2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[mattbcl]

Not that anybody would care enough to let a CNN OpEd change his/her mind, but I got linked to this article and found myself wholeheartedly agreeing with it:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/opinio...rticle_sidebar

tl;dr I find it embarrassing and shameful that both parties resort to this sort of behavior in election seasons. We should be having intelligent, calm, serious debate about the issues that face us in the coming years. But that isn't sexy. Throwing both candidates into a demolition derby, though? People are trampling each other for popcorn.