The Presidential Cage Match

You know, as the sun set on Wednesday night, October 28th, I realized that my night was, potentially speaking, full of great things to watch on T.V., all of which had the makings of a very entertaining evening. A lot there to choose from, I should say. There was that first game of baseball’s World Series, between the N.Y. Mets and the Kansas City Royals; there was my long-awaited NBA opening night, with my beloved Miami Heat, playing the Charlotte Hornets; and last but not least, there was, what else but CNBC’s republican presidential debate on economics.

As I was driving home that night, I could not help, toggling in my mind, which event would I be more interested in watching. Honestly, I kind of wanted to watch them all, but unfortunately, my old T.V., did not feature that multi-channel viewing capability – whatever. By the same token, it was very clear to me that joggling with my remote control, and jumping, like a Mexican bean, from channel to channel, was not the most clever thing to do, as I was unreservedly convinced that watching portions of all the events, would, more likely than not, have the same results as watching none of them at all. All said and done, considering the magnanimous alternatives confronted, I went into deep-thought to ponder on all of them and, while at it, it soon became evident that the republican debate would be the way to go. The way I looked at it, you see, I had another 81 Miami Heat games to look forward to; the World Series, well, to be honest, I am not that much into baseball anyways, so, there you have it, logic and good sense, had me leaning towards the infamous debate. After all, I thought, sports were sports, and politics, well, that is a different story. At the end of the day, politics, are, truly, a meaningful part of everyone’s lives or so it should be, as it does affect all of us in many ways – more so, perhaps, than we care to admit or realize. So…it was simple choice, after all, I guess. Decision made: I was going to watch the debate as my featured event of the night and, if there was any joggling to be done between channels, the debate would still get the better part of me and…that was it. At the end of the night, it became rather obvious that the decision I made was, unquestionably, the wrong one. In hindsight, I thought, either the baseball or the basketball games, whichever, would have been, a far better choice, no “ifs” or “buts” about it. Why, you may ask? Well, where do I begin? If you really want to know, my laundry list is so large, it would probably have us spending a lot of time going over everything that I thought went wrong, with this nauseating spectacle, and, really, it isn’t worth it – not at all.

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Suffice it to say, that [the] event, was, for lack of a better term, repugnantly disgusting. As far as I am concerned, we would all have been better served by calling this show a “Cage Match”, more so than a “debate”. Hello! Never, never, have I seen anything like it. For a moment there, I was not sure whether I was watching the second coming of the Nuremberg trials or a gladiator’s beast-hunt in Rome’s Colosseum, with the gladiator’s part nimbly played by CNBC’s debate moderators Becky Quick, John Hardwood and Carl Quintanilla. Talk about three self-serving liberal media bigots totally out of control and you would probably be epitomizing the most faithful and genuine characterization possible, of what transpired on the debate, bar none. Setting the tone of what was in store for the evening, would be this Quintanilla animal, whose very first question to the panel was: “in 30 seconds, without telling us that you try too hard or that you’re a perfectionist.....what is your biggest weakness and what are you doing to address it? Quintanilla claimed his question was one aimed at cloning what was typically asked of prospects in any job interview in America. My very first question to Mr. Quintanilla regarding his thoughtless analogy would be: Where on earth did he [Mr. Quintanilla] ever come-up with the presumptuous lie that job interviews deal or ask prospects about their flaws instead of their virtues? Spare us all, Mr. Quintanilla, sir, the panel, the viewing audience and all of us, your rather dumb, dull and shortsighted question, if you will. Your arrogance and condescension were clear evidence to me, of your misguided perception as to the viewing audience and your distinguished panel’s level of intellect. I must say, though, after previewing the entire debate, Mr. Quintanilla’s lead-off question made a lot of sense to the hosts’ ploy, I guess, as it was one specifically designed by the moderator and his patrons to sort of light-the-fire; ignite the flame of confrontation, disagreement and controversy amongst the candidates – no more, no less – a sign of things-to-come later in the evening. What followed to Quintanilla’s embarrassing lead-off question would be, more of the same by co-hosts Becky Quick and John Hardwood, with the later taking-on a leading role in what soon resembled one of those sarcastic Hollywood’s “roast” events, except for the fact that the later use “insult comedy” as a good-natured way of honoring a guest, whereas our debate used ill-intended pokes meant to demean and debase them. What followed was a plethora of contemptuous and scornful questions, whereby the so-called “debate” appeared to be one limited to the moderators vs. their republican panel. Other than the questions themselves, at times, the moderators seemed to have lost complete control of their composure; candidly showing total disrespect for their guests and for the viewing audience as they continued to interrupt the answers given by the panel, while taking advantage of their controlling roles and microphones, cutting their guests short, anytime their answers did not meet with the moderators’ expectations; in the end, complete chaos and disarray – again, all but what one would have expected of such a momentous event in the political history of our nation. I guess, for whatever it is worth, that the climax of the eventful happening, and perhaps, the best means to elucidate what transpired throughout the entire evening, came courtesy of Texas Senator, Ted Cruz, as he blasted moderator John Hardwood, when he told him:

