{"id":26205,"date":"2015-08-07T11:22:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T15:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26205"},"modified":"2015-08-07T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T15:22:57","slug":"the-first-republican-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26205","title":{"rendered":"The First Republican Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel obligated to share a few thoughts on the Republican debates<\/a> last night. Obviously, the star of the first debate was Carly Fiorina<\/a>. She obviously has the education, business experience and acumen, and leadership experience to be President. The other person in the early debate who came across very well was Bobby Jindal<\/a>. Governor Jindal also has the educational background and leadership ability to be President.<\/p>\n

The second debate was a little more convoluted. At this point I should mention that I listened to both debates rather than watching them due to cable television issues in the community where I live. The second debate sounded more like the World Wrestling Federation<\/a> than Republicans, but it was instructive. After a question was asked about the ‘war on women,’ I was glad to see Lindsey Graham<\/a> comment that the ‘war on women’ is happening in the Middle East<\/a> in the country that President Obama<\/a> is trying to make a treaty with–not in the Republican party. The concept of a ‘war on women’ has no place in a Republican debate–it is a Democrat party<\/a> talking point and Democrat party fiction. I was also left with the impression that Chris Christie<\/a> is definitely from New Jersey. Having spent my teenage years there, his concept of discussion was somewhat familiar. Recently I had a friend in North Carolina who had been dealing with a New Yorker<\/a> ask me how to\u00a0tell if a New Yorker was angry–it seemed as if they were always talking very fast and very loud.<\/p>\n

The Republican party can do better in the coming debates. The problem was not with the candidates–I felt that the problem was in the questions. We don’t need to see candidates attack each other–we need candidates that state their positions and contrast those positions with those of the Democrat party. The voters will choose the person who expresses their ideas clearly and is most aligned with their views. I also suspect that the participants in the next major Republican debate will be slightly different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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