Consistent with Jon Stewart’s evenly-spread-the-blame call for civility, the Daily Show has come to Southeastern Connecticut to report on the recent actually civil campaign between Democrat Andy Maynard and RINO (and I write that with deep respect) Stuart Norman.
This is the first time the Daily Show has visited our neck of the woods since some atheists tried, successfully I think, to stop Jewett City from mixing church and state in a matter involving a bell tower.
Now, Maynard and Norman’s willingness to participate in this proves something else about these guys. Not only were they able to be civil to one another and treat the voters with respect, they are also either unbelievably brave or unbelievably foolish. Take your pick. I’m assuming that the Stewart folks will try to make them look good, if for no other reason that to advance Stewart’s meme, but I’ve watched a lot of Daily Shows, and I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re not very good at making their victims look good, even when they seem to want to.
For what it’s worth, both Norman and Maynard deserve the recognition. Wouldn’t it be nice if every campaign was run like theirs-an honest exchange of views.
We can all look forward to seeing Andy and Stu on television, along, I’m told, with some of our friends and neighbors who were interviewed for the show. I’ll be posting it here, once it’s aired. I would like to add that I think it’s a shame that they didn’t think to get the take of local political bloggers (of which, come to think of it, I am the lone example) on the subject.
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