Evil Democrats have been working overtime this year to embarass the bejesus out of Republican Presidential Candidates. And it's just not right. It's just not fair. Take
this, for example. During a recent debate a person who is giving paid advice to the Clinton campaign asked a question of the Republican Candidates. It just about ruined the whole event. What right do they have to do this?
I mean, how fair is that? These guys are candidates for the Presidency of the United States, for gosh sakes. It's arguably the most powerful and influencial position in the world. What right do people who might have opinions that are different from the Republican Candidates have to ask potentially embarassing questions, especially questions about matters of public concern, questions on matters of public policy?
After all, recent history has shown us that Republican Presidents are answerable to nobody. Nobody asks them serious questions about anything for fear of getting their credentials pulled. And that can change everything, one's job, one's status, one's personal life. So once one of these Republican Candidates assumes the Presidency they will not be expected to answer the same kinds of questions. We have been taught during the current Presidency that it's just not done. How can it right or proper to ask Republican Candidates for the Office difficult or embarassing questions that would not be asked of the President?
Things like "Do you think America is a good country?" That's okay. Things like "Can you tell us what you had for breakfast?" that's borderline. It requires a President or Republican Candidate who can remember that far back or at least who can clearly articulate some breakfast-related food item. A fairly high standard for impromptu speaking is implicit to this kind of question. And it is just not a reasonable expectation for Republican Presidents.
For Republican Presidents since Richard Nixon this kind of question borders on badgering. There is a risk that they will not be able to answer it. In some cases it is only because of memory problems. In more recent cases, no sensory information penetrates, so the existential world is such a blur that the distinction between a breakfast menu item and a tenet of existential philosophy is an impossible one. This is true even for those Republican Presidents who are not conversant in any tenets of existential philosophy.
Questions of national policy are completely inappropriate. This is because The President, aka, The Decider - see also the one who decides, the same all-knowing and all-wise person - has decided on national policy all on his own. Only he knows; Only he comprehends. The policy is handed down to him directly from God like the ten commandments to Moses, only without the aid of stone tablets. And no questions may be broached, including questions that are simply meant to clarify His position on policy issues Asking suggests there is some question. And the idea that there is some question is suggestive of wavering or unsteadiness or unclear leadership. So asking is forbidden.
People who are both bright and polite will probably notice, too, that asking a President to clarify his position on a policy issue when he is incapable of articulating what he has had for breakfast is a little like asking a boa constrictor to sing difficult Italian opera knowing that it cannot even hum a simple children's tune.
No, it is simply wrong to expect a typical panel of Republican Presidential Candidates to answer hard questions. They are practicing for the august position of President.
In the interest of promoting democracy and good taste I have assembled a list of approved questions for Republican Candidates.
1) Do you like America?
2) What is it about America that you love so much?
3) Is America's military powerful?
4) Is America's military very powerful?
5) What is it about America's military that makes it so powerful?
6) Terrorists are bad people, right?
7) Terrorists are really bad people, right?
8) What is it about terrorists that makes them bad?
9) The President protects all of us from bad people, right?
10) Many people have compared you to Ronald Reagan, what do you say to that?
Pretty much every other question is off-limits because it requires the candidate to discuss or approach discussing some issue of public policy about which there is or might be some controversy. And that means there might be issues of disagreement among voters. And if issues of disagreement are broached in Republican Presidential debates there is a possibiility that people will vote for candidates on the basis of whether Republican Candidates' positions seem reasonable. It will encourage debate about issues that are divisive, thorny, embarassing. And it will lead to the misapprehension that people are alowed to have an opinion about these issues that is not prescribed by The President.
So it is practically criminal that people, especially Democrats, ask difficult questions of Republican Candidates. Really, there ought to be a law...