How on earth is this a great debate? It’s actually an effort to avoid one.
Ever since Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan, its been widely claimed that this ensures a great debate pitting two starkly different ideological visions over the future against one another. But its now clear that the GOP ticket doesnt want a great debate at all. Their entire strategy is designed to obscure the true ideological differences between both sides.
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How on earth is this a great debate? Its actually an effort to avoid one. Anyone who continues to grant Romney and Ryan the presumption of being serious about engaging in a great clash of visions is only helping them avoid accountability for the true nature of their actual vision.
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