October 5, 2004
Respect for the truth
I hate to contradict Ken Mehlman's desires, but I think, instead of flooding the web with assertions that a candidate won after the vice presidential debate, people who are interested in politics should flood the web with, well, their honest opinions of the issues that were discussed and the performances of the two men.
Call me crazy, but it seems there's something dishonest about deciding one's opinion before an event has happened.
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Yes, none of us want to contradict Ken's desires (jk). I agree with you, it's easy to go into a debate cheering for one candidate and come out blindly stating that that candidate won. I'd much rather talk about the issues, how much of what was said was truth versus lies, what their different styles were, etc.
At the same time, knowing that the Republicans would come out of the VP debate saying that Cheney totally won and wiped out Bush's previous loss made a lot of Democrats want to flood the online polls, and the forums with statements about their candidate winning, in the hopes of convincing the press and passers by who were undecided, etc. (and vice versa -- dems made republicans want to flood the polls).
It's all a big stupid game when it comes down to it. I'll throw up my opinion on a few polls when I truly believe my candidate won the debate -- and I haven't been faced with what to do if my candidate loses yet because I don't think they've lost a debate yet. And in the meantime, I'll hope the press does its job of checking the "facts" that were stated instead of just repeating them as facts in papers and online places.