Debating Debates
I tried watching the French language debate on TV last night, but boredom from the annoying drone of the translators and Tiny Small’s insistence on watching CSI got the better of me. That said, I am looking forward to the English language debate tonight, despite the emasculated format this time ‘round.
It has me wondering though, just why the Bloc are allowed to participate? After the complaints of the last election, when leaders were trying to yell over top of each other and nobody could be heard, I agree change is a good thing. The easiest one to me would be eliminating the candidate who is not running a national campaign, but a regional one. You can give me all the popular vote mumbo-jumbo you want, but if it were up to me you’d have to be running candidates in at least enough ridings to form a majority government. God help us if the SoCreds were ever reconstitued.
It is pathetic that the Bloc is able to interject on a number of national issues, nation building issues when its sole existence is to tear the country apart. In the interests of democracy I have no problem with them, but in the interests of who should and should not be at the debate table, well, give me the Greens. I’d rather have a party there talking about constructive solutions to problems rather than spouting off every 2 minutes that Quebec is getting the short shrift. It does nothing for the rest of the country to make up their minds, but does make it easier to hate the Bloc and their supporters.
If the participants must be who they are, would we not be better served with a number of one-on-one debates, in a round robin format over the course of the campaign? Then each person could be heard and nobody would be screaming their points. As well, I could tune out the traitorous bastard Duceppe on nights he’s debating and watch something productive like a hocke…what’s that honey? Ahem, like America’s Next Top Model. Sigh….
GL
It has me wondering though, just why the Bloc are allowed to participate? After the complaints of the last election, when leaders were trying to yell over top of each other and nobody could be heard, I agree change is a good thing. The easiest one to me would be eliminating the candidate who is not running a national campaign, but a regional one. You can give me all the popular vote mumbo-jumbo you want, but if it were up to me you’d have to be running candidates in at least enough ridings to form a majority government. God help us if the SoCreds were ever reconstitued.
It is pathetic that the Bloc is able to interject on a number of national issues, nation building issues when its sole existence is to tear the country apart. In the interests of democracy I have no problem with them, but in the interests of who should and should not be at the debate table, well, give me the Greens. I’d rather have a party there talking about constructive solutions to problems rather than spouting off every 2 minutes that Quebec is getting the short shrift. It does nothing for the rest of the country to make up their minds, but does make it easier to hate the Bloc and their supporters.
If the participants must be who they are, would we not be better served with a number of one-on-one debates, in a round robin format over the course of the campaign? Then each person could be heard and nobody would be screaming their points. As well, I could tune out the traitorous bastard Duceppe on nights he’s debating and watch something productive like a hocke…what’s that honey? Ahem, like America’s Next Top Model. Sigh….
GL
posted by Graydon Smith @ 2:51 p.m.
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