Bulletin!

RNC changing to WWF!

Wednesday nights’ Presidential Food Fight emphatically demonstrated to the dozens who watched, Republicans are either in the wrong business or actually think “debate” is what you use to catch “de fish”.

Best-selling author and NY Post opinion writer, James Bovard, noted, “The GOP Debate is like watching a NASCAR race where most of the drivers will repeatedly crash.” His comment led to the suggestion candidates wear similar decals denoting their corporate backers.

The evening’s performance featured several iconic scenes from Animal House, Star Wars, Good Fellas, Yellowstone and vintage “Foghorn Leghorn” cartoons.

The Friends of Noah Webster Society issued a press release stating, “The RNC’s use of the word “debate” was as ill-fitting as Ru Paul in shoulder pads.”

The John Holmes Fan Club objected to several of the candidates trying to prove they were equal to their deceased icon.

FOX News moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCullum extinguished themselves in what was to be their ‘break out’ performance, instead, putting on an adolescent display of middle school ‘got’cha’ questions to tweak the candidate’s weakness or paint a bullseye on him inviting the other 7 to take their best shot. Meaningful candidate dialogue was in short supply. When certain candidates didn’t play nice, the ‘debate’ morphed into a grade school playground brawl with Baier and MacCullum the hapless teachers unable to restore order. Uncharacteristically, Mr. Pence and predictably Mr. Christe were the repeat offenders. Do these guys want to be President of the United States or head of the local Crips chapter? Where is Mr. Rogers when we need him?  Baier and MacCullum’s  performances proved both Not Ready For Prime Time. A review of their resumes bears that out.

Under-reported was this embarrassing tidbit

“During this build up segment, Martha MacCallum introduces the “random Republican voters” in Wisconsin who will watch the debate.  Except, well… there’s a little problem.  MacCallum introduces Chris Lawrence as a “Wisconsin GOP voter” who seemingly supports Ron DeSantis.  However, MacCallum fails to mention that Chris Lawrence actually works for the Koch Network, who have recently pledged to spend $70 million to defeat President Trump. “

Fair? Balanced? Unafraid? Right.

Noted in The Hill:

“As for the moderators, they didn’t control the crowd or the candidates. They asked questions about a song and about Donald Trump before they bothered to ask about the Southern border, and then they spent more time on the former than the latter.  

Fox got this debate and the next one (well, Fox Business) because the other networks are so terrible. That no other news organization would have done a better job doesn’t mean they did a good one.” 

The GOP has a problem entering this primary season, with all other moderator options being so absolutely terrible – I mean, they asked a UFO question, for crying out loud.”

That last line is instructive. Imagine CNN or MSNBC as host. ABC, CBS, NBC have a storied history of bias in both their hosts and questions. FOX Business hosts the next debate. Considering the stakes, a performance improvement would be welcome but no breath holding here.

But wait!! What’s Hulk Hogan doing these days? How about Jesse Ventura, former MN governor? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

Let me make some calls….!

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