09-19-2015, 10:26 AM
(09-18-2015, 04:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Primary debates are usually a circus because most of the people on the stage are on the same side on most of the issues. So they try to attack based on personality or other areas that have very little to do with policy.
General election debates are still full of soundbites and appeals to emotion, but at least the candidates are arguing two different sides on issues.
But it is getting worse. Now some candidates are actually saying that knowledge of an issue does not even matter. They claim that a president should be elected based on his personality then he can just surround himself with "smart people" to handle the details. That is flat out scary.
I think it's funny and extremely hypocritical that you would say that seeing as how that is EXACTLY what Obama did.
