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TV-debatten i Philadelphia.
De flesta amerikanska bedömare anser att gårdagens “debatt” mellan Hillary Clinton och Barack Obama är den mest pinsamma som vi sett på mycket länge.
Såhär skriver Micharel Grunwald i Time Magazine: The Dems Play Trivial Pursuit :
At a time of foreign wars, economic collapse and environmental peril, the cringe-worthy first half of the debate focused on such crucial matters as Senator Obama’s comments about rural bitterness, his former pastor, an obscure sixties radical with whom he was allegedly “friendly,” and the burning constitutional question of why he doesn’t wear an American flag pin on his lapel — with a single detour into Senator Hillary Clinton’s yarn about sniper fire in Tuzla. Apparently, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos ran out of time before they could ask Obama why he’s such a lousy bowler.
Debatten som egentligen inte alls var en debatt utan frågor från TV-företaget ABC-s reportrar och från publiken visar att den amerikanska valkampanjen nu helt håller på att spåra ut.
Den varar i nära två år och består enbart av eskalerande personagrepp och en total avsaknad av seriös diskussion av alla de växande problem som USA står inför.
Clinton Uses Sharp Attacks in Tense Debate - New York Times
Mrs. Clinton did not let an opportunity pass as she repeatedly challenged Mr. Obama on his record and views ” assisted, as it turned out, by vigorous questioning by the two moderators from ABC News, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolous. The result was arguably one of Mr. Obama’s weakest debate performances.He at times appeared annoyed as he sought to answer questions about his former pastor, his reluctance to wear an American flag pin on his lapel and his association in Chicago with former members of the Weather Underground, a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1960s that were intended to incite the overthrow of the government. With a few exceptions ” one being when he recalled Mrs. Clinton’s dismissive statement in 1992 about not wanting to spend her life at home baking cookies, an attempt to counter her attacks on his recent statements about religion and small-town values ”
Mr. Obama chose not to go after his rival aggressively, even when he was asked whether voters considered her honest.
USA är idag ett samhälle med gigantiska sociala och snabbt växande problem. Trots det tar TV-debatterna tar aldrig upp problemen utan fokuserar istället helt på alltmer triviala frågor som hur mycket kandidaterna älskar sitt land.
Det är möjligt att se en hel sån här debatt på 90 minuter utan att få den minsta aning om att bensinpriserna stiger, dollarn faller, nära 50 miljoner amerikaner saknar sjukförsäkring, skolorna och infrastrukturen förfaller osv osv osv.
Det är inte så litet oroväckande att Barack Obama spelade med och inte protesterade och helt enkelt lämnade programmet.
Jag ser att Karin Henriksson följde “debatten” i SvD: Kontroverser stöttes och blöttes men den förtjänar annars att glömmas som ett absolut lågvattenmärke i amerikansk politik.
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