Being honest Quote by David Brooks

The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be charged…

— Walter Cronkite

In politics practically everything you hear is scandal, and besides, the funny thing is that the things they are whispering ain't half has bad…

— Will Rogers

Why should the Democratic and Republican parties be in charge of the debates, especially at a time when the largest block of voters has…

— Jill Stein

Debates are great for voters. The more the better.

— Tom Suozzi

These are party-sanctioned debates. This is a presidential election, you show up at the debates. These are the rules. We have a series of…

— Ryan Grim

Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm…

— Vincent de Paul

Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy…

— Helen Suzman

Traditionally vice presidential debates don't move the needle one way or the other. They have largely been irrelevant and inconsequential.

— Donald Trump

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in…

— Jonathan Haidt

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over…

— Mark McKinnon

Whether you're a presidential front-runner, or an Academy Award-winning actor, or head of a TV ministry, if you stay in the public eye long…

— Rob Lowe

Republicans just don't get that their idea of scandal is not what the average American thinks is a serious scandal.

— Bob Beckel