First Runner Up for Comment of the Day, and a weak response

Our whole species faces extinction within perhaps a dozen generations as we face the threat of destruction that is caused by irreversible climate change – yet not a word was mentioned of it in the GOP debates. The issue of race relations – which is a dominant feature of American life – whether between blacks and whites – immigrants and non-immigrants – is brushed over if addressed at all – yet trivial topics like political correctness and whether or not a candidate will support the party nominee are treated as worthy of serious attention and media discussion of such distractions. To blame are the candidates who seem to have little awareness of the larger picture – which is nightmarish consequences of going to war and the apocalyptic fate that awaits us if we continue to be sluggish or unresponsive to global environmental problems – but also to blame are us, the consumers, of the media infatuation with Donald Trump and unfortunately the debate format – which does not allow for republican and democrat presidential candidates to directly debate each other until we are down to only 2 candidates – thus we are left with this narrow band of issues specific to each party’s base.