As I read about both the Nixon vs. Kennedy debates and the Biden vs. Palin debates I noticed that they are very similar, even though the Nixon/Kennedy debates took place in 1960. One of the more apparent similarities include the amount of viewers that tuned in because of Kennedy's good looks which also seems to be a factor for these recent debates when it comes to Palin's looks. Also, since television just came out back then, people were much more drawn to it than they were to the radio. When they heard Nixon speaking on his first debate on the radio they thought he won, until Kennedy was seen on TV and was later known as a charismatic and very smooth speaker. Today, in America's society, I think more people focus on looks rather than speech, especially w
hen it came to the vice presidential debates. Because of this thinking of mine that looks play a great part in politics, then Sarah Palin, being a woman would grab people's attention and oblivious people who aren't truly passionate about what's actually being said in the debates, will be pulled in by her looks and think little about how she views different topics. Also, the fact that television was the new cool thing to use for information, internet today is like the cool thing for people today. We can easily log on to get information about any topic we wish to search and our freedom is definitely expanded through this thing called the internet. So my point being, that even though we have similarities, it's also good for us to keep in mind that what the candidates say is what will help our country, not their looks.
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