I saw clips of a predictable unruly, shouting match that lacked the dignity of a bar room brawl. As a result, I’m sick and tired of the loose use of the word, "debate."

This is all about performance art. This is not governing. It is not statesmanship. It is about a slot on Fox and more contributions from the great unwashed. It's the political equivalent of a roadshow of Beetlejuice, but without the fun stuff on row 36.

Wherein the author poses the eternal question...WTF!

Yeah, Jimmy Carter, peanut farmer. Perhaps he wasn't the greatest president to hold the office, but nowhere near the worst. And importantly, a decency we don't see much anymore.

"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." - Mark Twain