Mrs. Morrow wouldn't stop there.
"Michele," she would say, "Please look up the cost of hotels,
airfare, meals and other expenses of a trip to India...." "Mitt,
write on the chalk board the number of Navy ships in 2007, during the Bush
Administration, and the source of your information. Now list the number of
ships in 2012." "Rick, name the patients who have been forcibly
euthanized by the Dutch and the source of your information. " "Newt,
write on the board the date that you left office. Now list the dates of the
budgets that...." And so on.
You may think that my parody is
disrespectful of candidates for the highest office in the land. But consider
commentator Richard Schiffman's view : "Since the candidates are
acting like children, let's treat them that way." Socialites, socialists
-- and even conservatives -- might very well agree. Will it be truth or
consequences?
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