Alex Massie Alex Massie

The First 2012 Debate

Will be held next spring at the Reagan Library. So soon! What joy! Andrew Sullivan notices that Hugh Hewitt thinks it’s terrible that the questions will be asked by “mainstream journalists”. Hewitt wants “different kinds of journalist” to set the agenda. By different he means the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity Mark Levin and Michael Medved.

Andrew complains, hyperbolically to be sure, that this is “like Stalin being grilled by the Politburo”. But actually, I would be interested in watching a Presidential debate moderated by the likes of Limbaugh and Levin and co. Lord knows, there will be plenty of opportunities for Wolf Blitzer and Brian Williams and the rest to ask dumb questions. Why shouldn’t the conservative movement’s own favourites have the chance to do so in a nationally-televised format too?

In fact, a Levin and Limbaugh moderated debate would be more interesting and probably more fun than most such affairs.

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