Frustrated Republicans agree on push for debate changes

the American people don’t trust the media.” He was cheered after calling for future debates to be moderated by conservatives such as radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Isn't Rush Limbaugh making his fortune via his radio - media - programme?

Or is 'media' now defined as anyone who disagrees with me?

Full on brawl! - Reminds me of a JHS fight. The candidates hate the moderators unless the moderators deal as propaganda for them ("Remind us again why you're so awesome and why Hillary hates America"); the lead candidates don't want to be at the same table with the astericks candidates; Jeb loves Telemundo 'cause his wife is from Mexico, but Trump hates them 'cause something about his beauty pageant; nobody trusts the RNC, which is groveling like a dog to try to appear still relevant. And this is about television debates. Imagine if any of these jokers were trusted to govern the country.

No need to imagine Laguna. Patience is what it will take...2016.

I like to play the "put the shoe on the other foot" game. Imagine if the democrats were served the same disrespect in a debate aired and moderated by a conservative network and very conservative moderators. Would any of you democrats be happy about the disrespectful questions and accusations? How about the totally useless questions?

These debates allow the public to know the candidates better. Their stance on issues, budget plans, ........ What was learned from CNBC other than the obvious mainstream media bias against the GOP?

REPUBLICANS Last Month: Why isn't Obama standing up to ISIS more?

REPUBLICANS Last Week: CNBC is too mean to us!!!!!!! Mommy, Make it stop!!!!

Not like that at all Joe. Like I said, the DNC won't even agree to conservative moderators. The GOP agreed to liberal moderators ant the CNBC 3 blew it. They shamed only themselves.

Imagine if the democrats were served the same disrespect in a debate aired and moderated by a conservative network and very conservative moderators. Would any of you democrats be happy about the disrespectful questions and accusations? How about the totally useless questions?

Can someone give some examples of these disrespectful and/or useless questions that were asked of the candidates?

Comic book hero.....your own finances.......why are you running.........is Trump morally capable........why are you here......

Need more?

“We need to mature in the way that we do these debates if they’re going to be useful to the American people,” Carson

He (Cruz) was cheered after calling for future debates to be moderated by conservatives such as radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Mature meets Rush Lobotomy?

Just what the GOP Shia Tea needs, Rush Limbaugh as Jabba the Hutt. With eight more disasters ahead why bother working too hard to prove what the American already knows.

The GOP/Tea is a festering puss of power and ideology in a mania of self righteous absolutism.

Hey, wait a tick, that's what Rush Limbaugh is too! OMG, It's pure genius. Go get 'em Jabba!

A step in the right direction. But nothing will really a change until "The Commission on Presidential Debates" is taken out of the process. As long as Dems and Reps control the debates, no 3rd party has a chance, and they know it, which is what pisses me off the most when I read and hear this Dem-Rep bullshit. I guess the puppet never contemplates its master.

WIKI

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a private firm. It began in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that presidential election debates are run between candidates for President of the United States. The Commission is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation as defined by federal US tax laws,[1] whose debates are sponsored by private contributions from foundations and corporations.[2]

Lastly, for all the Dems here, all your simplistic attacks on Reps is just immature. If the Dems were having a debate hosted by FOX News then you have a legitimate right for criticism, but since they're not, you need to check yourselves at the keyboard and ask yourselves "why not?" You might not like the answer but the truth hurts.

since they're not, you need to check yourselves at the keyboard and ask yourselves "why not?"

It's a good question (that I'm curious of the answer to). Why not?

Poor old Republicans! They can't even agree on how to hold a debate so now they're trying to debate that instead of actually debating real issues!

Poor old Republicans! They can't even agree on how to hold a debate so now they're trying to debate that instead of actually debating real issues!

Immature (and ignorant, read the article) comment #1 and counting.

REPUBLICANS Last Month: Why isn't Obama standing up to ISIS more?

Democrats last year* ISIS is on the run, Assad must go! 2012: Russia wants their foreign policy back.

REPUBLICANS Last Week: CNBC is too mean to us!!!!!!! Mommy, Make it stop!!!!

Democrats the last 7 years: FOX News won't suck up to me or my administration and follow me over a cliff.

Too funny!!

Can someone give some examples of these disrespectful and/or useless questions that were asked of the candidates?

