I'm not sure why I'm watching the debate tonight. Masochism, maybe. Or because I need a good laugh. I mean, I don't actually agree with any of these guys on almost anything that matters to me, so it's not like any of them are going to get my vote. But here I am and there they are and what they're showing me is just so... weird. Observe:
1. The questioneers are skewing very young. Is that because questions were submitted via YouTube and older people can't use the interweb or because the producers decided to show more young people?
2. These YouTube videos are pretty funny, though. An Uncle Sam cartoon, a guy eating corn, a guy cocking a shotgun... But... this is what now passes for debate in this country? Sad.
2. Anderson Cooper has no control at all over these guys. He's being a total wuss.
3. Number of times Ronald Reagan Invoked: 6. For two hours, I'm honestly a little disappointed.
4. Tancredo says immigration makes it more difficult for us to understand other people. How does that make any sense at all?
5. Why the hell do they keep cutting to a shot of Chuck Norris?
6. The Coors Brewing Company is one of the sponsors of this debate.
7. They all seem convinced that they'll be running to beat Hilary Clinton. I know she's polling ahead right now, but... yeesh.
8. Everyone's solution to repairing America's rep in the Middle East seems to involve killing lots of people. I'm not buying it.
9. Is Gulliani taking credit for the Yankees winning 4 pennants?
The debate ended worse than it began. It just stopped being funny an hour or so in. It got sort of... serious. Without, you know, actually addressing any issue in depth or head on.
Here's hoping the Democrats will keep me more entertained the next time they get together.