I've been watching C-SPAN's campaign coverage with the television on mute. If you watch "Road to the White House" the way I watch it, it's just a show about facial expressions, hopefully presidential features, odd backdrops and set pieces meant to be America.
What happened was, I got a phone call while it was on, and I hit the big round MUTE button and walked away. When I came back, the TV was showing a silent, close-up of Rudy Guilliani's face.
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