The (Not So) Great Debate

For as much as America has grown, it seems that politics have regressed to a juvenile state. Running for any public office has become less about the issues and more about slandering the opponent and their camp. This goes as far down as mayor and as high as the presidency, which is far more public and under far more scrutiny. Never has the importance of economic, foreign, gun, and domestic policies been so belittled by the efforts of each candidate to make their opponents seem ignorant, misguided, and downright evil.

Making this point most apparent was the recent presidential debate between Senators John McCain (R) and Barack Obama (D). Regardless of the question asked by the moderator, McCain would lash into Obama's policies, and at times, would even criticize the way Obama's campaign criticizes him. Is this what politics has come to? Even further than undermining the opponent, now we're undermining them for improperly undermining us? The moderator couldn't even escape this fad when he proposed several questions regarding Obama's commercials that question McCain's economic policy.

Fortunately, at times, Obama would respond by defending and elaborating on his ideas, bringing the debate back to something resembling, well, a debate. Whenever politics switched over to an elementary school shouting match needs to be stricken from time. Considering our current political situation, it is necessary for the voters to understand where these candidates will help, not how their opponents are catering to a man with the surname of his vocation.




Seriously though...what kind of society would we be living in without plumbing?