does it really matter...like...at all?
The debate between the Vice Presidential hopefuls happens tonight, and I'm thinking....what a non-event. When it comes down to who you'll pull the proverbial lever for next month, does this thing have even an ounce of merit?
Who the Vice Presidential candidate holds absolutely no sway with the American voter. The perfect poster boy for that statement is Mr. Potatoe Head, Dan Quayle. If anyone would have sunk a campaign from the passenger seat, there was the guy. Then again, some might argue he did, but I doubt he was a factor in Bill Clinton's first victory.
Right wing radical, Bill Maher seems to think it's scary that we might have someone of Sarah Palin's experience a heartbeat away from running the country. Evidently it's less scary to have someone with even less, already in that position, who believes the answers to the important issues of the day are "above my pay grade."
In the end, isn't it true that the only people who will watch this thing already have their minds made up...and it really doesn't matter? The only people who will actually watch a Vice Presidential debate, are those passionate about one candidate or the other, and they'll watch this thing to see how much it will help or hurt their cause if their person does well, or not. They won't be swayed one way or another, but they believe others will. I give you as examples two people who occasionally read this blog. My liberal friend Jessie won't be voting Republican no matter how bright Palin might shine this evening. On the other side, Joe Biden has no hope of making an Obama convert out of Lynsey. If either of their favorites completely melts down, or says something stupid enough to be news the next day, it won't change their vote, but they'll fret over what other people may think. Just so nobody thinks I'm singling those two people out, I know I'm the same way as well. In the end, nobody's vote turns one iota based on this evening's festivities. Undecided people will still be that way, casting their vote on the person on top of the ticket, not the bottom. The only way I think I could be wrong is if Sarah Palin completely melts down and comes off like a blithering idiot, and it gets the national attention that would go along with that. If that happens, the undecided vote takes a hard left. I guess one redeeming factor is...it'll preempt CSI:Fresno.
Who the Vice Presidential candidate holds absolutely no sway with the American voter. The perfect poster boy for that statement is Mr. Potatoe Head, Dan Quayle. If anyone would have sunk a campaign from the passenger seat, there was the guy. Then again, some might argue he did, but I doubt he was a factor in Bill Clinton's first victory.
Right wing radical, Bill Maher seems to think it's scary that we might have someone of Sarah Palin's experience a heartbeat away from running the country. Evidently it's less scary to have someone with even less, already in that position, who believes the answers to the important issues of the day are "above my pay grade."
In the end, isn't it true that the only people who will watch this thing already have their minds made up...and it really doesn't matter? The only people who will actually watch a Vice Presidential debate, are those passionate about one candidate or the other, and they'll watch this thing to see how much it will help or hurt their cause if their person does well, or not. They won't be swayed one way or another, but they believe others will. I give you as examples two people who occasionally read this blog. My liberal friend Jessie won't be voting Republican no matter how bright Palin might shine this evening. On the other side, Joe Biden has no hope of making an Obama convert out of Lynsey. If either of their favorites completely melts down, or says something stupid enough to be news the next day, it won't change their vote, but they'll fret over what other people may think. Just so nobody thinks I'm singling those two people out, I know I'm the same way as well. In the end, nobody's vote turns one iota based on this evening's festivities. Undecided people will still be that way, casting their vote on the person on top of the ticket, not the bottom. The only way I think I could be wrong is if Sarah Palin completely melts down and comes off like a blithering idiot, and it gets the national attention that would go along with that. If that happens, the undecided vote takes a hard left. I guess one redeeming factor is...it'll preempt CSI:Fresno.
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