Opinion by David Morse
A debate takes place when two opposing parties present their arguments hoping to persuade those viewing theirs is the “best” alternative.
The Democrat gathering of Presidential Candidates which took place October 13th was not a debate. There were no points on which the Candidates disagreed. In fact I would characterize the event as closer to an auction. “I bid a rise in taxes to the rich” says one. “I’ll raise you with even more taxes” says another. Free stuff? “I bid free college.” “I bid free college to illegals.” “I bid free college to all and paid sick leave.”
Gun control? The five present tripped over each other bragging how much they had already done to “ban” guns and how each was going to out do the other to further strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights once elected. Most paraded D-minus and F ratings from the NRA as badges of honor. Hillary Clinton promised, regarding gun rights, “We’re not going to let it continue.”
In the end, the Democrat Presidential Debate was little more than a staged event to make Hillary Clinton “look good” to the extreme left who now populate the Democrat Party. Votes she must have to win the Democrat Presidential primaries. Bernie Sanders went so far as to deflect inquiries about Hillary’s e-mails so she would not suffer the embarrassment of answering real questions related to her character, honesty and criminal liabilities.
If Hillary Clinton truly “won” the debate, as many claim, she did so by outbidding all others in extreme left wing, Socialist, big government, spendthrift approaches to the issues and by the willingness of her “opponents” to shield her from any real questions which would prove embarrassing or “difficult” to answer.
This “Debate” was telling more in what was not done, than by what was done.
David Morse
Pima, AZ