The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Here's my exaggerated rendition of last night's CNBC Republican debate: John Harwood: "As they ask you in job interviews and without saying things like, 'I'm too hard of a worker,' what's your biggest weakness?" John Kasich: "Let me go into my closing statement first. I'm better than all these other people on the stage tonight. I've gotten things done in Ohio; gotten things done in Washington; and gotten things done in my own home on occasion, namely, my wife. So if you want someone that regularly gets things done both in and out of the house, I'm your guy! If you don't want that, then choose one of these other wackadoodles." Rand Paul: "My biggest weakness is that I love the Constitution so much, I sometimes hand-feed it chocolates by a burning fire on a cold winter's night, before reading it French poetry in English." Carly Fiorina: "Whatever Donald Trump says it is. How about it Donald? You up for...

While I'm an admitted progressive/liberal, I'm not blind to biases displayed on both sides of the political spectrum. I'll be the first to admit MSNBC leans to the left, but would be remiss if I didn't also say Fox News leaned to the right. I read and research more concerning the world of politics than I care to admit (yes, an AA-type meeting may be just around the corner). It's reached the point where even die-hard conservatives I know won't engage in political banter with me, because I rarely, if ever, make a statement without having researched and fact-checked it first, and if they utter a statement they haven't fully researched, they know darn well I'll likely be able to fact-check and debunk their claim within a matter of seconds. To this point in the seemingly never-ending election season (isn't the election next year?), I've watched each and every debate, from the three Republican junior varsity debates, to the one Democratic debate, to th...