Really, who was watching the Republican debate last Thursday? I, for one, was not, due to MSNBC's insistance on being a cable channel. Luckily for me, the entire (incredibly painful) thing is up on YouTube.
There were so many highlights in this hour-and-a-half long joint press conference. Let's just start with the sheer number of candidates: 10. That means, not accounting for questions from the moderators, that each candidate could expect to speak for only 9 minutes. Not really long enough for us to distinguish one rich, white old man from the other nine rich, old white men. But onto the actualfluff subtance...
A few main things really stood out for me. First was absolute and vehement denial by three of the candidates, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, and Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas. See them play "pander to the far-right of their party" in this clip:
I'm at a complete loss for words. Admittedly, all three tried to retract their statement, or hand raising, on Friday, but I don't think I will ever trust anyone who claims not to believe in something we learned in middle school science, even if they do modify their statements later. Amazing.
And then there was the issue of stem cell research. Wisconsin is the birthplace of stem cell research, and our own former Governor Tommy Thompson couldn't even bring himself to say that he supports something that would bring huge amounts of research and money to our state (maybe because stem cell research isn't as promising as RFID chips in humans...), not to mention all the lives it could save.
And there was more, much more, but watch it for yourself. Or save yourself some time during finals, and just read the Republican party's platform. Because that's all you missed.
There were so many highlights in this hour-and-a-half long joint press conference. Let's just start with the sheer number of candidates: 10. That means, not accounting for questions from the moderators, that each candidate could expect to speak for only 9 minutes. Not really long enough for us to distinguish one rich, white old man from the other nine rich, old white men. But onto the actual
A few main things really stood out for me. First was absolute and vehement denial by three of the candidates, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, and Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas. See them play "pander to the far-right of their party" in this clip:
I'm at a complete loss for words. Admittedly, all three tried to retract their statement, or hand raising, on Friday, but I don't think I will ever trust anyone who claims not to believe in something we learned in middle school science, even if they do modify their statements later. Amazing.
And then there was the issue of stem cell research. Wisconsin is the birthplace of stem cell research, and our own former Governor Tommy Thompson couldn't even bring himself to say that he supports something that would bring huge amounts of research and money to our state (maybe because stem cell research isn't as promising as RFID chips in humans...), not to mention all the lives it could save.
And there was more, much more, but watch it for yourself. Or save yourself some time during finals, and just read the Republican party's platform. Because that's all you missed.
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