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This "low expectations" jive is idiotic, i.e. the belief that if everyone thinks you're inferior to your debate opponent, all you have to do is show up and not embarass yourself to "win". More times than not, it works the other way. I first noticed this in 1992 when Gore debated Quayle. Gore, who flunked out of graduate school twice, had been adorned as a super-genius by the media, while Quayle had been branded a dunce. Quayle ran rings around the inept Gore, but viewers overwhelmingly crowned Gore the "winner". Same thing with McCain/Obama last week. Even liberal commentators (without an agenda) admitted Obama was weak, pathetic, and his performance was borderline train-wreck, but post debate polls showed the opposite. Unfortuneatley, people usually see what they are told to see.
Comment Posted By Fugate On 29.09.2008 @ 10:57
