Are the Political Conventions of both the Republican and Democratic parties in the US are politically and intellectually shallow? Is most of the time in the conventions spent in pandering to the party faithful? Dick Armey, former majority leader of the house seems to agree. In an interview with Claire Bolderson of BBC's Newshour, Dick Armey says
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"We spend too much time in my estimation for candidates talking to their own parties and political discourse, which is always politically and intellectually shallow".
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This in response to Claire Bolderson's question about when in the Current Republican Convention will they talk about substantive issues that are facing the US today.
Listen to the complete interview Dick Armey's Interview. You have to go to 22nd minute of the audio clip.
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