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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Monday, December 12, 2011 Rebuilding The Arsenal Of Democracy: A Post About The Message...Not The Messenger Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich are arguably the two deepest thinkers in the current Republican presidential field. I disagree with each of them on many points, but at least they are both thinking and articulating beyond mere talking points. Below I offer two short video clips from today's debate because I believe they are powerful statements irrespective of which political party and candidate one favors. 1) Newt warns against us being "domestically stupid" before going on to give an example that (according to a study he was part of) "the second greatest threat to the United States in the next 25 years is failure to modernize our education and invest in math and science and technology." He refers to it as "rebuilding the arsenal of Democracy."
2) This debate was very loosely formatted on the Lincoln-Douglas debate model...basically because they both actually had minutes at a time to answer questions---rather than seconds---and they did so by addressing the issues deeply without resorting to personal attacks. In his closing statement, Newt suggests what a joke our electoral process has become. He characterizes it as "thirty-second sound bites" and "gotcha moments" more like a Hollywood game or a reality show than like reality. I couldn't agree more! He calls for an electoral process that is:
Most of us agree our electoral system is broken. The process is flawed. We have degenerated to near Idiocracy.
Fundamental change in the U.S. electoral process is needed.
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