“They’re the same worship threads we saw with Slick Willard. No dissent and no truth-telling on the candidate is allowed.”
A large percentage of the replies on Perry threads are anti-Perry. Some are informative (like some of yours) most are hateful spite. “Not allowed” would be like a caucus thread. I support Perry but if anyone moved to caucus threads about him here I would personally be against that.
Some are, some aren’t. It depends if it’s worth mixing it up or not. I’m only one person, I can’t cover them all. But when they tend to be more pro-, we start seeing some of the worship stuff that really is ridiculous and should have nothing to do with a candidate’s qualifications. I support Palin, but you’d never catch me writing such rot that “because she’s hot/MILFy, et al” that’s a big reason why I want her President. I’m not electing a Playboy Playmate, I’m voting for a President.
Sure, to some people, “attractiveness” physically is a factor (go figure the loons who thought Bubba was like Young Elvis back in ‘92 - what ?!? I’m sorry Elvis wasn’t around to repudiate him), but ultimately it has to be the record. No “talk” and “hotness” can make up for what they actually support and what their record is.
As for closed threads, that would probably not benefit a vigorous discussion or vetting of the candidates.