machinima

I've been predicting that we'd see some political machinima for at least nine months. I assumed it would be satire (Red v. Blue is such low-hanging fruit), but now it finally arrives in the form of the CNN/YouTube debate:

Here's (I think) a sampling of the questions they will be asking:

Like a lot of folks online, I'm still a little pissed that the video selection process was not open to the public. It means that CNN is still a pretty big gatekeeper in terms of the content of the public debate. In the most likely scenario, CNN will merely pick people who ask the questions that they would have asked anyway, making the voter-generated questions nothing more than a new paint-job on a beat up old car. In an a worse case scenario, the questions would be sprinkled with a few outrageously quirky folks who would make the American public look exceedingly dumb or freakish (just as an added kick in the teeth).

Consider this an open thread to bitch about or report on your thoughts and observations of the first ever "citizen debate."

Update:
I hope this girl gets her question featured:

Update II: Looks like CNN is already taking advantage of the freakshow.