I like waiting on the full text of the debates to be published, grab them off the news site, run the text in a word cloud generator, and see what the gist of it is. Works really well for longer-form items (like state of the union speeches), but is pretty good for debates too as long as you have the text separated out.
i'll probably just wait until I can read the debate stuff. i retain that a lot better than watching people talking over one another.
There isn't anyone that I'm particularly interested in voting for in that debate, so I probably will just catch the highlights (or lowlights, as it might be)
I want to watch because I think it's going to be hilarious but knowing half the country takes this junk seriously is a little distracting for true enjoyment.
It really bothers me that these debates are not available to the general public. I'll probably be happier not watching but it still bothers me that I have to pay for a cable subscription to watch our political process.
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I've never been a fan of watching train wrecks.
Yeah, but we're on the tracks and the train is heading right for us.
Lol, I guess I've always been drawn to darker content!
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I like waiting on the full text of the debates to be published, grab them off the news site, run the text in a word cloud generator, and see what the gist of it is. Works really well for longer-form items (like state of the union speeches), but is pretty good for debates too as long as you have the text separated out.
i'll probably just wait until I can read the debate stuff. i retain that a lot better than watching people talking over one another.
I'm watching the Canadian leaders' debate tonight.
http://live.cpac.ca/Event/Macleans_Leaders_Debate for anyone interested. Starts at 4pst or 7est.
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There isn't anyone that I'm particularly interested in voting for in that debate, so I probably will just catch the highlights (or lowlights, as it might be)
Agreed. Anything interesting will be on the news or here tomorrow.
I'd only watch it if my kids were out of the house. They don't need to see me scream at the TV until I burst all the blood vessels in my eyeballs.
I want to watch because I think it's going to be hilarious but knowing half the country takes this junk seriously is a little distracting for true enjoyment.
i'll be watching. i sorta can't wait to hear how ridiculous this cats are gonna be.
I'm not and even if I had a tv I'd skip it since they no longer show real debates.
I'll skip the wrecks and catch the results elsewhere.
no cable, not able to watch.
It really bothers me that these debates are not available to the general public. I'll probably be happier not watching but it still bothers me that I have to pay for a cable subscription to watch our political process.
Pretty boring, stopped watching an hour in.