Comments on: GOP youtube debate http://blog.aboutpolitics.com/2008-presidential-race/gop-youtube-debat/ AboutPolitics.com Blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tim Jowers http://blog.aboutpolitics.com/2008-presidential-race/gop-youtube-debat/#comment-3 Tim Jowers Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:44:57 +0000 http://blog.aboutpolitics.com/2008-presidential-race/gop-youtube-debat/#comment-3 This is shaping up to be a very charged race. If you look at the positions matrix at http://www.gouno.com you'll find several republican candidates supporting the idea of replacing the IRS and also several Democratic (and one Republican) supporting the idea of socialized medicine. The real problem with the debate questions is many of them are esoteric and do not really affect our everyday lives. Sure, all of us who work paid $1000 to $8000 for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan but how constructive is it to spend time debating abortion or, even worse, flags and stuff like that! This is shaping up to be a very charged race. If you look at the positions matrix at http://www.gouno.com you’ll find several republican candidates supporting the idea of replacing the IRS and also several Democratic (and one Republican) supporting the idea of socialized medicine.

The real problem with the debate questions is many of them are esoteric and do not really affect our everyday lives. Sure, all of us who work paid $1000 to $8000 for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan but how constructive is it to spend time debating abortion or, even worse, flags and stuff like that!

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