Calling Trump a cartoon character and that he had as much chance of cutting the deficit as he could flying off the podium or if Carson understands how to do math, riding Jeb about Fantasy football, asking Rubio he should way, why be in a hurry, he's too young (so was Obama, but hey, we can give him a pass, right?)

As Cruz said, "Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math? John Kasich, will you insult two people over here? Marco Rubio, why don't you resign? Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen? How about talking about the substantive issues?"

Rude and obnoxious, so much so, that it overshadowed the few REAL questions that the moderators had. Everyone with a clear head knew it was a conservative hit piece! The ONLY people that think the debate was fair are the partisans, which doesn't surprise me at all. Even middle of the road average Democrats felt that this debate and the moderators was horrible. And another funny thing, you won't see the Democrats have any Conservative moderators, because for one thing, they're too chicken and the second, once you insult Hillary or Bernie wanted to give everyone Free stuff, the left and the MSM would come cascading down like a bat out of hell and the condemnation would be hard, swift unrelenting.

Just what the GOP Shia Tea needs, Rush Limbaugh as Jabba the Hutt. With eight more disasters ahead why bother working too hard to prove what the American already knows.

That he is one of the most popular and powerful radio talk show host in the world, I think most people know that.

The GOP/Tea is a festering puss of power and ideology in a mania of self righteous absolutism.

The DNC is like gangrene, hack it off the parts that can be saved or the person dies, that's what has happened to the DNC, they died years ago.

Hey, wait a tick, that's what Rush Limbaugh is too! OMG, It's pure genius. Go get 'em Jabba!

Poor old Republicans! They can't even agree on how to hold a debate so now they're trying to debate that instead of actually debating real issues!

Get some real moderators that can come up with real issues like the debate on FOX and CNN then you will hear the responses, NO one likes a gotcha question. Imagine if the situation was different and a conservative moderator did that to a Democratic...you'd never hear the end of it. We both know that,

@bass You've posted that you have worked in media for both the Washington Post and NBC, so what questions would you ask? Because you know media, given your experience, who would you suggest would be moderators?

Let's make a point to discuss Fantacy Football with candidates for president of the United States. Intelligent real issue! Don't be absurd.....

Ptownsend: Isn't Rush Limbaugh making his fortune via his radio - media - programme?

Yep. Everyone he mentioned is an established multi-millionaire who made their money getting Republicans to buy their books and 'tour tickets". Looks like Ted skipped over fair and balanced and went right to GOP pundits.

MarkG: ant the CNBC 3 blew it. They shamed only themselves.

Yep, they did blow it. I wanted to hear Cruz's answer about defaulting on the debt. I wanted it to be loud and clear the chaos that he supports. And we both know you personally don't even support that. By becoming the focus of the debate CNBC turned attention away to Ted's batshit crazy positions and onto themselves.

Unforgivable.

What was learned from CNBC other than the obvious mainstream media bias against the GOP?

Boo-Hoo. CNBC started the Tea Party, they are right wing. What is true is that republicans can call Obama an African for years but when they get real questions to answer they cry like babies. You can easily imagine anyone from this group crying again if Putin does something they do not like. None of them are ready for the big time as they are all emotional dwarfs living in the bubble. Reality would kill them. Same thing was true of Mitt when he was surprised by his landslide loss, no connection to reality at all. That is also why under republican WH control we get recessions five times more often than when Democrats are in the WH. No connection to reality at all, like trickle down economics. It all is very pathetic.

The fantasy football question was stupid. Agreed. The moderators were not very adept at handling the debaters. Agreed.

But these things would have happened regardless of which party's candidates were debating. And they have. Past moderators have asked both Democratic and Republican candidates about such trivia as barbecue and iPod playlists.

CNBC's questions were no more partisan than Fox's.

bass says:

As Cruz said, "Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math?

That's what Cruz said. He was paraphrasing with a heavy measure of embellishment. The actual questions asked of Trump and Carson were these:

--"Mr. Trump, you’ve done very well in this campaign so far by promising to build a wall and make another country pay for it. Send 11 million people out of the country. Cut taxes $10 trillion without increasing the deficit. And make Americans better off because your greatness would replace the stupidity and incompetence of others. Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?"

A substantive question. Trump has proposed all of these things and each one should be met with a certain incredulity. The questioner never accused him of being "a comic book villain".

