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If you’re going to spend time on TV, Mr. President — and Mr. Romney — do us all a favor and skip Whoopi and The Daily Show and Jay and Dave and the Jimmys and all the celebrity news anchors on the networks. Just speak to us directly, or engage in debates that are real debates which will allow for considered thought and direct questioning of your opponent’s positions.

Ken Tucker thinks presidents (and candidates) should stop appearing on entertainment shows. Do you agree with his argument?

Notes

  1. kelisabethb said: I’m pretty sure if you ask most people from my generation which they’d rather watch, a direct address from Obama (that interrupts their HIMYM or whatever), or him stopping by the Daily Show, they’d say Daily Show, hands down.
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  4. chittycoopcoop said: What are the other options again? CSPAN? Charlie Rose? Sunday morning news shows I sleep through? And seriously, no, please not another debate! I’d watch them on Late Night a hundred times before any of those options.
  5. photolodico said: no.
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  11. jynx01 said: I disagree, if the MSM would do their job and stop doing “Gotcha journalism” maybe the wouldn’t have to go around them. I enjoy seeing a personality.
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  14. thisisthemhb said: In an ideal world Presidents and Presidential candidates wouldn’t have to go on these entertainment shows to reach out to their constituents. , It’s a very different demographic watch the speeches and rallies then watch these shows.
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  16. enchanted-dystopia said: nope. i think it’s a wholly stupid argument.
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  18. bluecadence said: I don’t think I’ve ever agreed let alone cared about anything Ken Tucker says
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  20. luvst0ned said: not at all. they need the young vote and a younger person is much more likely to see them on an entertainment show. why can’t they do both?
  21. puffingtondiddles said: That tried and true method of speaking directly hasn’t been working. Few people are willing to tune in to a debate or address and pay attention to what is really being said. Props to the candidates for finding a more creative way of reaching out.
  22. jumkurk said: hell no. i hope obama keeps doing them. he’s a grade-fucking-a-plus human being and funny as hell. keep ‘em coming.
  23. sweetturtleberry said: there are those of us who are tired of the debates and want to see the politicians in a different setting. after 37 republican debates i think i remember Romney’s positions. why can’t they do both?
  24. shygirl364 said: I don’t agree. I’m 26 years old and I think that presidential debates are boring. I LOVED watching Obama on Fallon. By going on these shows, the president is reaching an audience he wouldn’t normally reach. It’s smart and it’s a great idea.
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