Comments about ‘Jay Evensen: Jay Evensen: On second thought...’

"Mad cow disease reared its frothing head again last week. This is the disease that makes you think you can still win the GOP nomination even though your name isn't Mitt."

Mr. Evensen,
What if some people aren't motivated by a simple desire to hold political power, but to actually raise issues of importance? Ron Paul has not suspended his campaign because there are still important issues to discuss. When both the President and the presumptive Republican nominee agree on so many things, don't we actually deserve a third option? Think about these things: bank bailouts, individual mandates, government stimulus packages, government intervention in the setting of interest rates for student loans (because it worked so well with mortgages), the NDAA, the Patriot Act, sending the nation to war without a declaration of war by Congress, and promising at least two decades more of deficits. (I haven't seen President Obama produce a balanced budget plan, meanwhile, Romney has endorsed the Ryan plan, which is not projected to reach a balanced budget til 25-30 years from now). Obama and Romney essentially agree on all these things. Don't we deserve another choice?

You're right Mr. Evensen, we should have just handed him the nomination a long time ago and dispensed with this fake vetting process called the primary season. I mean seriously, we all knew Mitt was the guy anyway. Does anyone else have his hair, his pedigree, his connections to Wall St., or come across as so completely vanilla? I think next time, we ought to just do a quick poll of you media types and go with that. (sigh)

That kind of thinking contributes to the laziness and apathy so prevalent in our political process today. In effect, what you're saying, is it is unnecessary for the candidates to actually put their record and political viewpoints up for scrutiny. How discouraging it must be for an engaged citizen to see comments such as yours which preclude their right to decide for themselves. The reality is, it's totally unnecessary to make such statements. Mitt is probably going to win the nomination, but you lead others to question the credibility of the vote count or the process itself when you seek to undermine it. It almost leads one to believe that's what you want to do.