
Later tonight I will do a post on how I feel the candidates did, but for now I wanted to rate the mainstream media's performance. I give this debate an
F. I really think the mainstream media is rushing towards their own demise. Even a casual observer of the debates this cycle has to be disgusted. How is a candidate supposed to answer complex questions in 30 seconds? What about the media deciding which candidates deserve time?I watched as several so-called second tier candidates were rushed through their answers or would have a 30 second clock pop up, but when turning to a so-called top tier (liberal) candidate the clock would mysteriously disappear or they were allowed to go on for additional time. They were also give the majority of the questions.
As everyone knows I am supporting Mike Huckabee for President, but I have a warning for my fellow conservatives. If you legitimately have moral reservations towards a candidate or just generally feel a candidate would be dangerous to this country then by all means criticize them, but please do not join in with the liberal media's pathetic attacks meant to weaken the Republican field. I actually suffered through an entire day of CNBC/MSNBC and they repeatedly brought up that Fred Thompson had to have a great debate and that he appeared to stumble on the trail and did not know the answer to some questions. Then during the debate they repeatedly asked him "got you" questions. I have now read several fellow blogger's joining in with them on this. This is purposely done by the liberal Chris Matthews to damage the Republican Ticket. What if Governor Huckabee wanted to name Thompson or another Republican as his VP? Then we have already damaged that person. So if you have legitimate concerns about a person then by all means open fire, but please do not join in with underhanded, mainstream media attacks.
There were some fairly good questions in this debate. It was the way they were asked and the way time was distributed that rendered them meaningless. I have been all for candidates appearing at every debate and have openly encouraged it, but if this is how the debates are going to be run then our Republican candidates should boycott them. All this was, was the liberal media nit-picking the candidates and trying to give the Democrats sound bites for the General Election. You don't see the Democrats debating on Fox News or with Republican moderators. I am starting to think that is what we should do also. I am not saying not to reach out to Democrat voters, just do it directly and don't set the Party up for sound bites that will come back to haunt us later.
I am not sure which Republican it was or that it was only one, but every time Ron Paul spoke there was someone audibly speaking over him. You can disagree with him, but it makes the Party look ridiculous that we will not even allow him to speak. I also think it looks bad for the Party that Alan Keyes a true conservative was kept out of the debate. I loved when he was involved in the other debates because he keeps the life of an innocent, unborn child in the forefront. This really was a black eye for the Party, not allowing him to participate.
I want to ask you, while you are watching the news lately do you actually see any real news. I am hearing a lot of "some people say" or "some people think". I have also noticed an increase in "anonymous" sources. The truth is real news is no longer broadcast on the major networks. They are just pupets for the liberal left wing of the Democrat Party. The media is often making up the news; for example when they were announcing an upcoming segment on candidates wives they justified it by saying they were covering it because of increased media scrutiny of the candidates' wives. So they are doing a news story on the wives because there are a lot of news stories on the wives? I believe all of this is why they are becoming more and more obselete and ignored. People can now search the internet and find out the truth.