The real joke here is equating watching the debates with American democracy. Almost nobody watches the debates, and if they do, it really doesn't matter, becau

The real joke here is equating watching the debates with American democracy. Almost nobody watches the debates, and if they do, it really doesn't matter, because they're constructed to be a mere smokescreen designed to sound good while committing to less than a gust of wind in the autumn. Remember the last however many SOTU addresses where we were promised change and reform to our ever-crumbling empire? Remember all the things that have changed for the better?