I'll confess, I am enjoying Mario Rubio going after Donald Trump just like Trump goes after everyone else. Some of Rubio's insults make me laugh out loud in both surprise and joy. The fact is, Rubio has turned out to be darn good at this and just keeps going.
Today he said this: "He (Trump should sue whoever did that to his face". Which made me think about how DT insulted Carly Fiorina in September during the time she was getting a lot of good press while running for president. "Look at that face!" he cries. "Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!"
So I wonder if there's some schadenfreude going on with Carly.
Diane: Agreeing with your earlier post: by Professor Leonard Steinhorn of American University’s School of Communication.
(Just a small portion:) The debate post-mortem media analyses are filled with columns on who won and who lost. But rather than see the debate as an opportunity to get a measure of the candidate’s judgment, temperament, and approach to complex issues, we read instead about who “savaged” whom, which candidate “rattled” the other, who threw the most “punches” and who got the best “hit” on the other guy.
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Even if we can’t demand better of our candidates, we should expect better from our press. Rather than reinforcing the attacks, the media should be focusing on which candidate demonstrated the character, perspective, and cognitive abilities to handle the presidency.
Posted by: rand | February 27, 2016 at 06:55 PM
It truly is embarrassing. Someone said this is more suitable to the worlds worst frat house presidential election than the U.S. Presidential election. Eight more months of "how low can you go".
Posted by: Diane F | February 27, 2016 at 06:56 PM