The show must go on!

The democratic candidates for President put on a good show for us yesterday! Or did they?

Actually, it was the network that put on the good show . . . the candidates only played the part of actors in a program!

How can I say this? Simple . . . all the questions from the citizens of our fair country were submitted to the network. Some employee of the network reviewed them all and, following such directions as he(she) may have been given, made the selection of the questions that would be used in the actual broadcast. Obviously, the number of questions selected for the program was quite small when compared to the number that had been submitted!

So what?

So if the network or the person selecting the questions favored a given candidate, questions that gave him(her) the best chance to make a good showing would be included on the list for the show. If the network or its employee was in favor of a specific problem or against it, such as abortion, immigration reform, the war in Iraq, you name it, the questions submitted on that subject would be selected so that a bias could be created in the direction of the network's wishes.

Now we all know that the general media bias is liberal, so it is not unreasonable for us to assume that any candidate of a conservative persuasion is going to be somewhat handicapped by this question selection modality.

So who came out looking best on the show? Well, which was the candidate most loved by the liberals?

Manipulation . . . by the same media that typically manipulates the news presentations to assure that publicity through this avenue promotes the media's favorite candidate or position on key issues! And by the same media that conducts all the polls that are so couched in wording that choices that are negative to what the media wants may be difficult or impossible to select.

Ah, dear reader, gather all the information you can on both sides of the choices you make, then make your own decision, unless you are willing to be led around like a bull with a ring in his nose!