During the GE, there will be 3 presidential debates and one VP debate. They will be scripted, they will have some self-serving hack like Tim Meet-the-Press as moderator, and the whole thing will turn on some crappy little mistake that someone will make.
I have a better idea, a much better idea.
Poker.
Barack Obama should challenge McCain to a little game of 5-card stud, or Texas hold-em. Except Barack should call it the “Illinois prairie game”, a variant of texas hold-em where it’s 2 down, 4 up, and the last card down (best 5 card hand, nothing wild).
After all, the real world of diplomacy is like poker. You have some control, a lot rides on what gets dealt, and half the people are drunk.
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Why, back in my day…
Presidential debates were moderated by a serious group of people called “The League of Women Voters” and sometimes they were on television, with NO talking heads.
Today, it’s all showbiz. A poker game is a great idea, though my preference would be for an ‘Amazing Race’ approach. Let each candidate and a partner travel the country with a cameraman. Ratings could decide which party’s version of the show wins.
How about we just drop them on an island with a fanny pack and who ever comes out at the end of week is the new president?
I like that idea…and then we need to drop the old administration in the middle of Baghdad with the same backpacks, and whoever gets out alive wins a trial for car crimes.