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The New York Times called the last debate a draw, adding sourly, “It was the public that lost.” That can only mean that Reagan kicked a little ass.

In an editorial on post-debate commentary, the New York Times chose a revealing word to refer to all those ordinary folk who would be watching the candidates and pundits: “laymen.” Beautiful. To call them “voters” wouldn’t quite do justice to the opinion priesthood and hierarchy, would it?

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The New York Times called the last debate a draw, adding sourly, “It was the public that lost.” That can only mean that Reagan kicked a little ass.

In an editorial on post-debate commentary, the New York Times chose a revealing word to refer to all those ordinary folk who would be watching the candidates and pundits: “laymen.” Beautiful. To call them “voters” wouldn’t quite do justice to the opinion priesthood and hierarchy, would it?