17, September 2015 The
Republican Debate
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina emerged as a
fierce hawk on foreign policy issues. Kentucky Senator Rand Paul denounced U.S.
interventionist policies abroad, which have largely proven to be major foreign policy
debacles (Iraq, Libya to name just a few). Fiorina promised to avoid all
communication with ‘big bad wolf, Vladimir Putin and would resurrect Reagan’s
disastrous Missile Defense System. It is a pity that Fiorina and her ilk, who
habitually fawn over Reagan’s legacy, ignore the fact that he negotiated the
INF treaty with the former Soviet Union. Trump received too much airtime and
said very little of substance. Jeb Bush made the preposterous claim that his
brother, President George Bush, should receive credit ‘for keeping American
safe’, ignoring the inconvenient truth that 911 occurred on his watch. Scott
Walker claimed that trashing the union workers in Wisconsin offered conclusive
proof that he would make a great President.
Although Rand Paul lacks charisma and failed to deliver a
knockout punch he was the only speaker who offered sensible ideas on domestic
and foreign policy issues resisting the ‘trash Obama’ rhetoric of the other
speakers. He was one the few senators who opposed the Iraq war. Trump
scrupulously offered no details how he would organize a posse and round up 11
million illegals. Many women would be aghast that the speakers planned to
defund Planned Parenthood, perpetuating the myth that they were selling fetal
tissue for profit relying on a highly deceptive, edited video.
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