Perry out, Kasich in

"Debate" is the same as argument but not the same as argue. Either will work. If this one above then you'll want to suggest a panel debating issues, not a single person stating their case.

This is an argument between two people or two sides. Again, you can provide a panel of people.

That is the central idea, a debate, but what kind? "President" is among the oddest of all signs, among my least favorite. Both arms must lift up to the top of the head and make an exaggerated motion just for that one little not so important word and the sign has hardly any relevance.

The sign depicts the horns of a long-horned bull. Of all presidents to go to for a signal to depict an American president for some reason Theodore Roosevelt was chosen. Nobody knows why. This sign is for him. Bully! That is what this sign means. It took years for me to understand this. The explanation is not in any of my texts. Three separate college-level teachers told me the sign has to do with a scroll. The sign never did make sense to me, I never did know what I was trying to do until it was understood as a bull. It is not the sign for bull. Bull sign is more reasonable than this, the "telephone" sign for bull horns, two of them if you must otherwise one will do for the word "bull" but "president" needs this weirdly exaggerated bull.

"Candidate" is the same as "volunteer."

"Republican" is a waving "R," conversely "Democrat" is a waving "D," and "used" is a waving "U" while a waving "i" is "insurance" and "Independent' is the same as breaking free of the chains that bind you, sometimes done with two  "i."

Primary is another favorite sign. You can stop a finger short for secondary and tertiary as with levels of education, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. Prime, primal. fundamental, first pick among others, top choice, prime steak, priority.

"Fox" is an F twisted around the nose. Sometimes this is seen as "fool." Another "fox" is two fingers and thumbs pulling out the pointed muzzle of a fox. Technically, the network would be spelled FOX. 

"Announce" is the same sign as "success." 

Lineup is depicted with fingers representing people, one of my favorite signs. And quite versatile. The idea here is elaborated dozens of ways. Anywhere lines of people form, however long the line, however it wends can be depicted graphically and the sign puts the person right in the action.

Whereas "line up" as in arrange in their place is a different idea with different emphasis on being ordered as ducks in a row.

And the simple word "line" is another favorite sign, too useful to catalog, the line can be any kind of line whatsoever. When used to describe being pulled over by a policeman there can be no question about the meaning of a "gore" and the placement of solid and dotted white painted road lines. In English I cannot see what the cop is talking about, but this sign is too graphic to confuse. It is literally drawing a picture (in air). 

"Best" is a full swipe across the mouth ending with a "thumbs up" approval accompanied with bright and delighted eyes and cheerful expression.

"Sound" is a tap to the ear.

"Shut up" is a mouth-shut zipping motion.

There you have it: Debate president candidate Republican primary FOX announce lineup best muted.  *ding*  Clear as a bell.

Featuring Donald Trump, the lineup excludes important candidate Perry while including insignificant late coming candidate Kasich.

Trump

Bush

Walker

Huckabee

Carson

Cruz

Rubio

Rand Paul

Christie

Kasich

Based on polls. Bah. Carly Fiorina is the most significant omission. Hardly worth watching beyond entertainment value with Trump and with Kasich and with Huckabee but with out Carly Fiorina. Just shoot yourself in both feet and the opposite hand, whydontcha?  Make sure you handicap yourselves both ways, inclusively and exclusively to make yourself competitive and worth the time spent watching.

CNN

WSJ

FOX

Market Watch

Breitbart

Videos from the library and team of Signing Savvy.

John Cleese

On Stupidity

My opinion is there is not a liberal alive without a giant bug up their ass about FOX News. Gnawing away up there tormenting them endlessly. No comment on politics is possible without such a reference. The ridiculous presupposition is all conservatives watch FOX news, that all conservatives agree with FOX news, that FOX news hasn't any liberal point of view on it. And further that FOX News forms opinion rather than reflect viewer preference. That tells me their news sources do form their own opinions revealing their own habits and thought process, otherwise they would not care. I have never seen anything like it. Just today without seeking any liberal point of view at all, because I don't want it one single bit, I was nevertheless presented with this same position at least six times. 

