COMMENTARY | The GOP debate of Saturday brought all the top contenders together to discuss the issues that mean the most to the right-wing voting public. The big topics of the night were international policy and war. The debate let the candidates really show off their ignorance and let the network display its well-developed junk-o-meter.
Recently, Newt Gingrich described President Barack Obama as "not knowing which country" he's in charge of. Perhaps Newt's ire should have been reserved for Michele Bachmann. Bachmann is a bit confused about what a communist country is as demonstrated by her statement that the U.S. is more communist than China. Her reasoning is based on China not having a food stamp program. Living in a democratic nation for her entire life appears not to have registered on her regarding the nature of her home country.
Rick Perry said he would reduce all foreign aid to zero and make each nation present a case regarding why they should receive aid. Perhaps Perry envisions a stay in the White House where he would sit on a throne and judge a line of ambassadors begging "please, Sir, may I have some more?" like Oliver Twist. At first he included Israel in this, only to reverse himself later. Waffling like that deserves a side of bacon.
Herman Cain, author of the lower-class-crushing 9-9-9 plan and alleged serial sexual harasser, now adds torture to the list of subjects he probably shouldn't have spoken about. When asked about waterboarding he said he'd support it. In a move that could be filed under "maybe people will forget it's torture if we call it something else" he called it an "enhanced interrogation technique". Enhancing interrogation with waterboarding is like enhancing dental surgery by skipping the novocaine -- it's torture.
Bachmann chimed in with a charmingly ignorant-sounding comment that a CIA, under Obama's influence, was run by the ACLU. Maybe Cain, Bachmann, and the other hopefuls who favor torture should talk to John McCain, an American veteran who was subjected to it, and ask how ethical he thinks it is.
CBS, debate co-sponsor, let affiliate stations decide whether to broadcast the last half hour of the show. The New York affiliate decided to return to NCIS rather than force another thirty minutes of political tripe on the viewers. The real surprise is that they didn't bail on the debate sooner.
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