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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCharles Pierce: GOP Debate: It Literally Does Not Matter What the Question Is
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/10/29/gop-debate-it-literally-does-not-matter-what-questionThere never has been a debate in which the panel seemed less relevant, and this isn't the fault of the three people on it. The folks behind all the podiums came to the stage wanting to say things, and damned if they weren't going to say them. It started when John Kasich answered a question about his biggest weakness by pointing out what know-nothing schlubs Donald Trump and Ben Carson are. Sequiturs? Non!
It got worse. Trump bludgeoned Kasich in return about how much of Kasich's success as governor of Ohio was due to the fracking boom, and then mocked him for getting tough because he's polling so badly. Dr. Ben (The Blade) Carson spun his mathematical cotton candy into sweet swirls of complete non-fact. And Marco Rubio claimed that the bad press he's getting about missing votesand, it must be said, for his going around talking about what a miserable job the Senate isis a result of the gap between "the mainstream press" and conservative politicians. Jeb! Bush asked him "as a constituent" why he didn't walk away from the completely miserable existence forced upon him as a United States Senator. Rubio flashed back by reciting how many votes previous senatorsciting Bob Graham, John Kerry, and the presidentmissed while they were running. Of course, none of them complained about their day jobs and, by the time Kerry ran, he was a decorated war hero, and a veteran senator who had led hearings into international money laundering and the drug trade. Marco Rubio was speaker of the Florida House. Where is Lloyd Bentsen when we all need him?
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Charles Pierce: GOP Debate: It Literally Does Not Matter What the Question Is (Original Post)
eridani
Oct 2015
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ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)1. I think they
should put them on stage and not ask any questions. Just let them have their free-for-all.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)2. I put this up yesterday...