Just asking...

[More Than A Feeling]

Ezra Klein has a http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=02&year=2008&base_name=7_questions#104497">post up highlighting seven questions each for Obama and McCain (Clinton's are coming) about their tax plans from a tax expert at the Brookings Institute. My question is: why can't we have experts ask such revealing questions at the actual debates? We could skip the panel of vacuous, empty-headed journalists, and replace it with a panel of experts not aligned with either campaign. Then maybe we'd get some real answers, and if not, well, we'll have learned something then as well. It would spare us all from petty attempts at conflict instigation in the selfish hope of creating what passes for news these days.

[fenriswolf]

1. you mean real people? talking about real issues?

and those people would be experts on those issue? thats not how politics is done you have much to learn son :sarcams:

makes sense wont happen because then the curtain would blow open and we might get a peek at the man behind it.

[bilgewaterbill]

2. Why does Britney Spears always lead the news?

[More Than A Feeling]

3. At least with her, "journalists" don't actively try to corrupt her (as far as we know)

The debates are intentionally made inane for the sake of a .001% chance of a fight breaking out. If that's what these media-heads want, they should announce hockey games, and we could all safely ignore them.

[Hill_YesWeWill]

4. Until there are questions for Clinton as well I don't consider this fair and balanced nt

[More Than A Feeling]

5. Duly noted. nt