--"Dr. Carson, let’s talk about taxes. You have a flat tax plan of 10 percent flat taxes, and—I’ve looked at it—and this is something that is very appealing to a lot of voters, but I’ve had a really tough time trying to make the math work on this. If you were to took a 10 percent tax, with the numbers right now in total personal income, you’re gonna come in with bring in $1.5 trillion. That is less than half of what we bring in right now. And by the way, it’s gonna leave us in a $2 trillion hole. So what analysis got you to the point where you think this will work?"

Another legitimate question. As the saying goes, if it's too good to be true it probably is. Voters deserve to know how Carson figured his estimates on his tax plan. No one asked him if he could do math.

That's Cruz's spin.

He's a snake oil salesman. Outright manufacture of untruths has become the MO of current GOP politics. That's why these candidates want to evade any questions they'd rather not answer. That's why Cruz wants to be moderated by Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin.

Poor babies in the Republican Party! Cry cry cry.

This does say one thing to me. On the off chance the Republicans win the white house in 2016, if their policies go wrong and the media start asking them difficult questions, they are going to ban those media outlets. So eventually all news from the white house will come through Faux news.

I don´t think the Republicans should try to change anything for their debates. The only firm demand they should make is that Democrat debates are moderated by Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, and Pat Buchanan.

That would establish an equal playing field. Let them be grilled by opposition the way the Reps are. No mutual hugging club any more. I don´t see how anybody could object to that... fair is fair, no?

Actually, I think that would be beneficial for everybody. How about it?

Everyone he mentioned is an established multi-millionaire who made their money getting Republicans to buy their books and 'tour tickets". Looks like Ted skipped over fair and balanced and went right to GOP pundits.

Hmmm, so what's wrong with that?

Yep, they did blow it. I wanted to hear Cruz's answer about defaulting on the debt. I wanted it to be loud and clear the chaos that he supports.

To be honest, after the debt that Obama has racked up over the last 7 years and we have one more year left to go, the debt will exceed over $20 Trillion who the heck truly and honestly know how the pay for this monumental outstanding debt.

And we both know you personally don't even support that. By becoming the focus of the debate CNBC turned attention away to Ted's batshit crazy positions and onto themselves.

ROFL

Unforgivable.

That's what the country thinks about Lois Lerner and Hillary and other words that just can't be uttered on JT.

Boo-Hoo. CNBC started the Tea Party, they are right wing.

Has nothing to do with who or what the Tea Party is. But Obama is responsible for the rise of the Tea Party and what is wrong with right wing, or is it good to be left wing?

What is true is that republicans can call Obama an African for years but when they get real questions to answer they cry like babies.

Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math? John Kasich, will you insult two people over here? Marco Rubio, why don't you resign? Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen? How about talking about the substantive issues."

Sorry, but those ARE NOT real questions, those are guttersnipe attacks, pure and simple. CNN didn't do it. Chris Wallace didn't do it, so because these people, the best at what they do, should lower themselves to an arm of NBC-the National Barack Channel?

You can easily imagine anyone from this group crying again if Putin does something they do not like.

Obama got *itched by Putin, he told Assad, he had to go, that is the ultimatum, so my question is: Where is Assad now? Where is Putin now? Who got slapped like a little girl on a schoolyard by a shirtless Putin? Who's the man? Who looks stronger? Definitely NOT Obama.

None of them are ready for the big time as they are all emotional dwarfs living in the bubble.

But a cackling lying..sorry...habitual lier is? How about the FREE giving socialist? You think Americans want that, knowing that NOTHING is for FREE. Good luck with convincing the people that they have to pay 40~70% in taxes.

Reality would kill them.

I agree, but Hillary seems to be holding up and doing well.

Same thing was true of Mitt when he was surprised by his landslide loss, no connection to reality at all.

And everyone was also surprised that Romney rhetoric came to fruition. Al Qaida is on the run, ROFL, right. Russia wants their foreign policy back and they're NOT a treat, Right. Everything came through and you guys wonder why 60% of the electorate of independents don't want to vote for the Democrats.

That is also why under republican WH control we get recessions five times more often than when Democrats are in the WH. No connection to reality at all, like trickle down economics. It all is very pathetic.

