Debate Turnaround

This show shouldn’t be called a “Presidential Debate”, but rather “Republicans Take De Bait—Again”.

I won’t rehash how ridiculous the entire scenario is, other than to say that what is most ridiculous is that the Republican Party thinks that they must participate. The setup is tantamount to Iran inviting Israel to assemble its armed forces and take them into the S. Iranian desert, unarmed, to hear about their crimes against the world of Islam – and Israel accepts!

I wrote earlier about how Mitt Romney might conduct himself in these shows, but here’s a different angle: don’t show up. If he’s his own man, and he can see through this charade, what has he got to lose – other than what he could lose by showing up? He has nothing to win in those debates, as we’ve previously observed.

So let the Left foam at the mouth, calling him every name in the book, so that the “undecideds” can visibly register who and what Obama and his people are. In the meantime, Mitt could set up his own panel, on his own stage, consisting of both conservative and liberal moderators, and field their questions in front of cameras. Why does he need Obama standing next to him? Why does he need exclusively liberal moderators? That’s all stuff that Obama needs, not our candidate. Mitt could air his one-man show via streaming video at any number of places. All the “undecideds” could just as well see him there, if they are so interested in the first place. Further, what’s to say that anyone who is still “undecided” after nearly four years of Obama will ever be “decided” until he gets to the polling place and connects the two hash marks – if he goes?

My advice to Mitt, is "skip the debates". Don’t show up. Show the Republican Party that this is a sham and that we can win elections without such ridiculous, one-sided traps. Can you imagine how much energy that act would inject into our side? Here’s a chance for Mitt to end this phony baloney once and for all – unless equally “moderated” by conservative pundits in each event.

Jeff Dover
August 16, 2012

Tags: Democrat, Left, Obama, Republican, Romney, debate, energy, moderation, network, pundit

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Comment by Jack Kirkland on August 17, 2012 at 10:37am: Let Romney agree to go to a CNN or NBC debate, if Obama will agree to go to a FOX sponsored debate.

Comment by Kathy Hamm on August 17, 2012 at 9:59am: Romney must show up for these debates! He is just going to have to be quick on his feet and have a lot of backbone and yes, do a Gingrich. Who is in charge of deciding these moderators? Why isn't it fair and balanced? Why is this being allowed??

Comment by William T. Olson on August 17, 2012 at 8:02am: I don't agree with the post. Obama is the one who might duck the debates, even though the moderators are rigged, and some Democrats wrote the debate committee to not include some topics, which is ridiculous. Romney will crush Obama in the debates and Obama should be limited to 30 seconds on his answers as he likes to talk too much.

Comment by Jeff Dover on August 17, 2012 at 7:43am: For Mary, I understand why you might think that. Think some more: maybe you can tell me what names they won't call him if he does show up? What quarter will the MSM show him even when he does do the "D"-word?

They and Obama have already suggested that he's a felon, that he hasn't paid taxes in ten years, that he was involved with Central American "death squads"...can you tell me how calling him a "wimp" would hurt?

Comment by mary young on August 17, 2012 at 6:37am: To suggest that Romney not show up for the debates is ridiculous. BHO and MSM would be all over him :"coward". "whimp" Instead, the RNC should try hard to change moderators to more objective ones. How this got past them is unbelievable. BUt Mitt should get well-prepared.

Comment by Doug Nicholson on August 17, 2012 at 2:39am: @OneCitizenOfTheRepublic: That is not only funny a crap...IT'S TRUE! LMAO! I hope you don't mind, but I'm stealing that!

Comment by Joel Garcia on August 16, 2012 at 10:46pm: Mitt could do a "Gringrich" on the moderator and the questioners. The earliest, the better. Example: If they ask about his income tax returns, answer, "How come none of you has the backbone to ask the President about his personal files that everyone wants to see and he has spent millions of dollars hiding...what is he trying to hide?" If he produces his transcripts, his registration for the draft, his social security records, what passport did he use to go the Pakistan, how much money did he get as a foreign student which requires that he not be a U S citizen." I'm surprised that Bob Schieffer has moved so far left. I graduated with him from high school and he seemed to be very level headed. We had several classes together.

Comment by david chaney on August 16, 2012 at 10:39pm: The problem Romney is going to have is defending the behavior of 2010 Republican Congress. Worse yet, now the Democrats are labeling Romney's attacks on Obamacare as Mediscare. Reagan use to disapprove of Liberal Democrats using Social Security to scare senior citizens. Now Paul Ryan is scaring senior citizens with Medicare. This Republican Party is not the conservative party of Ronald Reagan. Every Republican President since 1947, except Reagan, increased the unemployment rate, while the Democrats decreased the unemployment rate. Republican Presidents also have increased deficit spending at the Federal Level too. Romney needs to get more conservative or the Democrats will exploit his liberal weaknesses. Higher unemployment and more deficit spending are the wrong way to go. Grover Norquist was on C-Span and tried to argue the modern Conservatives don't want to address deficit spending, they just want to downsize Government. I wonder who has him bought off; Globalists that need a big trade deficit so they can sell us Chinese made products?

Comment by OneCitizenOfTheRepublic on August 16, 2012 at 8:30pm: AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION

1. The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL.
2. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is BOWLING.
3. The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL.
4. The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL.
5. The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS. And.....
6. The sport of choice for corporate executives and officers is GOLF.

THE AMAZING CONCLUSION: The higher you go in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.

There must be a boat load of people in Washington playing marbles.

Comment by OneCitizenOfTheRepublic on August 16, 2012 at 8:29pm: Again, the smell of warm crap...the status quo Republican Party at it's most typical. Incompetence at it's finest. Again, when will we learn that the Republican Party (as a true representative of the people) is done, cooked, over. We need to begin building the new representative party to represent We, the People.

This MUST be the last election under the banner of GOP.