I honestly tried hard to watch the CNN-YouTube Republican panel discussion debate last night, but after I saw a guy eating an ear of corn to make a point about agricultural subsidies in this country my attention span had run its course and I turned off the TV.

Apparently I missed a lot as today’s headlines on Drudge and Fox News site are talking about Democratic supporters as “plants” in the YouTube videos chosen.

I actually don’t care if CNN knew it or not except if they knew it they should have disclosed it and I suppose the questioners should have said they were supporters of Democratic candidates in the spirit of full disclosure.

What we all need to realize is the candidate chosen to be the Republican nominee is going to have to answer questions from people like this during the general election campaign and should be ready to answer them now.

I’m so sick of this interminable campaign that I mostly tune out now.

Every day I receive three or four campaign calls for donations. Calls from Young Republicans, from the NRC, from the Senatorial and Congressional Committees and calls from the various primary candidates for president.

This is on top of all the other calls I get requesting donations to this or that cause.

I’ve particularly been receiving calls from “Friends of Fred”. I finally told them I was a friend of Fred but Fred has to show me something before I can support him, and so far he has appeared lackluster. I asked to be taken off their calling list. Hopefully they’ve done it.

I will do my civic duty and vote for the candidate I can most agree with on the issues I am most concerned about and if he is not the nominee I will study the issues of the nominee and most likely vote for him since my other choice would be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama and I feel neither of them represents my political beliefs.

But back to the debate. I can’t honestly tell you anything that stuck out in my mind because I turned it off early and apparently the fireworks started after I tuned out. I actually think I was tuned out even when I was watching.

I’m sorry I can’t tell you anything about it except it was the same old, same old and it reinforces my opinion I don’t like Ron Paul’s positions.

It also reinforces my opinion the candidates should be allowed to question one another on their positions and defend their own without the interference of a moderator except to say it’s time to move on or go to commercial.

I would like to see this in the general election particularly instead of these stand behind a podium and talk out the clock sessions we have become used to seeing.