Repubs Have Selves to Blame

All this whining from the right about the Republican debate moderators being too tough is a joke.

If any alleged political representatives of the people are fair game for grilling, it's the corrupt right beholden to big money -- evidenced by their virtual unanimous debate declarations favoring tax breaks for giant monopolizing corporations.

And let's face it. It's the alarmist, disingenuous, mud-slinging, finger-pointing, scandal-provoking right -- ala, the Karl Roves, and the Rush Limbaugh's over the past decade or two -- that are at least indirectly, if not directly, responsible shaping the nasty attack dog mentality of the political arena today. Add to the mix, Donald Trump with his cheap shots and one-liners, and you have what you had the last Republican debate.

You saw it in the sharpened reflexes, and smart guy remarks among the Republican candidates themselves. Everybody seemed to have their hackles up. And the questions were probing and to the point.

But what sense is Ben Carson making? How is getting paid for speeches and doing free video ads not proof that the good doc is in bed with the said questionable company? Complainers like Carson or Chris Christy only have their own single-minded, conniving party liners and strategists to blame.