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(Category should be "Other: Politics" but there ain't one!)
It seems that during debates the questions are all pre-scripted, as are the answers. Politicians are prepped and polished and regurgitate info like nice little round pegs trying to fit in nice big round holes. What I'd like to see is a
'snap quiz' phase to these debates, which require candidates to respond, in writing, to a series of unannounced questions. Scores would be presented before the debate.
As to the questions themselves, they should have something to do with 'real world' circumstances; i.e. what technology is hot, what's not; who's got a bead on what matters, who doesn't, etc. Remember the politician who went into a supermarket and had never seen a barcode reader? That sort of thing.
The "Ivory Tower Syndrome" is all too common in those who would rule over us; wouldn't you like to know just how clueless your potential political potentate really is before he/she regurgitates a plethora of platitudes to get your vote?
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re. category, try 'public'? |
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re. the idea itself; unfortunately, the electorate includes a solid majority who hate, fear or at least mistrust the kind of smart-arses who do well in snap quizzes. Certain politicians (no names necessary) have done very well by pretending to be even dumber than they actually are. |
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During a debate, Gore made Bush look like an idiot. The next day Bush went up in the poles and Gore went down, basically because there were more people that could identify with being in the position of being made to look stupid. |
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cool. what is there up in the poles? auroras? |
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They should be made to answer random questions submitted by the audience...like "How much do you think a gallon of milk costs today?" and "What would you say to a person who has lost his or her job to a minority because of affirmative action?" And, (deliciously), "How would you explain abortion to a child about to be aborted if that child could understand his or her life was about to be extinguished?" I could think of many more every day questons I would love to have these modern day "Parrots" we call politicians answer. |
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