Hmmm...$20 Trillion in debt. Foreign policy out of control, ISIS and Assad running amok, Russia made the country and the president a laughing stock, now over 49 million people on food stamps, 46% of college grads can't employment, Blacks are hovering at a 10.4% unemployment rate, corporate tax rate is 40%, race relations at an all-time high, open borders, over 56% of Americans are unhappy with Obamacare, I could go on on the roller coaster of a ride the last 7 years ago, I could go on, but that's just be a very large litany list of everything that guy screwed up, makes me want to vomit.

A substantive question. Trump has proposed all of these things and each one should be met with a certain incredulity. The questioner never accused him of being "a comic book villain".

No, it was an indirect insult, everyone heard, everyone knew that was a slap down and everyone knew that debate was a complete joke.

That's Cruz's spin.

Yeah, but I do love how he blasted the moderators. Cool and very much needed!

He's a snake oil salesman. Outright manufacture of untruths has become the MO of current GOP politics.

All politicians spin, all of them.

That's why these candidates want to evade any questions they'd rather not answer.

Give me a break, get some of the best people over at FOX or CNN and you can have a real debate. Everyone at the Barack Network can't resist themselves from trying to be cynical, snide and unprofessional.

That's why Cruz wants to be moderated by Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Mark Levin.

And that would be very good, very hard and very scary, I wouldn't want that.

This does say one thing to me. On the off chance the Republicans win the white house in 2016,

Sigh, yeah, the same thing you guys said in 2010 and last November, but....go on....

if their policies go wrong and the media start asking them difficult questions, they are going to ban those media outlets.

Not at all, if the questions are real and legit and if you get moderators that aren't childish to the point that the the insults getting more play and focus over the actual questions. But like I said, the Dems would NEVER allow Conservatives to moderate their debates. LOL We all know why.

So eventually all news from the white house will come through Faux news.

They actually DO take a lot of headline news from them.

REPUBLICAN PRESS RELEASE:

“The GOP ends its partnership with CNBC over the inappropriate use of questions, math, science and facts in a presidential debate.”

How about Robert's Rules of Order?

How about everyone getting the same questions before hand.

How about everyone being put in separate soundproof rooms with monitors, so time limits can be set and immediately cut off electronically?

Seems kind of simple to me.

shonanbb:

" How about Robert's Rules of Order? How about everyone getting the same questions before hand. "

In that case, they would not need any moderators. The candidates would just give short political speeches. (Sort of what the Democrat "debates" look like...)

I still say what is good for the goose is good for the ganter. The Reps were "moderated" by Democrat activists with lots of gotcha questions... let the other side have the same experience.

“The GOP ends its partnership with CNBC over the inappropriate use of questions, math, science and facts in a presidential debate.”

Since when Do Liberals care about Math? ROFL

Anyone who says their budget includes decreasing taxes, increasing the military budget, and tackling the deficit is lying to you. It really is that simple. The numbers just don't add up and the media is probably getting pretty tired biting their tongues when they present these fantasyland positions.

I support any moderator who will hold all candidates to the fire when talking about the economic proposals. That includes Bernie and Clinton. I suspect Bernie's numbers don't add up as well and I'm not expecting any free passes that the GOP got in the last debate. You guys were ripe for exposure and instead you sidestepped the bullet.

Congrats. The headlines should have been about your imaginary economics and the retread of trickle-down. It's absurd that the GOP still holds on to that dated, discredited ideology.

Obama this evening mocked the republicans for their make believe talking points and incredible weakness in handling even mildly tough questions from conservative business reporters. The USA and the world sees them for what they are, puppets of the rich without a shred of decency among them all. Shameless shills spreading lies to the uniformed and the weak. But mostly being weak themselves.

Here is the video of Obama courtesy of the tea party . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KIE7SAGx4A

zurc - In that youtube video you gave us the link to, Obama said "It turns out they can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators." But, in fact, the Republicans handled them quite well. Or didn't you see that?

Anyone who says their budget includes decreasing taxes, increasing the military budget, and tackling the deficit is lying to you.

So in other words, increase taxes and that's the fastes way to lower the deficit? Have a neutered military where as we are seeing before our very eyes how a weak president gets *itch slapped around constantly? 7 years and Obamanomics didn't do anything....no..wait, it did increase the deficit and we now have a 20 Trillion USD outstanding debt. How about strengthening the private sector, growing it by creating jobs and not killing them? People are still unsure of the market and want to hold on to their money and who can blame them???

It really is that simple. The numbers just don't add up and the media is probably getting pretty tired biting their tongues when they present these fantasyland positions.

