News Flash: Debates Don't Matter!

I love the fact that Liberals want to be so helpful to Republicans when it comes to selecting the nominee who will challenge Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Liberals go out of their way to suggest that the Republican field of Presidential hopefuls is weak and utterly lacking in anyone who has a real shot at removing Obama from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

It ranges from slurring morons like Chris Matthews who regularly dips into not only the happy juice, but also into the tried and tired Liberal playbook that Republicans are lacking in intellectual curiosity and are generally flat out stupid. This is nothing new; George W. Bush was a stupid party boy, His father was out of touch with “real people” and Reagan was an amiable dunce according to the geniuses of the mainstream media.

Based on Texas Governor Rick Perry’s recent less than stellar debate performance has brought out a cavalcade of liberal critics wanting to handicap the Republican field. Eugene Robinson, the Kermit the Frog voiced, columnist for the Washington Post, utilized his latest column to declare the entire Republican field as a bunch of dogs.

Here’s the rub for Liberals; Presidential primary debates are meaningless. Earlier this week while subjecting myself the Morning Joe on MSNBC, someone posited a question about the importance of debates to which veteran NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell dismissed the question with no debate with the response, “of course debates are important.” Just so I am perfectly clear even to Mrs. Alan Greenspan (Mitchell) let me re-state my point; PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATES ARE MEANINGLESS.

For political junkies, debates are high entertainment value events and down right fun to discuss. When it comes to picking the eventual nominee, the really don’t matter. Quick question who won the 2008 Republican Presidential primary debates? Believe it or not there were over 20 debates held during the 2008 cycle. Of those, roughly 11 were what I would call “major” debates; meaning there was a wide array of candidates who participated in a media sponsored format and included top-tier candidates. Sorry but Tom Tancredo standing on a stage by himself does not equal a debate for me.

Of those 11 debates, how many did the eventual Republican Presidential candidate John McCain win? Well based on media reports, Congressman Ron Paul won 5 of the 11; Governor Mitt Romney bested the field in 4 of the 11 and Governor Mike Huckabee won 2, leaving John McCain with zip, zero, zilch, nada in the win column. If debates are such a critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to winning the nomination, then how did John McCain ever get the nomination? (Believe me I have asked myself that question any number of times, but not based on his performance in the debates!)

The bottom line for liberal dipwads boils down to this any one of the announced candidates, including Ron Paul, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, hell even Congressman Thaddeus McCotter and unannounced, potential candidates like Sarah Palin, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie or Florida Senator Marco Rubio would be a better choice for President than the current, temporary resident of the White House.