A recent headline in The Boston Globe dubbed it "TV's best new comedy."
Columnist Scot Lehigh was referring to the Ed Markey-Joe Kennedy senatorial debates. Apparently, Lehigh failed to detect any parallels with the historic Lincoln-Douglas clashes. Of course, those contests took place long before television, and at a time when politicians were capable of stringing together more than a sentence fragment or two of coherent thought. Most importantly, the stakes were a bit higher in the lead-up to the real Civil War. The issues were weightier, concerning slavery and the Union. Today, Markey and Kennedy stoop to sparring over who can more effectively shill for money-grubbing marijuana interests.