Oh, dear lord......

I support any moderator who will hold all candidates to the fire when talking about the economic proposals. That includes Bernie and Clinton. I suspect Bernie's numbers don't add up as well and I'm not expecting any free passes that the GOP got in the last debate.

You meant, Hillary and Bernie got the pass, the GOP got their chain yanked and bum rushed.

You guys were ripe for exposure and instead you sidestepped the bullet.

Imagine that!

Congrats. The headlines should have been about your imaginary economics and the retread of trickle-down. It's absurd that the GOP still holds on to that dated, discredited ideology.

Uh-huh....anyway, back to the real world, once this nut job is out of the WH we can hopefully, have a president that won't punish success and gets in their head that the only way to prosperity is to create a strong private sector and not take other people's money to fix a broken economy, tried that and it didn't work and. Ever will.

Obama this evening mocked the republicans for their make believe talking points and incredible weakness in handling even mildly tough questions from conservative business reporters.

First of all, you didn't have real moderators that didn't know how to debate, but gutter snipe, but I know you libs would get your blood boiling if shoe would have been on the other foot, like oh, how about the Benghazi hearing where some libs cried foul over the treatment of the cackling woman, for some reason, she was treated bad, but the GOP candidates were treated fairly? ROFL

Hey, it's ok. Barack Hussein can mock what or whomever he wants, is final days are approaching fast and the party poppers are standing by, the nightmare of the last 7 years is drawing to a desperately needed close.

The USA and the world sees them for what they are, puppets of the rich without a shred of decency among them all.

Well, that's both parties and remember, Hillary belongs to that rich club of elites, so her money is different from conservative money? How so? Smells like progressive over conservatism???

Shameless shills spreading lies to the uniformed and the weak. But mostly being weak themselves.

If you're worried about lies,Cohen you must hate Hillary with the utmost and deepest passion. She literally perfected the art of lying.

zurcroniumNOV. 03, 2015 - 05:50PM JST Obama this evening mocked the republicans for their make believe talking points and incredible weakness in handling even mildly tough questions from conservative business reporters. The USA and the world sees them for what they are, puppets of the rich without a shred of decency among them all. Shameless shills spreading lies to the uniformed and the weak. But mostly being weak themselves.

Did you watch the debate or just repeating liberal media talking points? Which questions were mildly tough without an anagonistic presentation?

Hillary is in deep with that "puppets of the rich" category.

Which party seeks the uninformed and weak votes? Which party would like illegal immigrants to vote? Which party pursues the inner city minority vote? Which candidates support and encourage the "Black Lives Matter" movement?

Please list the lies from the GOP candidates?

Opinions regarding the debates abound with political bias and not much concern for real, meaningful and relative national issues that could, would, should and hopefully will be the contents of the debate to be argued in what ever style and performance that the candidates may want to use.

Personality, character and the like are "visible" and describable from their "performance" during the debate. So issues relating such may, could and most possibly be eliminated, just as confrontation by candidates with the media personnel. Included in that are the "mud slinging" issues that have nothing to do with national issues. It may help if "political party" organized issues are also organized as separate issues and asked of each candidate as to where he/she stands with the "party's" position (if any).

So changes could, would and should be made to "concentrate" on "issues" and "topics" of National and International concerns. So if the candidates are "asking" for such rational, meaningful and useful changes, then why not?

If that was not the case, ... well... that is politics all over the world.

In the past, the candidates were actually the ones negotiating regarding the debates. It was only in recent times that the Republican National Committee decided to negotiate on behalf of all the candidates. So this is just returning to how it was before.

The Republican candidates unionizing together to agree on the debate conditions was short-lived. Trump broke off to negotiate on his own, then the other candidates decided to break off too.

Though some say if they can't handle the CNBC moderators, how they gonna handle the Chinese and Russians.

I just saw a funny video of Obama. He was talking about how all the Republican candidates talk about how they are going to put Putin in his place on day one... yet they can't even handle the CNBC moderators.

I laughed.

Did you see the debate? They handled the moderators easily. Cruz gave them a slap down! It was a joke...on CNBC and the moderators producing nothing constructive for the candidates which is the purpose of the debates if you didn't know.

I just saw a funny video of Obama. He was talking about how all the Republican candidates talk about how they are going to put Putin in his place on day one... yet they can't even handle the CNBC moderators.

