[lizma]

I remember watching Crossfire and Buckley on a 12" round TV screen as a kid. The good ole days!!!

[GOP_Lady]

I can't understand how DEMs would not be embarrassed by Carville and Begala -- two people with less class than the Clintons -- and that's pretty bad. I work in a store in a mall, and every time I walk past the bookstore with their book on display in front, I turn it over.  The mall security guards and office personnel love it! I can't help myself -- I detest mean people.
	GOP_Lady

[southernnorthcarolina]

I remember watching Crossfire and Buckley on a 12" round TV screen as a kid. The good ole days!!!

No, you watched Firing Line, not Crossfire. A world of difference. Buckley and his guest debated (as opposed to sceaming at each other). Almost always, the conversation was civil, no matter how looney Buckley's guest was (and he did have, upon occasion, some radical lefties. Positions were outlined by both sides, using not only complete sentences, but whole paragraphs.

The "sound bite" format of today seems to assume that audiences have the attention span of gnats; and the confrontational and interruptive styles which seem to be encouraged of late must be aimed at a younger generation than mine. I don't waste my time with the screaming face shows anymore.