++While the videos are up at Democraticunderground and the Dailykos, you have to check out the greatest moment of the 2014 campaign season. The Crist-Scott debate.
++The moderators of the Crist-Scott debate are flummoxed that neither candidate is on stage. Then Charlie Crist appears. Another moderator announces that we heard Rick Scott is in the building. The next thing he announces is that Rick Scott won't appear with Charlie Crist.
++The reason--Charlie Crist had someone put a small fan beneath his podium because it was a 90 degree day and the lights will make it hotter.
++The Moderator asks whether the rules of the debate allow for fans. Charlie Crist answers there was nothing about fans in the rules. Another moderator who wants to defend Scott says the rules say "no electronics"--to which smoothly answers are we going to speak about real issues. Another moderator insists it isn't a one man debate.
++Crist handled this well and was crisp and precise. Finally Scott suddenly appears. To those who haven't followed this campaign,Scott has avoided at any cost of appearing where Crist is and he refuses interviews with reporters.
++Crist in my mind won the debate but nowadays no one knows. But at least Charlie Crist's Fan got its own hashtag and tweets. I hope he gets a TV ad out of it.
++Visually, it was one of the most surreal moment in debate history. And the moderators made it even more so by equating a fan with electronics. Personally I thought the Scott gang thought they were psyching out Crist and not making assholes of themselves.
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