Bloomberg: Televised Debates a Waste of Time

[ethics]

And I agree with him 100% here (http://www.nysun.com/article/56809).

"They have absolutely nothing to do with the job and the qualifications. And they don't tell you anything about whether or not any of those candidates would be good or bad presidents. What they really say is, did they memorize their notes of ‘What to say if …' and whether their staff was able to anticipate," the mayor said. "If you look at both debates, they pandered, what I would argue, the same ways."

I don't, however, agree with the last part of the article. Kudos to NYSun though!

[Steve]

Thank goodness someone finally has the balls to call it like it is. The debates have been useless ever since control of them was wrested from the League of Women Voters.

[ethics]

Another great statement (http://www.nysun.com/article/56994?page_no=2):

"When they (candidates) say they're in favor of motherhood and apple pie, how are they going to make motherhood and apple pie available to everybody and how are they going to pay for it?"