CT Blue

That’s as in, or similar to, “bad dog!”, for I have been very bad indeed.

I did not watch the Blumenthal debate. I did not watch the Malloy debate. A Bad Blogger, indeed.

I actually have an excuse for part of the Blumenthal debate. I watched the first several minutes and couldn’t take it anymore. This was a result of the combination of the stupid questions and Blumenthal’s poor start. Blumenthal is not a street fighter. He’s perfectly capable of fighting in the halls of the Senate or in a court, but he’s temperamentally unsuited to standing next to someone and engaging in the kind of brawl that has been dignified by the name of “debate” in this country. I think he’s sincere, if a bit (a bit?) stiff and I’m afraid he is still infected with that Democratic belief that a debate should be discussion of the issues. Anyway, I decided to spare myself the frustration of listening to him fail to give the answers that popped so easily into my head, and left the room. And then, a miracle occurred. We lost our power, thereby legitimizing the action I would have taken anyway.

Last night I had a meeting in Waterford, and by the time I got home, it was too late to watch. I would have been more than happy to watch Dan, because unlike Dick, he is a street fighter, and if I’d had to bet on that face-off, my money would have been on Dan. From what I hear, I would have won some money on that bet.

But, no excuses, I really should have watched them both. I’m a bad blogger.

Moving on, my wife informs me that according to the messages flying back and forth in the twittersphere, or at least the #CTSen and #CTGov portion of it, all four candidates won, with Linda’s paid minions pushing their tweeting point (apparently they only have one) at a pace both fast and furious.

I’m sure that twitter serves some purpose. I, in fact, have an account, and have actually tweeted on rare occasions. But the political side of it strikes me as a bit like the old Compuserve forums. I was in two kinds of forums. Back then, I was a computer hobbyist, in that I wrote programs in Visual Basic. The forums dedicated to that were great. If you had a problem you could post something about it, and people would reply with helpful suggestions. Everyone was nice to each other. I also joined one or two political forums. One was about the American presidency, and I actually was deluded enough to think it was for people interested in history. But, in fact, it was a forum for people dedicated to insulting one another. Since Clinton was president most of the threads involved invective against Clinton or his forum dwelling supporters, countered by more of the same from those supporters. So far as I know, Clinton himself took no part. No one actually engaged in any kind of meaningful discourse, no one changed anyone’s opinion. Indeed, no one really expected or wanted to change anyone’s opinion. Twitter, political style, is much the same. I’m not sure if the brevity requirement is a blessing or a curse. All that being said, I do get a kick out of the clever stuff emanating from the people with whom I agree. The other guys are all idiots.