Jesus that's sad. I mean, we knew all this was coming, I guess. Right? Doesn't just the evidence of/in this photo say so much about how we got to where we are now?
Well, what you speak of is true, ever since TV started to carry the debates for all to tune in an view the people running for office, the candidates appearance on screen started to have a tremendous impact on the voting public. Think JFK debate versus Nixon in 1960. The opinions of the folks that tuned in via radio against the TV viewers. Recall the line by ol' Doc Brown in Back to the Future when he sees the 80's JVC camcorder and speaks of the actor Ronald Reagan being a future President, " No wonder your President has to be an actor, he's got to look good on television"