This evening the candidates of the Fascist Theocracy Party and the Somewhat-More-Prudent Wing of the Ruling Class Party, George W. Bush and John Kerry, will have what is being called a “debate” at the University of Miami. Except it’s not a debate, since according to the rules:

(1) the candidates can’t ask questions of each other,

and

(2) the moderators can’t ask follow-up questions.

Which means, as these letter writers put it, that, “Instead of a debate, we will be watching two men reciting the lines they have committed to memory to prepare for this occasion” and that “the presidential debate is more like a joint news conference.”

That the mass media continue to call it a “debate” is further evidence of how far America has fallen through the looking glass.

UPDATE: Kerry should break the rules!