I can't do this on Facebook because it actually requires me posting something longer than "I just farted!" or "I'm having cake!"

Last night I watched the Republican debate. It was a total horror show. Yes, the candidates are ridiculous as was the tenor of the whole enterprise...with the exception of Ohio governor John Kasich who honestly could not get a word in and must have felt embarrassment having to stand on the stage with that group of total wackos. Also Kasich has no shot at competing with the other clowns because he often speaks like a thoughtful human being which seems not to cut through the wailing lunacy of what appears to be the Republican candidates dialogue. The general feeling expressed by CNN talking heads pre-debate was that this thing is already over, Trump is going to clean-up in the upcoming primaries and people like Carson and Cruz should already have suspended their campaigns. Honestly, Carson and Cruz really should not have been on that stage, Carson made a rather hilarious "fruit salad" comment that probably was one of the debate highlights for me because it was so damn odd...but entertainment value aside you have to wonder why the guy is wasting his time. Cruz obviously had to be there because they were in his home state which he is in danger of losing to Trump in the Texas primary which obviously would be the death of his campaign.

The whole way this "show" came off was utterly surreal. Trump was positioned dead center stage flanked on either side by his next closest rivals Marco Rubio (who is the official candidate of the RNC) and Ted Cruz (who appears to be the dirty diaper the RNC would like to dispose of ASAP) and then on the outskirts of these three...basically at the margins where everybody seems to feel they belong...were Carson and Kasich. The theme for the proceedings was laid out prior to the show, Rubio and Cruz would take Babe Ruth type swings at Trump and Rubio would or should attempt to also assist in driving the final nails into smelly old Ted's coffin. I guess the hope of the GOP being that once they have narrowed the field Rubio could gain ground on Trump because the votes would not be being split between him and Cruz...and that somehow sanity among their voters might breakout and they might see Trump...who the RNC literally hates...as the absolute freak show he is.

Obviously the GOP wants Cruz out ASAP because they want Rubio to have some sort of shot at challenging Trump in some of these primaries. To that end the fix seemed to be in to have the audience cheer Rubio wildly as he basically threw aside any discussion of issues to instead launch all sorts of allegations and accusations at Trump...as did Cruz...and they both got a big assist from the CNN crew that was firing questions at Trump...who at one point actually complained that everything seemed to be directed at him.

Adding to the weirdness was the wheelchair bound George Bush and his wife Barbara were present in what seemed to be, in an odd way, a confirmation of the idea that Trump is an unwanted interloper who is, and this point was made before (slyly by the RNC chairman) and during the debate, not a conservative and has no business at any Republican event.

So quite honestly the "debate" seemed more an attempt to hack down Donald Trump and publicly state the RNC does not want the guy that is their leading candidate to actually be their candidate.

So, it was a live televised hatchet job on Trump.

Trump looked and sounded ridiculous throughout the show and said exactly nothing. Granted he had to spend most of his time defending himself...but this is exactly what he has asked for...and if he was not doing that he was attempting to fire insults at his opponents and at the people asking him questions.

The general feeling this whole thing gave was the Republican party is in total disarray and that they are waging some insane war within their own party. It felt like they should just completely pull out of the presidential election and concede now to whichever Democrat wins the nomination. They don't have a candidate.

Well, that's not true, they do have Hillary Clinton who is the one candidate running that is basically close to what a Republican was prior to...oh I don't know...1985. Or as she has been tagged a "neoliberal."

Christ, if Hillary would just switch parties she would be running the whole show for the Republicans.

What a mess!

Anyway, after that long introduction here is what I am wondering and I would love to hear what anybody reading this thinks...

Do you think there is a movement within the Republican party to intentionally tank in the last couple and absolutely this election with an eye toward then having the leverage and support to remake the party?

I mean it does not seem like an accident that they have done such an amazing job of setting themselves up to fail. I just don't believe in accidents that look and feel this intentional.

Granted, the Republicans made their own bed inviting all sorts of fringe wackos to be the loudest voices in their party but I honestly can't believe they are that stupid to not recognize right now they have set fire to anything they once stood for and are not just turning the American people off to them but chasing them away in droves.

I know as a "liberal" I should be doing what so many others are doing and dancing on the grave of what once was the Republican party but the truth is...we had these two parties for a reason and having two parties was meant to be part of the idea of checks and balances in our system. I don't particularly see the Republican party committing suicide as a good thing and yes, I know they did it to themselves but I am not so certain how this will play out in the long run.

Do you guys feel we should just be pissing on the grave of the GOP or are you hoping they remake themselves into an actual second party that is not being manipulated by their worst elements?