Our troops die while gasbags talk

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The excerpt below is posted with the full knowledge and permission, even encouragement, of the author, who wants his essays to be read by as many people as possible. From The Hill’s Pundits Blog:

Both Debates Were A Waste, Nobody Talked Seriously About Iraq

Brent Budowsky

Within the boring and irrelevant format of too many candidates dishing too much spin for their party nominations, with the armada of full employment campaign analysts sounding gravely important trying to find a winner like counting the angels on the head of a pin, all the candidates did fine tonight.

None of the Democrats were JFK; none of the Republicans were Reagan; none of this was a surprise; and none of it mattered either to the quality of our national discussion, the standings of the candidates, or the verdict of history, will which remember none of this.

Our country has a really big problem, and it is Iraq. In neither debate did any of the candidates saying anything important, or memorable, or relevant to the outcome...

Our troops die while gasbags talk, spinners spin, analysts analyze the irrelevant, and a desperately frustrated country awaits the debates and decisions that do not happen...

Budowsky is a contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service and former aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Bill Alexander, former chief deputy whip of the House. He can be reached at [e-mail] and read on The Hill’s Pundits Blog.

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Carolyn Kay
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