This is disgusting. This is almost as bad as Fox News not wanting anyone under one percent to be part of the debate. Ron Paul regardless if you agree with him or not (He is not my pick) should be part of every debate until HE decides to either sit them out or drops out of the race.
Prior to the last debate I would have readily agreed with this. In fact I did. But suggesting that the United States is culpable for its own punishment on 9/11 from Al Qaeda is as near a disqualifying position as one can adopt. It’s little different from blaming Jews for the Holocaust. It’s a grotesque and unacceptable position for the GOP to provide a forum for.
This is disgusting. This is almost as bad as Fox News not wanting anyone under one percent to be part of the debate. Ron Paul regardless if you agree with him or not (He is not my pick) should be part of every debate until HE decides to either sit them out or drops out of the race.So what would be a cut-off, if not 1%? What?
By your standards, moveon.org can field any number of faux "Republicans" (not even talking about RINO's here, who at least get votes with an R by their name in real elections --- this is something completely different), as long as they want to spend the money?
Soros himself could field 10 or 20 Ron Pauls. Should they all be in the debate?
Of course participation in a Republican Party debate should be based on some kind of measurement of bonafide support from some number of registered Republicans. Otherwise, why have parties at all? And if you're willing to include any schmuck who can pay the ticket price, why have debates?
Intra-party debates should be limited to serious contenders for the votes of the registered voters of that party. It doesn't have to be huge support, but there has to be a cut-off or measurement of some kind, or you open yourself up to Soros-mischief.