While the rock bottom pit of outright blatant stupidity MSNBC gets a full pass. As do all the other networks speaking for government and for the Democrat party, They are not even embarrassed by knowing their own media is nothing short of straight up propaganda. They're not embarrassed by their president having his fingers on all the network's buttons, heeding his instructions acting as direct mouthpiece for a president. They do not care about News network's contributions to their party, nor all the other liberal big money contributors they refuse to acknowledge, while simultaneously caterwauling about Citizens United and their ridiculous obsession about "evil" Koch brothers. You would think, I think, they would reject it all on that basis alone, by suspecting they are being played, their emotions toyed, by recognizing it and not having it. And I suppose they are not having it based on plummeting ratings of all of these networks. All of that comes after the assumption that FOX network is being watched by the person(s) being addressed. 

As for myself I find the network unwatchable. But not for the reasons ascribed. I cannot take rushed dialogue combined with stuttering. I just cannot. It's a thing. Not from genuine stutters, that is tolerable, but from well-spoken pundits rushing opinion. Even the Cartoon Network is more clearly spoken than any of the news networks. So that network must come to me in spits and spurts like all of the network news channels, all of television in fact, and all for different reasons. Plus I cannot tolerate remarkably retarded liberals guests on FOX who consistently have their asses handed them but persist in banging on anyway.

Yesterday I observed a portion of a panel discussion on CNN about journalism. A man in the audience asked a question specifically about the splitting of points of view in journalism. The panel member who responded said, "I think you are referring to the phenomena of Murdoch's FOX News."  Then he denigrated the network with a resigned "well, what are you going to do" type of answer. His profound assumption is all audience members and all panel members agree with him. Another panel member wasn't letting him get away with that unchallenged by saying he thinks differing points of view are useful for healthy democracy. But it was the way the first panel responder reinterpreted the question about journalism in general to express his obsession of FOX News specifically that revealed he lives with an embarrassingly tormenting gnawing ass-bug. I clicked off in disgust. So, there went the rest of the questions and answers.

Most unseemly.

It is the shibboleth that says outright, "I AM A PERFECT IDIOT." A position that is always stated and never defended. Why? Because they cannot. All they have are the snippets lifted for ironic juxtaposition on Jon Stewart. They have no real position to argue other than FOX New is stupid. Guess what. You're stupid. 

I am shown the FOX News tormenting ass-bug regularly. Every single day. It emerges perfectly non-sequitur. It is part of any and all argumentation. It is foremost in every liberal's mind. I suffered a real hemorrhoid one time so I know the discomfort, but the Fox News ass-destroyer is permanent. It destroys their positions. It makes funny people lose their humor, as Cleese suddenly becomes not funny, rather, disturbed in a ridiculous way. I am certain Cleese imagines that hilarious. What does Cleese want, every news network to sing the same tune? There is a word for that and the word is not complimentary to open democracy nor useful for honest and open debate.

There is a way to denigrate and still be funny but not when your ass is tormented. Today I watched a comedian who was making everyday observations about how people speak and behave. He talked about things any atheist would find hilarious, how people pray, what they pray for, the ridiculous circumstances of their prayer. He had his audience in stitches pretending to deliver a grace prayer for a fast-food meal.

"Lord, please bless this meal we are about to partake and nourish our bodies.... somehow." *audience laughter* "Somehow magically change this Coca Cola to nutritious liquid on the way down."  *Laughter* "Like, magically change the molecules as they're going down there to our stomachs from fat and sugar molecules to something healthy." *Audience is dying in laughter.* "So that we can continue to eat junk food and still have it be nutritious."  It took me too long to realize I had landed on a Christian channel.

Among many things he talked about how some Christian phrases are overused.

"The Lord gave this song." *Assumes pious pose* "And then she sings." *Audience laughs* He makes squealing high-pitched series of non-musical sounds. *Audience laughs* "Maybe you should give the song back." *Audience in hysterics*

He talks about observations that bug him, his family, being a father, his community, without offending anybody at all. They accept his criticism and his wry observations because the whole bit is so amusingly set out.

But not so with the Fox News ass-destroyer bug. Not once have I heard an amusing routine. It is entirely possible to produce one, but you have to be familiar with the material first, and they are not familiar with the material. All they now is they don't like that FOX gets the highest cable ratings, and they sense it is destructive to their many causes. They lost their humor entirely.

But this is all so wearisome and so common. How about something completely different, something amusing instead? Here is a curve ball. A diversion, as to erase the white board of all that up there.