John McCain has proposed that he and Barack Obama start having their general election “debates” next week, long before the GOP and the Democrats hold their nominating conventions. This way, the conventions could be rendered safe for the political establishment. If conventions are held – and taken seriously – the Ron Paul people will show up at the Republican seance and begin discussing principles, values, and the purposes and consequences of governmental programs. This could bring about what the establishment fears the most: a significant questioning of modern government, a condition that might prove most unsettling to Boobus. In either … Continue reading Why Have Conventions?