And yet, Obama, who is supposed to be THE most powerful person in the free world projected total capitulation and weakness towards Russia, towards Assad and towards ISIS. All these people are still in power, even now after the threats and the famous Obama chin in the air, looking down on his pathetic adversaries, the situation has worsened, Putin thinks Obama is a complete and total laughable joke (which I would agree with) his threats didn't hold up and this lunatic has the gaul to laugh at the candidates, when he gets *itched slapped around by a shirtless Putin?? Seriously Barack has NO room to talk. What a joke and embarrassment.

I laughed.

Even, I can't laugh at that. It's frustrating, pathetic and sad.

Putin thinks Obama is a complete and total laughable joke....

Putin's economy will contract by 3.4 percent this year. Putin's currency is down a third over the past year. Putin is forced to cut spending on his navy as much of it comes from abroad and Putin's government cannot afford to import anything anymore - in fact, France will sell two Mistral-class landing ships originally intended for Russia to Egypt instead, and there is nothing Putin can do about it. Putin's economy remains wedded to dumping raw materials on a buyer's market because Putin's legal system guarantees that there will be no independent courts, there will be political competition, there will be no rule of law, and there will be corruption. Putin is forced into an unpopular and likely hopeless intervention in Syria to protect his sole remaining overseas naval base, and Putin lost a civilian airliner quite possibly because of this. Russians put up with this because the deal between Putin and Russian society is to prioritize the country’s status as a great power over an increase in living standards - and Putin's state-controlled media does not let the citizenry know that they are getting neither.

Really, Bass - a journalist such as yourself should keep up with the news a bit more.

Even, I can't laugh at that.

Of course you can't. It was a joke at the Republican candidates' expense. If you had laughed at it, I would have thought someone had hacked your account. ROFL.

I just saw a funny video of Obama. He was talking about how all the Republican candidates talk about how they are going to put Putin in his place on day one... yet they can't even handle the CNBC moderators.

OUCH!! Strangerland, got us there. Darn. I was thinking that too . . . those CNBC mods are peskier than pesky indeed.

I found it amusing also though I recall the Hillay Russian reset button and the, "I will be able to do more after the election" comment in 2012 with Putin from Obama. Maybe it's a socialist/totalitarian control they both want for the masses.

"I will be able to do more after the election" comment in 2012 with Putin from Obama. Maybe it's a socialist/totalitarian control they both want for the masses.

Or maybe you wingers seem more paranoid than a meth-head 3 days into a smoking party?

Let's face it, with the candidates wheeled out of the GOP Asylum in '12 how could President Obama take the challenge seriously?

Who could have thought the class of '16 would be even more unelectable?

There is an upside though Mark. You and yours get to be angry for many more years to come out there in the wilderness as a Democrat continues the historic legacy of Barack Obama. That Rage gland will look like Schwarzernegger pecs in the eighties in a few years.....

bass: Obama is a complete and total laughable joke (which I would agree with) his threats didn't hold up and when he gets itched slapped around by a shirtless Putin?? Have a neutered military where as we are seeing before our very eyes how a weak president gets itch slapped around constantly? Obama got *itched by Putin.

I think I see what you're saying here.

bass: Obamanomics didn't do anything....no..wait, it did increase the deficit and we now have a 20 Trillion USD outstanding debt. The debt will exceed over $20 Trillion. Hmmm...$20 Trillion in debt.

And I might see a pattern here.

bass: the nightmare of the last 7 years is drawing to a desperately needed close; the roller coaster of a ride the last 7 years ago; 7 years and Obamanomics; racked up over the last 7 years.

OK, OK, OK, and OK.

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on the debate issue. I know that Putin *itch slaps Putin, the debt will be $20 trillion, and you haven't been happy for 7 years. Noted and recorded in the archives. Now that we've gotten that out of the way can you take a break from being balanced and maybe give your opinion on the actual article?

Of course you can't. It was a joke at the Republican candidates' expense. If you had laughed at it, I would have thought someone had hacked your account. ROFL.

As i said before, when it comes to comedy, liberals should stick to what they do best saturating and misleading the truth, but being funny is not one of their strong points. Really.

Or maybe you wingers seem more paranoid than a meth-head 3 days into a smoking party?

Looking at the overall poll numbers of the independents that Hillary needs to win over. I'm sure she's on that pipe now.

