A Presidential Debate does not Provide us with the Information that we need to Evaluate the Candidates 

Ben Vitale

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The politicians and media still don’t get it! This presidential election is not a drunken sports bar episode of one -upmanship!  We do not need or want debates that are tainted by a biased moderator! A debate is for the coveted position of “King of the drunken sports bar patrons…” However it does have some value! Bad traits or problems with an individual can sometimes be exposed!

Our electoral system is in dire need of some changes… May I make the following suggestions for your consideration! I believe that each candidate for the position of president of the United States, should  present a legal and binding written “document of intent” to the public, indicating what he or she intends to do if elected to public office! The candidate will publically read his promise to the people of America on a series of broadcasts, paid for by the government! Once elected… Any violation of this statement of intent should be considered to be grounds for impeachment!

The public has been lied to and sidestepped one too many times! Decades pass by and the same old bolder dash is spoon fed to the general public!

I believe that we need government sponsored elections, where all advertisement costs are paid for by government… This may be possible; but what do we do with private contributors? There is a problem… It is unconstitutional to limit presidential contributions to a candidate. The answer may be to create a new version of the Fairness doctrine, where minority candidates are given free air time in order to level the playing field. All candidates should be presented from a level and equal platform!

The general public has been systematically brainwashed by special interest groups via the media, which includes the internet. The internet is indeed a powerful tool that is used by the media, as well as the general public! The use of propaganda, is an underhanded way to get you to sway your opinion, when presented with insufficient information. Please permit me to give you an example of propaganda… “Everybody is going to vote for ‘Joe Gavone.’ “ (Joe Gavone is a fictitious name, actually it is a slang term that is used by Italians which means Joe the idiot! LOL!) Please read the link about brainwashing!  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140815205902-57567806-7-propaganda-techniques-all-students-should-learn

The use of propaganda techniques must also be forbidden!  The written document of intent must pass the test of the six “ws” of research and journalism! See link:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws   It is this six “ws” criteria that will guarantee that the reader has indeed been presented with all of the facts, not just snippets of text that proliferate propaganda. The documents of intent must be written in plain ordinary language that can be understood by anyone, not just the Lawyers! Use of the legalese language that is used by lawyers must be forbidden!

After the Documents of intent are published, a few debates could be considered, to reveal other potential problems, with the candidates! A debate does have a useful purpose, but must be presented second to a written document of intent!

With all of the above, the general public would really know who they are voting for, and the candidate would be fully aware of what he or she must accomplish!  

This article is also published on the online news media! Patch.com  Please click the link below. 

http://patch.com/new-york/patchogue/presidential-debate-does-not-provide-us-information-we-need-evaluate-candidat

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