The Republican Debate on Fox News, sure to be a true meeting of the minds. Who will come out on top, will Guiliani keep his lead, will Romney catch up, will Mccain make a comback? All of this excitement and then the Debate aired, and I think I lost IQ points listening to these intelligent grown men spew inane babble that didnt pertain to the issues what so ever.
The entire debate was a "Who is more conservative" challenge, in fact the first 3 or 4 questions were "Who is more conservative you or the other rich white guy at a podium?"
I am obviously liberal but I respect the positions of the conservatives, when Huckabee argued for pro-life his argument was well thought out, passionate, and persuasive to some extent. I have no problem with political candidates of either side when they talk about their thoughts on the issues.
But this debate contained 15% issue and 85% nonsense.
Guiliani mentioned his ability to reduce crime in New York about 10 times in the first 3 questions he was asked (and September 11 got thrown in there too).
Romney name dropped Reagan, the hero of the conservatives, so many times you would have thought Reagan was a Candidate.
Fred Thompson made jokes about the other candidates and avoided having to take a stand on anything.
Huckabee and Paul actually talked about the issues of importance but they have absolutely no chance of winning.
And the other 2, Tancredo and Hunter, barely spoke. (Romney and Guiliani spoke about 2000+ words while they spoke under 1000).
And all of them tried to make Hilary Clinton out to be the anti-christ.
My point is not to bash the Republicans because they aren't the only ones at fault, the Democrats avoid the issues as well, when they have a debate I will most likely bash them too.
If I was going to be of voting age by the next election I would have absolutely not idea who to vote for. The candidates seem fake, inexperienced, or just ridiculous.
Well I guess I'll just have to wait for the 2012 elections, god that sounds pathetic.
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Hello Brooke. I am so impressed that you watched that debate because it is very important to see how an individual of our age would perceive such an event. These candidates cannot afford for our age bracket to feel like these "leaders" are speaking nonsense. Television is one of the greatest mediums for these candidates to reach people of our age because we watch tv way more than we pick up the newspaper; its just a fact. For them not to take advantage of this opportunity to be clear, to have their audience follow their arguments and at the very least, respect it, is not a productive decision.
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