Optional Excursion #1
Debate
To
begin, I would like to say that I have never really been interested in
politics. I did not know much about it,
and I just never seemed to take an interest.
When I heard of the political debate between Senator Brown and
(Professor) Warren, I was surprisingly excited.
I was lucky to get a last minute ticket and decided to attend.
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| Extremely Large Crowd at Senate Debate (sorry it's sideways) |
When I first arrived there were
a massive number of people. There were
so many in fact that almost every seat was filled. I began wondering why I was never interested
in these kinds of things if so many others found them to be enjoyable enough to
go to. I was wondering how many of these
people were “Republicans” and how many were “Democrats”, two terms I knew very
little about.
The
debate was extremely different than I was expecting. Not only was there very little of what I
considered “politics” to be, but it was essentially just two people trying to
make the other one look bad. To begin
the debate, Warren was asked about her Native American heritage. Who cares?
She is running for senator of Massachusetts. Who cares whether or not she is Native
American? I can understand that there
was hype about her misleading people for a few weeks, but why discuss whether
or not she is actually Native American?
I would think that people would be more concerned that she lied, before even getting the position.
It
seems that they could have used their time more effectively. They were so set on dragging down the other
competitor, that I still honestly have no clue what they will each do if
elected. I have a perfectly clear
understanding of all of the bad things in their past, but I have almost no idea
what their plans are for the future. The
only times they really said anything towards the fact is when students from the
University asked them. Why not say what
needs to get done, and what they are planning to do about problems? There were brief discussions about it, yes,
but it was more like watching an old married couple bicker than it was a
political debate.
Although
not being as informative or productive as I had planned on it being, this
debate was very entertaining. Hearing
how rude they were to each other, how they were deliberately insulting one
another on national television for personal gain was so shocking that it really
held my attention. They went back and
forth about how Warren should stick to her teaching job, and how Brown’s
beliefs and actions are all completely incorrect. The most entertaining part, in my opinion,
was when Senator Brown told Elizabeth Warren that he “wasn’t a student in her
classroom,” so she needed to let him speak.
I thought that was so incredibly rude, that it was funny.
Overall I really enjoyed the
debate. Even though I still know almost
nothing to do with politics, it was fun to watch them go back and forth with
each other. I found Senator Brown to be
very confident and relaxed, while Elizabeth Warren could not seem to find times
to speak and got riled up when she was speaking. I would have to say I more or less agreed
with most of what Brown was saying, but there were a few disagreements as well
that I would have sided with Warren on.
It was an interesting experience and I am very glad that I attended.
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