“Look at the questions: ‘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?’ How about talking about the substantive issues people care about?” 'The questions asked so far illustrate why the American people don' trust the media. This is not a cage match,' Cruz said

Cruz’s outburst was shortly thereafter followed by Marco Rubio when he told moderators:

“'The Democrats have their own super PAC,' Rubio claimed. 'It's called the mainstream media. “

All said and told, ironically, the big winners of the night were the candidates themselves, all of them, as they were able to set aside their differences while standing in unison as they defended themselves from their unruly attackers – a stout display of camaraderie – one that ably took the moderators to the tank, in spite of their otherwise best wishes for the contrary. The big losers of the night, on the other hand, well, you guess it, who else but CNBC and the moderators. And, yes, the big losers were also the American public – the American public, who, once again, were subjected to the whims of a liberal media who persists in swaying public opinion to sharing with them their Marxist inclines as a way of life which totally abhors capitalism, democracy as well as the freedoms and traditional values willed us by the Founding Fathers of the nation – a clear path to the destruction and demise of our noble nation, such as that we have followed over the past seven years with the most heinous administration ever in the history of our country under the auspices of Barack Hussein Obama – one, mind you, which would give anything to perpetuate their legacy of destruction by way of electing Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States of America. In summary, I thought the so-called debate was no more than a “Cage-Match” promoted by CNBC, owned by NBC, a division of Comcast and one of the nation’s leading liberal networks, along with other liberal mainstream outlets such as CNN, ABC, CBS as well as cable’s liberal kingpin MSNBC – all of whom, to quote Marco Rubio, are the super Pac of the Democratic party and part of a coalition set out to undermine America’s democracy. I, like renowned lawyer, author and syndicated radio talk show host Mark Levin, share in his anger for the despicable display of journalistic mockery such as that seen on the debate. Like Mr. Levin, I have to lay much of the blame for everything that transpired with this so-called republican debate on Reince Preibus, chairman of the Republican National Committee for his role in accepting the debate’s invitation to the event, while knowing well-ahead what was in store for the panelists and for the country. I call for Mr. Preibus' immediate resignation from his post and urge him to join, now retiree speaker John Boehner, in the ranks of failed and despoiled republicans. Enough is enough. I personally have had it with the liberal mainstream media of our country and with their relentless campaign which continues trying to indoctrinate Americans into the belief that socialism / communism are the way of the future for our country. It is time that all Americans stand in unison, as well as did our republican candidates’ panel during the infamous debate, and together, we stand firm in eradicating, once and for all, this plague of left-wing ideologues, especially those now seen through America’s airwaves –that liberal wing coalition of which Becky Quick, John Hardwood and Carl Quintanilla, are but quintessential examples of what liberal America is all about. I say enough of their distractions in trying to manipulate and sway public opinion to where we are all denied learning about real issues now confronting all of us - issues which we never got around to discussing in lieu of the sickening agenda carried out by the debate moderators. God bless us and God bless America.