Is it just me or have the debates really gone on too long? I
mean, really! How many have there been now? Fifty? A Hundred? There are sitcoms
that don’t run as long as these debates have been going on!
And it is not as if there is anything particularly
newsworthy in them. They are essentially free infomercials for the Republican
Party that the networks are running for free. If I were a political candidate I’d
look into whether I have any way to get free advertising time under the FCC’s equal-time
rules.
And they are all the same:
Romney-to-Gingrich: “You cheated on your wife.”
Gingrich-to-Romney: “You’re rich.”
Romney-to-Gingrich: “You were a lobbyist.”
Gingrich-to-Romney: “You ran a hedge fund.”
Santorum-To-Romney and Gingrich: “I’m more of a conservative
than both of you combined!”
Paul-to-Anyone who will listen: “We need to abolish the
income tax, pull the military home, and set-up an egalitarian utopia.”
All of the candidates in unison: “The Democrats are
destroying the country, Obama is evil!”
Really, I know of less formulaic disco tunes!
The problem is, as I see it, that we are not learning
anything new about this crowd of people. You want to know what this field is
all about? Here you go:
- Mitt Romney is rich and will claim to believe anything to get elected.
- Newt Gingrich is smarmy and will say anything he needs to to get elected.
- Rick Santorum is a religious zealot who will say anything that doesn't directly clash with his religion if he thinks he can score points with it.
- Ron Paul is possibly the most sincere of the group, unfortunately he has some fringe beliefs that make him unacceptable to the rest of his party. Which is unfortunate; I actually believe some of his less drastic ideas are not bad ones.
Come on, broadcasters! Pull the plug already! Do we really
need another thousand debates!?
Wherever you are today I hope that you will get involved in
putting an end to the debates. – Vote!
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