This is the key.
The "debates" have been turned into the political equivalent of Survivor.
The lamestream media has become the Democrat's Super PAC. (Yes, I know I'm not the first to use this analogy).
They think it's their job to tear down the Republicans, while throwing softball questions at the Democrats.
Take that power away from them, and they fade into irrelevancy.
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Ahhh...
Bye, Ben!
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Carson is not stellar in the debates so, of course, he wants them not televised.
Internet only - Debates my mean the GOP Conservative message will only reach the “choir”.
Carson wants more “lengthy statements.” No. We don’t.
I am as hooked on computers as anyone, BUT:
Taking the debates off TV and streaming them is stupid beyond my understanding.
I am not going to sit for two hours at my computer to watch the debates and if I am not, you can be sure most people are not going to to.
With it on TV, people can watch while eating dinner, in a bar, as a family, etc.
Streaming it will insure most people will never see it.
We need debates that get deep into the nitty gritty of the issues, that’s where the men will be separated from the boys, there are far to many boys in this race, if we already had one decent debate the field would much thinner by now.
I think you pick two or three republicans to moderate the debates... and you sell the right to broadcast the debates to the highest paying network. And you distribute the proceeds to the campaigns.
Rush Limbaugh should offer his good offices for Republican debate(s); he has the EIB and he has the Dittocam. He could make the dittocam free temporarily.
Carson just doesn’t want anyone seeing him sleeping on stage....
Carson sure don’t like Mannatech questions.
With it Cable only now, they are missing a lot of people.
Mm, this could work. I don’t want the very elderly to not be able to watch them - but if family members and caregivers set it up, they could be on smart tv’s even at nursing homes. This might be a good fight against the media, who have become hostile to fairness.
Why aren’t there debates just on Public Tv...same number debates for Dems As GOP...same amount of time...same questions??
Wow, only the same thing about 90% of posters here suggested.
Pathetic fail posting from you three again today.
Then why have them?
Sorry Ben, you may be a brain surgeon, but if this is an example of how you'd tackle a problem, I'm a little taken back.
Televise them, but do not let the networks provide the moderators.
This is not an idea I would expect from a keen intellect like Dr. Carson’s.
With 200+ cable/satellite channels, the Repubs should have little problem finding a channel to lease and set up their own debates the way they want them.
They do not have to depend on the broadcast or cable/satellite networks for time or mods or format, etc.
Force CSPAN to broadcast it, since they are a government subsity anyway.
Of course Carson, Bush, Rubio and the underlings don’t want to have televised debates...how else would we know about their flip flops and lies they tell...
Streaming takes it out of the politics of the MSM to the even more radical liberal shift of Facebook and YouTube. How are we always so effing stupid