The Republican debates have already been compared to a bad version of Survivor in which losers don’t get voted out. The reality-show comparisons are even stronger now that Donald Trump is going to moderate a Republican debate in Des Moines on December 27. If anyone objects that Trump lacks real journalistic credentials it shouldn’t matter. Trump is joining with Newsmax to host the debate. Newsmax presents right wing fictions as “news” to a degree that by comparison Fox is almost Fair and Balanced.
Some bloggers such as Steve M are saying that the Republican Party cannot be taken seriously after having Trump moderating their debate. It is already way too late. Trump’s lunacy fits in perfectly with the off the wall views of Michele Bachmann, the sexual scandals surrounding Herman Cain, the ignorance of Rick Perry, the push to repeal the 20th and 21st century by Newt Gingrich, the promotion of wild conspiracy theories by Ron Paul, and the total lack of consistency or sincerity in the views of Mitt Romney.
There was a time when Donald Trump might have responded to the inevitable nonsense to come from the Republican candidates by telling them, “You’re fired.” That was when Trump was calling George Bush, “probably the worst president in the history of the United States.” That was also when he was saying, “it just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans.” This year Trump has preferred to adopt the know-nothing attitude of the far right, between his promotion of Birtherism to Trump asking, ““It’s cold outside…so where’s the global warming?”
The winner of the debate is clearly Jon Huntsman who is not attending the event and sent this comment: “”Lol. We look forward to watching Mitt and Newt suck-up to The Donald with a big bowl of popcorn.”
Update: Ron Paul also not taking part, calling Trump as moderator ‘”wildly inappropriate.”
As a proud liberal, I have to admit I haven’t laughed this hard in years!
Just when you think you’ve seen it all there’s another dumb ass stunt by the Gop! I love it! I can’t wait! I’ll buy extra popcorn, and invite a few friends over!
This is truly a sad day for this country! What could anyone be thinking to turn this over to Trump he’s the 1% that is starving the rest of us. The Gop are incapable of rational thinking to let this occur. Not one serious candidate should accept his invitation. Hm…if only the dirt would have stayed under the rug for Cain to accept and kiss plenty of ….to the Donald. He’s only a man not God!