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Originally Posted by Jayhawk  Surprisingly, I agree w/ you!
It is the "YouTubing" of our political process that really pisses me off! The national election of our next President is a very serious matter, and this craze for irrelevant and contrived YouTube questions, designed to do nothing more than "out" the conservative opinions of the Republican candidates, which really bugs me. Those stupid videos are NOT questions, they are clichés pure and simple. And the drive-by media seems to love that shit! I cannot believe that even the Kookbergers here are buying into that crap!!! |
I think it again boils down to my previous position that the >media< is neither liberal nor conservative but purely driven by ratings and profit and the YouTube phenom fits into that paradigm. Prior to YouTube we got the "boxers or briefs" question for Clinton, B. in 1992 on an MTV forum. [although some will say it was a significant question [or at least the answer was - see link]].
Imagine if you took the fluff questions out of the YouTube debate and asked questions that matter. Ask Huckabee, as an example about his belief in Biblical Inerrancy. Not as a question of his faith but his critical thinking skills. How did he derive that the eighth generation translation of oral stories are absolute and, as an example man and dinosaur lived together, something that has to be assumed if the Bible is inerrant and literal. What tangential Critical Thinking skillset was used to make that fundamental decision in his life and, as President how are we going to be sure that those same decision skills are not used when a real decision has to be made that affects everyone's life and wellbeing, not just his personal faith.
