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If You Can't Win On Merit, Cheat!

Guest post by: Michael Hume

Article Overview: Seen another boffo Republican presidential debate on the TV contraption t'other night... well, part of it, anyway. And I got to thinking: Man, I want that deal! I want to be up in front of all those people, getting to say all those smart things, being the guy who has all the answers on how to fix America....

If You Can't Win On Merit, Cheat!

In The Game To Fix America, The Fix Is In Seen another boffo Republican presidential debate on the TV contraption t'other night... well, part of it, anyway. And I got to thinking: Man, I want that deal! I want to be up in front of all those people, getting to say all those smart things, being the guy who has all the answers on how to fix America!

I wasn't thinking of the candidates, of course. I don't want their deal. No, the enviable position is enjoyed by the Demediacrats ("moderators") who get to set all the rules, ask all the questions, and make up and say anything they want to say before, during, and after every one of those debates. THAT is a cool deal.

Imagine a big-money golf match in which you get fourteen high-tech golf clubs, a sleeve of state-of-the-art golf balls, and you get to "tee off" by taking a free drop on the green... meanwhile, your opponent (who had to agree to these rules in advance in order to be allowed to play) has to play with a tire-iron and a sack of marshmallows. From the back tees. Cool deal... for you.

Imagine that you own a business - one of only two gas stations in a town sixty miles from the nearest other burg. But you get all the gas you want, no taxes to pay, and even a nice little convenience store in which you sell tasty donuts and good coffee (and have clean restrooms). Your sole competitor, meanwhile, has to buy gas from you sometimes in order to stay in business, must charge customers double your price (by town ordinance), and offers a portable potty and no snacks. Cool deal... for you!

Imagine a football game in which you get to run your offense against your own defense, which takes the opportunity to take a nice break on the sidelines while you score a touchdown on every play. Your opponents, though, have to face actual opposition. And you get to supply the refs, who are doing double duty as your assistant coaches and cheerleaders. Oh, and in order to be allowed to play, your opponents had to agree to turn the ball over to you every thirty or sixty seconds. What a cool deal for you!

Imagine a game of chess in which the only piece is the pawn... you get thirty of 'em... your opponent gets none... you get the idea.

Now imagine the game of politics in America, after a century of progressive statism. You're a modern Demediacrat, so you get control of every institution that influences public opinion, from the time little future voters start school to the TV shows and movies they watch to the "news" they get when they're older. And in order to play at debates, your opponents have to agree to rules in which you get to ask stuff not far from this: "Mr. Candidate, you obviously want us to have dirty air, dirty water, dead grandparents, perpetual illness, rape, murder, sexual harrassment and bad hair. What do you have to say for yourself? You have nine seconds, including the time it took for me to... oops, time's up. You call that an answer?"

What a cool deal you get! And you don't have to imagine it... you got it, Baby. All you have to imagine is that a majority of voters are as stupid as you think they are. If they are, there's no WAY you can lose... in eleven-plus months.

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