I feel like I saw a very different Hillary v. Bernie debate
last night than the news media reported. All outlets, including the Times,
reported it was angry, bitter. Not the debate I saw. Yes, for sure were some
very sharp, acrimonious exchanges. But the impression I came away with had at
least as much to do with a modicum of mutual respect and points of agreement.
It's true, conflict, the more bitter the more better, makes
for bigger headlines. But for that we have Republicans, a colony swarm of them.
And it's true Hillary and Bernie managed to skirt the real
issues, like God, carpet-bombing, and keeping Muslims and Mexicans, and,
especially, Islamo-Chicanos, out. Again, for that we are lucky to have
Republicans. They cover that territory fine.
Republicans are more entertaining, in that low Jerry
Springer way.
This may change tomorrow night, when Larry David plays
Bernie Sanders on SNL. Rumor has it that Bernie will be there too. Will Bernie
say to Larry you're a better Bernie than I, why don't you run?
And there may well be Kate McKinnon doing Hillary Clinton.
McKinnon does a fine Hillary, presenting both the supposedly principled
politician and the power-hungry ghoul beneath.
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