Three Guys and a Table
By GAIL COLLINS
NYT
The last debate! Couldn’t help feeling nostalgic Wednesday night. It was a little like the last bonfire at summer camp.
So many memories. That Republican debate where people had to raise their hands if they didn’t believe in evolution. The snowman who asked the question about global warming. The time John Edwards made fun of Hillary Clinton’s jacket. Dennis Kucinich. Ron Paul. “That one.” And now, the sufferings of Joe the Plumber.
O.K., on second thought, perhaps not quite as much fun as summer camp.
For the last two years, dedicated voters have practically lived with Barack Obama and John McCain. We’ve watched three dozen debates! We’ve seen them in groups large enough to stage a small invasion, then one-on-one, then at a faux town hall, surrounded by regular people made only slightly irregular by the rule prohibiting any show of emotion. We’ve seen them debate standing behind podiums, wandering around the stage, and finally — in a dramatic change of pace — sitting around a table! On swivel chairs!
The staggering McCain campaign virtually closed down this week as everybody attempted to come up with a big debate game-changer that did not require an entirely different pair of candidates.
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NYT
The last debate! Couldn’t help feeling nostalgic Wednesday night. It was a little like the last bonfire at summer camp.
So many memories. That Republican debate where people had to raise their hands if they didn’t believe in evolution. The snowman who asked the question about global warming. The time John Edwards made fun of Hillary Clinton’s jacket. Dennis Kucinich. Ron Paul. “That one.” And now, the sufferings of Joe the Plumber.
O.K., on second thought, perhaps not quite as much fun as summer camp.
For the last two years, dedicated voters have practically lived with Barack Obama and John McCain. We’ve watched three dozen debates! We’ve seen them in groups large enough to stage a small invasion, then one-on-one, then at a faux town hall, surrounded by regular people made only slightly irregular by the rule prohibiting any show of emotion. We’ve seen them debate standing behind podiums, wandering around the stage, and finally — in a dramatic change of pace — sitting around a table! On swivel chairs!
The staggering McCain campaign virtually closed down this week as everybody attempted to come up with a big debate game-changer that did not require an entirely different pair of candidates.
(Continued here.)
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