While driving home tonight from caroling with our church, I was listening to the news and just letting my mind float around, and a fantasy popped in ...
The stage is full of all the Republican candidates, and whoever is the questioner finishes with all the 'rules' .. says "Let's get started ... "
And before any question is asked .. Fred interjects (or ANY man with a brass pair) and says something like,
"y'know ... America looks on these things as farces ... they aren't debates ... so WE'LL (important to unify) just debate ... and if the network has any sense .. it'll keep us on ... Sen. McCain, you're a senator, why does the senate continually hold up good legislation and argue non essential bills?"
or something like that.
Just ... SOMEbody cut off the questioner and actually LEAD a real debate.
No network would DARE to cut it off.
I'd pay to see that!
The only one on the stage with the intestinal fortitude to do that is Fred.
And, he would take control firmly, yet diplomatically.
That mod wouldn't know what hit him/her!
In fact, for a moment, he did just that in the last debate.
Right and easy. Everybody gets a chance to state his position on a point and the rest respond to that position in turn. 3 issues each. For as long as it takes.
These debates so far are game shows run by trolls and goofs.