Heather Wilhelm strikes again with another funny and relevant article.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/12/17/when_everyone_wants_to_be_president.html
At least the Republicans have some sane and competent candidates, paired with the courage to conduct their debates while people actually watch. The Democrats are so crazy, apparently, that they have to squirrel their own debates into time slots usually designated for fun and recreation, when very few non-self-flagellating human beings would ever tune in. The next Democratic debate falls on December 19, a Saturday night; the first debate of 2016 falls on Sunday night, January 17, in the midst of NFL playoff season.
Coincidence? I think not. Bernie Sanders, enriching his personal brand of “confused college town corner protestor,” tweeted the following after Tuesday’s debate: “Fifth #GOPDebate is over. Like the first, not one word about income inequality, climate change, or racial justice.” The Republicans, he concluded, “are out of touch.” Unfortunately for Bernie Sanders, this was a national security debate. Unfortunately for the rest of us, he probably knew that, and still thought his tweet made sense.
Even stranger was Hillary Clinton’s response: “Only one candidate in this election knows how to build coalitions and make the world safer—because she’s done it.” Really? A quick, objective look at the current geopolitical landscape—ISIS rising, the Middle East disintegrating, a recent terror attack on American soil—easily proves this sentence false. The world itself might get rather huffy about such a hubris-laden mischaracterization, if it weren’t so busy being a basket case.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/12/17/when_everyone_wants_to_be_president.html
At least the Republicans have some sane and competent candidates, paired with the courage to conduct their debates while people actually watch. The Democrats are so crazy, apparently, that they have to squirrel their own debates into time slots usually designated for fun and recreation, when very few non-self-flagellating human beings would ever tune in. The next Democratic debate falls on December 19, a Saturday night; the first debate of 2016 falls on Sunday night, January 17, in the midst of NFL playoff season.
Coincidence? I think not. Bernie Sanders, enriching his personal brand of “confused college town corner protestor,” tweeted the following after Tuesday’s debate: “Fifth #GOPDebate is over. Like the first, not one word about income inequality, climate change, or racial justice.” The Republicans, he concluded, “are out of touch.” Unfortunately for Bernie Sanders, this was a national security debate. Unfortunately for the rest of us, he probably knew that, and still thought his tweet made sense.
Even stranger was Hillary Clinton’s response: “Only one candidate in this election knows how to build coalitions and make the world safer—because she’s done it.” Really? A quick, objective look at the current geopolitical landscape—ISIS rising, the Middle East disintegrating, a recent terror attack on American soil—easily proves this sentence false. The world itself might get rather huffy about such a hubris-laden mischaracterization, if it weren’t so busy being a basket case.
