There is only thing to say about the

Republican Presidential commercial debate held on June 13th in New Hampshire:I think the GOP overpaid for the commercial debate time!

There is no doubt that was not a real debate, but yes, an actual commercial for the Republican Tea Party. They were not attempting to provide Americans a chance to pick a Republican candidate but instead providing a forum by which several Republicans (whether they've actually announced their candidacy or not) could get their - for the most part - UNITED message out, on a major news network, and without having to use their campaign dollars to do it.

BTW: I say "for the most part" because Ron Paul was the only Republican old enough and ornery enough to tell the Tea Party to fuck off when it comes to some of his views, such as gay marriage. In his world, the government has no right to impose its (meaning the Republican Right) views on marriage on him and he would never impose his views of marriage on others. Like Lawrence O'Donnell, I agree that the longest Mr. Paul remains in the race, at least some truths will get out there.

So back to the debate:

In a word, it was bullshit.

Gosh, it feels good to write, 'bullshit' and know that no one can censor me by bleeping out the 'shit' part like they do on TV. *rolls eyes*

Some of the clues to its being nothing more than a commercial could be the chosen location; St. Anselm College - a private (as in CHARTER) catholic school. Why is that proof? Well, it's well known that one of the Tea Party Republican Party's big pushes is privatizing our education system (in other words, Charter schools). And truth be disclosed, they'd consider it a double win if all those Charter schools were Christian schools (okay, we know that's ludicrous but Right wing religious zealots can always dream...and they do)


Another clue was in Tim Pawlenty. A good many people, including the left wingers (of which I'm one, but one who isn't in agreement) saw Pawlenty's pale, lackluster response to why he didn't use "Obamy Care"  during the debate - as he'd bravely done the previous Sunday - as a "Just in case" move (as in, "...just in case Romney wins the nomination and then I could be his VP candidate") but come on, it wasn't a real debate, therefore, the gloves were on all night. If you play the debate (highlight 'debate' for a link to a video of the evening) over and over again, you'll see there's very little in-fighting, very few disagreements - but loads of head nodding and the usual repetitive, pedantic Tea Party Republican rhetoric regarding everything from "Obama Care" (they'll all repeal it); the National Deficit (they'll all cut taxes in spite of the fact that we're at the lowest tax rates since the 50's); and yes, each in their own way (a way that sounded oddly similar) would put DADT back into effect. They're also all in favor of more tax cuts for the rich, and all believe this will fix the deficit (in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary). As for the lone female, well, it was obvious that Michelle Bachman received the much-wanted, winning tea bag back stage, because she's the one who won the right to say this brilliant *rolls eyes* statement:  

"Every time the liberals get into office, they pass an omnibus bill of big spending projects. What we need to do is pass the mother of all repeal bills, but it's the repeal bill that will get a job killing regulations. And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA. It should really be renamed the job-killing organization of America."

Oh, yeah, Michelle, damn that EPA and its stopping pollution by actually investigating huge corporations who have been poisoning us for years. *rolls eyes again - something I did throughout the commercial debate*.

So Michelle, what were you really saying? Were you saying that health be damned, environment be damned, cancer be damned in children, because thanks to the EPA, big business sent their business to third world countries where they can do ANYTHING they want in order to get their products made? Were you saying that now, those businesses can pay as little as they want to their slaves employees and pollute to their heart's content? And all because of the evil EPA? Is that what you meant? Did you really mean that God forbid those businesses should stay here and CLEAN UP THEIR ACT and then do their business in a responsible manner? Sure, of course, why do the responsible thing? Instead, we'll just kill the EPA instead.

"Go Michelle," she said without any enthusiasm whatsoever. "Go soak your head in an educational bucket," she added with great enthusiasm.

As you can see, there's a good reason why Michelle is the chairman of the Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives.


In conclusion, any real discussion of who won or lost that particular debate is simply wasted words because no one wins or loses in a commercial - it's only later, like January, 2013, when we're watching either a Democrat or Republican taking the oath of office, that we'll know if this commercial worked.

Republican Americans, it's up to you now. Are you going to allow the rich, right wing control your representatives to the point that they don't dare speak up and stand for their real politics? Are you going to continue to vote against your own best interests because you love the rhetoric, or are you going to stand up and say "NO" to the Tea Party, a movement that's nothing more than a facade which uses all the right words but in reality (as the residents of Wisconsin and other states with new Republican Governors), intends to send us all back to a time before people CARED about each other.