New debate rules

We are getting an inkling on how the Republicans deal with the press and the 1st Amendment. If you do not like the questions, such as quoting a candidate's own website or watching videos of a medical doctor endorsing a company’s dietary supplements to cure cancer, then just ban the questioners.

There used to be a distinction between facts and opinions. Now, it seems all facts must be consistent with pre-determined opinions. God help us if the Republicans take over the White House, in addition to the Congress.

If local Cuban-Americans think the GOP is their friend, wait until the party leaders decide that someone from Telemundo or Univision isn’t appropriate to question the president. Sound a bit like Cuba itself?

As for these marathon primary “debates,” the Republicans apparently want an infomercial, not any debate with questions from the unrestrained news media.

This story was originally published November 9, 2015 at 12:46 PM with the headline "New debate rules."