The CNN Youtube Democratic debates recently occurred and I thought I would provide some personal insight into it all…
It was an interesting format and I am glad that people were able to send in questions. But I do not think it really worked. Sure there were some funny videos that raised good questions but….the videos were too small, we got the same answers that we always get from the candidates, the candidates videos were just commercials, and it should’ve been held online.
Perhaps something along the lines of TED or Stock Exchange of Visions would be a good idea.
I would love to see these candidates say something remarkable or share with us an original idea that excites us. I would love to see a website where all of the views, background information, issues, news, videos, photos and what not are collected about each of the candidates. Then once everybody can easily access all of the information in the same standardized way, allow the people to vote on the issues. Allow people to respond and have conversations. Allow people to make suggestions and voice there support.
And did I mention that I would like to hear something new from the candidates?
Jeff Jarvis talks about the debate here.
I watched the debate to see what the
YouTube questions were all about. After
about 15 minutes it became boring.
I wish instead of 1 person on each video
they had 50 people. More discussion.
You have an interesting posts and blog.
Trying to find more Teen bloggers.
I am in High School too.
I found your blog through Nick at
http://kidreviewer.com
Thanks,
Elizabeth G.
http://booktestonlinecom.blogspot.com
and my website
http://BookTestOnline.com
I see the John Edwards “I am Pretty” video as a major contribution to the election. I seriously don’t want a president that cares that much about his hair. He put out a response video that there are more important things to focus on - I turn that back on him: when there’s more important things to focus on, why does he spend five minutes fluffing his hair? He looks the same at the end as the beginning. I like to play with my hair as much as the next wannabe-metrosexual, but at least I’m doing fun stuff like faux-hawks.