Frank Rich On Last Week’s Democratic Debate — ‘Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!’

Posted on 22 April 2008                                                                                                             AddThis Social Bookmark Button

I can’t remember a debate in which the only memorable moment was the audience’s heckling of a moderator. Then again, I can’t remember a debate that became such an instant national gag, earning reviews more appropriate to a slasher movie like ‘Prom Night’ than a civic event held in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center:

“Shoddy, despicable!” — The Washington Post

“A tawdry affair!” — The Boston Globe

“A televised train wreck!” — The Philadelphia Daily News

And those were the polite ones. Let’s not even go to the blogosphere.

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