Do you believe that an Abraham Lincoln or a George Washington would have responded to such silly questions during a presidential debate?
I think Washington would have advised the questioner that his questions reveal that he is not interested in dealing with the issues of the time and removed himself from the debate.
These questions are designed to diminish the character and stature of the candidates. They are not worthy of a response.
If that doesn’t sell well with the public, then the public does not deserve a serious candidate.
Sadly we no longer live in an Abraham Lincoln or George Washington world. I truly don’t believe such stupid questions would have been asked then—nasty, attacking questions yes, but not droolingly stupid ones.
The dumbing down of students that began in the ‘80s by the teachers unions under the guidance of the Communist Party has resulted in a world where many more people could tell you every contestant in American Idol or Dancing With the Stars than could tell you who is the Speaker of the House.
A large part of the public DOESN’T deserve a serious candidate and those people weren’t watching the debate, but they will hear the MarxStreamMedia ragging on the uptight, nasty Republican who can’t take a little joke. Unfortunately, many of those same people DO vote and do so largely on the free flowing BS from the MSM.
I hate what has been done to us, but it HAS been done and we do have to work within the world we occupy. That doesn’t mean we can’t work to rebuild the world we want.
Maybe in the next debate one of the candidates can be a hero and in the introduction say, “I’m xxxx blah, blah, and I really hope with wars, broke, helping enemies we’re not going to waste time on droolingly stupid questions like deep-dish or regular.”
Head it off at the pass BEFORE they are put on the spot. It’d be extra good if all the other candidates would applaud. Then if the MarxistStream moderator still asks the question, the answer should be, “I’ll take intelligent and pertinent for 400, Alex.” Then if all the others laughed, I think this crap could be finished and the MSModerators would look dopey.
Reagan often deflected crap with humor and wit. It could be done again with good humor but serious impact.
Sorry I went so long and didn’t even realize until I hit post what I meant to say (apart from the deliberate destruction of intelligence).
Good humor are the words I was grasping for. Reagan was good humored and I mean that totally apart from his quick and pointed wit.
No matter how the MSM tried to smear him as a nasty Republican, nobody really bought it because they all saw his good humor. He could be quite direct too (I paid for this microphone!), but he could never be made to look mean spirited despite the ongoing attempts by fools.
I agree with your earlier comment (another thread?) that a question and answer session before journalists is a stupid way to decide on the leader of the free world.
Sound bites and ability to evoke a laugh is a great way to pick a Vegas stand-up comedian.