Let's face it, with the candidates wheeled out of the GOP Asylum in '12 how could President Obama take the challenge seriously?

Well, if you fudge the numbers of unemployment, hire the IRS to investigate, stall and hinder and block conservative donors to contribute to their constituents, you can easily brand your opponent as not being particularly serious.

Who could have thought the class of '16 would be even more unelectable?

Hey, good luck with getting a chunk of 60% of independents that feel Hillary is unelectable, without them, guess what, NO coronation of the cackling woman.

There is an upside though Mark. You and yours get to be angry for many more years to come out there in the wilderness as a Democrat continues the historic legacy of Barack Obama. That Rage gland will look like Schwarzernegger pecs in the eighties in a few years.....

What's really funny is, you libs believe virtually half of the things you say. Now that's funny!

I think I see what you're saying here.

That would be a first.

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on the debate issue. I know that Putin *itch slaps Obama, the debt will be $20 trillion, and you haven't been happy for 7 years.

As well as The country not happy, yes.

Noted and recorded in the archives. Now that we've gotten that out of the way can you take a break from being balanced and maybe give your opinion on the actual article?

Already did before, this all goes back to a central issue and that is having inexperienced moderators mock candidates in a fashion that was disrespectful, the next debate will be better and now that NBC is on notice, they won't pull that stunt again. Very simple. I think that's fair and balanced.

Perhaps bass would like to see these questions asked at the next GOP debate:

--Which of Obama's disastrous policies will you run through the shredder first?

--It is a FACT that Obama is a socialist. What trickle-down policies will you propose to allow America to rise again like a phoenix from the ashes?

--Under Obama's socialist reign, the richest Americans have gotten even richer. To stop this wealth redistribution, by how much will you cut these extremely wealthy people's taxes and how will you make sure that the moochers living on food stamps get a job and start paying their fair share?

--Some liberals believe that health care is a right and that an insured public in the long run benefits the country as a whole. Would you care to blow a hole through this socialist balderdash?

--As a fascist, Obama has worked tirelessly (between rounds of golf in his mom jeans) to take away everybody's guns. How will you make sure every man, woman, and child has easy access to assault rifles and armor-piercing ammunition? And what steps will you take to lock up the crazy people?

--Everyone knows liberals like Obama like to play to race card because they don't like their country. What will you do to put the race issue to bed, and what will you do to combat black on black violence?

--Obama has not acted like a real American Christian he-man. In FACT, he has been 'itch-slapped repeatedly by Putin, and everybody in the world is laughing at us now. How do you intend to use tough talk and military aggression to make everybody like us again?

--Since Hillary's Benghazi and email scandals are completely non-political issues, they will definitely not go away even after a Republican becomes president. When you become that president, what steps will you take to finally get to the bottom of Hillary's deceptive and anti-American behavior?

--Obama has not worked with Congress. He has only worked with his pen and teleprompter. What will you do to make sure that the House Freedom Caucus and the Koch brothers get everything they want?

--Most real people think Reagan® was the best president since our holy founding fathers. Why do you think liberals have a problem with this, and why does Obama think he's smarter than everybody else when he wasn't even born in this country and is probably a Muslim?

Spot on!!

Plastic, those questions would only be appropriate if they are a response to an unrelated issue. For example:

Question: Your economic policy seems to be based on a potential default which would cause worldwide chaos. Is that really the best way?

Answer: Oh, I see. Obama has not acted like a real American Christian he-man. In FACT, he has been 'itch-slapped repeatedly by Putin, and everybody in the world is laughing at us now. How do you intend to use tough talk and military aggression to make everybody like us again?

Answer: Oh, I see. Obama has not acted like a real American Christian he-man. In FACT, he has been 'itch-slapped repeatedly by Putin, and everybody in the world is laughing at us now. How do you intend to use tough talk and military aggression to make everybody like us again?

Spot on! You hit every exact point!

Mark G, all the media that has or will be hosting these debates, Republican and Democrats, are conservative media, just some less so than others. And while asking blowhards, racists, con men and liars why they are acting like blowhards, racists, con men and liars may be embarrassing to them (or put the candidates in the position of admitting he's merely pandering to the foolish and racists because they make up so much of the Republican base) that doesn't make those questions invalid. Indeed, it makes asking them important if these debates are to have any hope of informing the electorate.