Debasing Democracy in America by Rudy Takala

As we watch the 2008 presidential election unfold, we are seeing certain characteristics of the new millennium coalesce to create a type of politics different from the past. One would hope to see a more temperate, enlightened, and capable electorate. Unfortunately, it seems that the information age has yielded nothing better than a greater pooling of ignorance.

The most obvious example of that was the CNN-hosted YouTube debate for the Democratic presidential candidates. CNN received questions from, among others, a snowman puppet, a man with a gun for a baby, and a shirtless man who asked if he could be Hillary’s intern.

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