On the night of Wednesday, October 28, the second round of debates for the Republican party took place, offering candidates an opportunity to shine in the spotlight. It was difficult to determine a winner when the tables turned, and the CNBC mediators attempted to transform the stage into a comedy show. The immensely strong, negative reaction from the stage flowed to the audience as well, who booed the moderators on more than one occasion for their choice of insulting comments and overall unprofessional demeanor.
Delivering biased questions with no real substance, and desiring the candidates to sling mud in each other's direction, the dysfunction of the mediators caused many candidates to rebutt with confident, empowering words. The candidates teamed up and worked in unison to prove the point that Americans cannot solely put their trust in the media, because it's always favoring and leaning in one direction.
John Harwood of CNBC posed the question to Donald Trump whether or not his campaign was being run like a "comic book." Harwood continued by asking Mike Huckabee if he believed Trump had "moral authority" to be the commander-in-chief of the United States, to which Trump fired back, describing the question as "nasty." Many other shots were fired towards candidates, including Senator Marco Rubio and Dr. Ben Carson.
The increasing criticism finally caused one candidate to blow up. Texas Senator Ted Cruz was labeled as not being “the kind of problem-solver American voters want” when questioned about his stance on raising the debt ceiling. Cruz became fed up with the performance of the biased mediators, telling them off by asking a series of questions such as, "Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain? Ben Carson, can you do math? John Kasich, will you insult two people over here? Marco Rubio, why don’t you resign? Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?” Cruz, by far, seemed to benefit the most, although he is not the first to take a roaring stance against the mainstream liberal media.
With the negative hash being thrown left and right, a solid majority of the questions were not even related to the economy, finances, jobs, national security, or any of the other predominate, serious issues our nation is facing today. Instead, the moderators desired to turn it into an all-out war between candidates, even going so far as to demand John Kasich insult another candidate.
Now, although you may not agree with certain stances, opinions, and ideas these Republican candidates have for how to operate this country as president, I think it's safe to say that the mediators formatted the debate in an immoral, unprofessional manner, all in an effort to raise ratings for their network.
What this nation needs is one that is willing to stand together to uphold our Constitutional rights and put his best foot forward to improve the lives of fellow Americans, not one whose bipartisanship is willing to tear each other down in a circus act.
The next Republican debate will be held November 10, 2015 by Fox Business/"The Wall Street Journal" at 9 p.m. in Wisconsin.
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