Political Process according to me...

I started this yesterday, the day after the GREAT debate on Tuesday. First of all, these are NOT debates, they are showcases for the candidates to preach their doctrine. Each performance is fine tuned, including the rules of said debate. Each one of these 'showcases' have been negotiated by the campaigns in a way which will ONLY show their candidates in the best possible light. Again, not a debate! In fact, not even a sharing of ideas, just bluster, rhetoric, and stump campaign speeches all wrapped into a 90 minute boring TV show. Here are some rules which will NEVER be adopted but should be in each one of the debates.

1) Each Candidate MUST answer the question proposed. Each response to a question needs to stay on point. The moderator, should have the ability to stop a candidate's response if they stray off point.

2) Candidates may not summarize their opponent's record or position. They MUST state only their own position (or party's position) on any given topic.

3) Failure to adhere to 1 or 2 would result on their opponent getting 'bonus' time to highlight their position.

4) There should time set aside when the two debaters actually have 'face to face' time to discuss their differences, similarities and possible compromises to issues.

These are just a few broad stroke changes, I'm sure you can think of more and i'd love to hear them from you.

It's really time we asked our candidates for plans, solutions, and explanations of their solutions. Right now, all I hear is consultant speak from both of the major party representatives. Make sure you appeal to the masses on the issues and please don't try to explain cause you'll lose the voters attention. This type of campaigning and government execution is what's got us in this mess, and we don't need to be leaving our kids a BIGGER mess than they already will have to clean up. Your thoughts?

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