Posted by
Michael on Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:08:07 PM
I just read
a short article Hugh Hewitt wrote a while ago in regards to the Virginia senate race between Jim Webb and George Allen. The last paragraph stood out most to me:
This will be a race of issues, not personalities, and both men would be
well advised to treat it as such. If ever we had an opportunity for an
updated set of Lincoln-Douglas debates, it is in Virginia in 2006. — Hugh Hewitt
Now that that race is over, I think we all know better. What should have been a race of substance became the epitomy of modern American politics. Choose between George Allen AKA Macaca, a possible racist, and Jim Webb, a possible pervert who writes about men sucking little boy's genitalia.
And the fact that we get our news from YouTube and the sort of forums you're reading my commentary on right now didn't help.