THE CONSERVATIVE VIEW

BY RUSSELL TURNER

INSTEAD

Like many other Americans I watched the vice president debate last Tuesday night. I have the belief that open, honest debate is necessary for us voters to make a logical decision. If a person running for office cannot articulate his belief in his platform he has no business even running in the first place. I make no bones about my belief in the conservative philosophy; I was satisfied with the conduct of Governor Pence and his attempt to talk about the issues facing our nation. Senator Kaine, on the other hand, impressed me as being a complete jerk; if we were choosing a candidate to be arrogant and condescending he would win hands down. His main talking points were that Donald Trump lost a huge sum of money, and insinuated that Trump was cruel to women. First of all the tax return that was published by a major US newspaper was an illegally leaked document, the paper that run that document was in violation of several laws. I just wonder if our justice department will take any action against the paper for their clear violation of our laws. Even Trump confirms that all of the supposed name calling over the opposite sex was due to a feud with Rosie O’Donnell, I am sure that there were some pretty sharp jabs from dear little Rosie directed at Donald as well.

Instead of dealing with the issues that are crippling our nation we get a load of this bull manure every time there is a debate. Instead of talking about the complete failure about Obamacare and the lies that were told to the American people when it was crammed down our throats, we hear about some alleged comment from Trump 20 years ago about some beauty queen gaining weight. Instead of talking about ways to make government more streamlined and efficient, we hear about an illegally released tax document by a major paper. Instead of talking about the Clinton pay-to-play scandal while Hillary was the Secretary of State, we hear about some Tweet that Trump recently sent. Instead of each candidate acting like a gentleman, senator Kaine acted like a jerk with his 70 some interruptions when Governor Pence tried to use his time to rebuttal the other side. Instead of the moderator maintaining control of the debate, she sat there and allowed Senator Kaine to interrupt and consume time then she would pressure Governor Pence and tell him that he was out of time and needed to move on.

The people of this country deserve better debates than what we have been seeing. They have become some of the most childish and petty examples that most people grew out of when they became adults. I also blame the mainstream news media for promoting this kind of nonsense. Face it my fellow Americans, too many of our people are being manipulated by the liberal media and the slanted reporting they are doing. This upcoming election is the most important in my lifetime, it will determine if we remain a constitutional republic or degrade into a socialistic hellhole that much of the world has to endure.


Instead of having a dumbed down electorate we can have a system where important issues are discussed and debated. For those of us who can see through all of this garbage, we need to speak up and tell our friends and relatives about the true issues. Instead of sitting on the sidelines, it is our duty to fight for the principles that our nation was founded upon.     

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