I didn’t catch much of the debate last night. Being that it was on that cable channel, no, don’t tell me, oh, what, oh yeah, MSNBC, I don’t think many others did either.

It appears that those who participated didn’t think anyone was watching either.

“WASHINGTON — A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.

For Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden, it was wheels up shortly after they voted in favor of legislation requiring that U.S. troops begin returning home from Iraq in the fall.

No one jet pooled, no one took commercial flights to save money, fuel or emissions.

All but Biden, who flew on a private jet, chartered their flights — a campaign expense of between $7,500 and $9,000.

Federal Election Commission rules allow candidates to pay only the equivalent of first-class fare to fly on private jets owned by corporations or other special interests. But a Senate ethics bill approved earlier this year would require senators flying on corporate jets to pay full charter rates. The legislation must still be reconciled with a House bill and has yet to become law.”

Of course when Clinton or Obama talk about “sacrifices” and “conservation” for the American people that excludes them. After all they’ve been saying “Do as we say, but not enjoy what we do” to the poor for years.