Is The "M" Word The Same As The "C" Word?
By Austin Hill
Sunday, August 12, 2007

“Whatever you do, don’t say the ‘M’ word.”

That seems to have been the plan of action for the top three democratic presidential candidates, as they engaged in yet another, so-called “debate” last Thursday night in California.

I say “so called” debate, because it’s difficult to fathom that there has been much of any debate among the candidates at all. When candidates from either the left or the right are allowed only thirty or sixty seconds to respond to a question or an issue - - which is largely the ways things have gone, given the enormous number of candidates running - - it seems more appropriate to call it a “showcase” rather than a “debate.”

But that’s a separate issue. the rest