WASHINGTON - Tired of those seemingly endless U.S. presidential debates?
Well the leaders of one of the nation’s most unpopular institutions, the Democratic-led U.S. Congress (approval rating below 20 percent), plan to begin a series of election-year debates of their own on Monday.
However, don’t expect to see this evening clash of lawmakers on any network or commercial television station like the presidential debates.
C-Span, the cable station devoted to covering Congress, says it will air the debate. But it was not immediately certain if it would do so live or on a delayed basis.
In a statement, organizers say the debates are aimed at fostering bipartisan discussion of “the most important issues facing the country.”
The first debate will focus on the seesawing economy, which has emerged as a top issue in this November’s congressional and presidential elections. Eight lawmakers will debate, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, as well as Rep. Adam Putnam, head of the Republican Conference.
“Carried out in a genuine spirit of bipartisanship, dialogues such as these can help us to fix a broken Washington,” said Putnam of Florida.
The first of these so-called “Congress Debates,” set to begin at 8 p.m. EST, is being hosted by the House Democratic Caucus and the House Republican Conference in cooperation with the Democratic Leadership Council and Congressional Institute. The event will be held in the nation’s capital at George Washington University.
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It sure would be nice to have a real choice,
for the President.
Like one that supports the troops, and honor’s the flag and the country too.
All we have running now, on the democratic side, are backslapping, back stabbing, back sliders, who only want one thing. Just like the Jihadists?
They want us out of the Middle East and back safe? Where?Behind, our broken borders?
That, they will not fix, nor defend?
For the Country to actually Vote, for either of these candidates, is to me incredulous!
Who in their right mind, Oh, Never (?) minds,
I mean their; Left, Behind mind?
No Pun, Intended!
Their; Mindset is as Ruinous for the Economy
and the Defense of this Nation!
As their rhetoric; is to the Political,
Tensions All Around the World!
REMEMBER,”Our Enemies” Are Listening to;
All of their Statements,
and are eating this, Crap Up!
If they OSAMA, Hezbollah, Chavez and Iran;
could Vote. I Believe it would be for either,
one of the Democrats.
But their preference would be, “OBAMA!”
So Try a Reality, Check and Get some thing, or anything;(?) Done! in the Congress and/or the Senate! to CHANGE(?); this; NOW!
Not; to mention the Patriot Act; they Wouldn’t “ACT” ON.(?)
And haven’t , a Clue What to do about either, other than Blame: BUSH?
NO ONE, IS LISTENING TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE N.Y. TIMES?
- Posted by Kerry MarvinOr the Moor-on and G.Soros’s, “person” and
Move-on.org mouthpiece for the Far Left Liberal Candidate and Media!