guy is a Fox thing. Before Fox the Sunday talking head shows were polite affairs with nobody interrupting each other and calling the other guy names. They had a lot more talk from cynical reporters, rather than the candidates themselves, and I think they were a bit more inclined to hold the candidate's feet to the fire than they are now. They didn't have that awful concoction that fills the airwaves today: political surrogates. If the candidate didn't want to appear on the show then they couldn't send somebody else to tell their lies.
I think almost from the beginning the Foxies were yelling over each other. At the beginning of their broadcasting they would invite a token liberal, but then they would shout over him because who the hell wanted to hear what he had to say. I remember subbing sometimes I would get the kids in a discussion, but soon it was just a who can holler louder. I would patiently explain, that it wasn't enough to disagree with somebody, you had to explain the reasons why you disagreed and they looked at me like I was nuts.
Eventually the Foxies forced the politer and thoughtful (except for Old George) off the air, so then the lame stream media had to invite the Foxies on their shows and they continued to yell and insult, and the liberals adopted the same tactic just to keep even, and I fear that some rather enjoyed it, because as my student kids knew, it's fun to yell. Of course no Beaglestonian would condone that sort of behavior. I imagine if we ever have our fabled seminar at Club 27, the owners won't have to send over the cocktail waitress to tell us to pipe down.
A word about the surrogates, Hilary's are at least liberals and established figures who you have heard of before, Trump surrogates are the guys they picked up in the Club 27 parking lot where they went after the owner kicked them out of the club for making a ruckus.
So Trump was just doing what the Foxies were doing and the Republican primary debates have been raucous for some time. Did you notice his sneers and sniffing on the rare occasions when he was silent and let the big girl talk?
Outside of Beagles' Occam's-Razor-hating conspiracy theories, there is no reason to think Trump is some kind of Putin plant. I don't think he was born in Kenya. There is some speculation though that he favors Trump in this election. There are those mysterious internet raids on the DNC's computer, that are widely believed to come from across the sea, though nobody really knows about that, Trump is a might makes right guy like Putin, also Trump is susceptible to flattery, and then there are his pro-
Russian views on the Ukraine,.
But nobody really knows what a Trump presidency will be like. Some think he will choose competent leaders and they will actually run things while he rants, but I think they are living in fantasy land. What will probably happen is that he will be surrounded by sycophants who will try to do things the way they think he wants them run, but then he changes his mind all the time so the county will likely lurch like a drunkard and nothing much will get done, which will probably please Beagles, but then there is that worrisome reality of the nuclear codes.
I think Beagles' talk about Hillary ruining the country is the usual hyperbole. We have had eight years of Reagan, eight years of The Worst President Ever, eight years of Slick Willie, eight years of Obama, and we're still here, and as far as I can tell none of those guys who claimed to be leaving the country if the other party's candidate got elected, ever has.
If you keep a sharp eye out you can spot Gary. Actually I think the lame stream media gives him quite a bit of attention for a guy with less than ten percent who doesn't have a snowball's chance. I think they like to have a candidate on that isn't hated so much. But then you have to ask, if the other candidates are hated so much, how come he only gets ten percent, but I think the answer to that is that if you really hate the big girl you are going to vote for somebody with a chance of beating her`and likewise for Trump.
Polls so far have most people thinking Hilary won the debate. How that figures in the race we will have to wait to see where the latest polls put the candidates. .
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