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Hugh Hewitt: 'There Are No Gotcha Questions'
Newsmax ^ | 9/7/2015 | Joe Schaeffer

Posted on 09/07/2015 2:30:12 PM PDT by GilGil

Talk radio host Hugh Hewitt has said in the wake of last week's controversial foreign policy interview with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump that "I deplore 'gotcha questions,'" yet he's repeatedly defended asking them in the past and even says on his website that there's no such thing as a "gotcha question."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cnn; debates; demagogicparty; election; election2016; hewitt; hughhewitt; joeschaeffer; memebuilding; newyork; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; president; trump
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To: AU72
Hugh Hewitt will be on the panel asking questions at the next GOP debate. Watch how he handles himself vs Trump in that debate-- it will tell the tale about this guy once and for all.
81 posted on 09/07/2015 5:14:09 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard
Hewitt's fatal error is that he was trained as a lawyer, and often forgets that cheap shyster tricks are not generally appreciated outside the courtroom.

These wise ass lawyer types have never been properly punched in the mouth.

82 posted on 09/07/2015 5:15:35 PM PDT by Stentor ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.")
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To: Jeff Chandler
You may wish to recall Ronald Reagan's approach when asked a similar question. "It doesn't matter whether I know their names, it only matters that they will know mine."

You and some others here got sucked in by the bullshit media frame. Reagan didn't.

83 posted on 09/07/2015 5:20:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Jeff Chandler
My point is Trump supporters are reacting emotionally to every perceived slight.

The point is that gotcha questions on minutiae need to be excised from presidential politics.

World leaders should be strategists that can perceive and work with the big picture.

Reagan would have never passed Hewitt's silly tests, yet someone like Rachael Maddow would probably ace them. Are you sure that's the criteria you want to use?

84 posted on 09/07/2015 5:23:34 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: GilGil

He’s off my listening list.


85 posted on 09/07/2015 6:26:24 PM PDT by ripley
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To: hinckley buzzard

Actually, you are not that far off.

Megyn Kelly used cheap shyster tricks too and look what happened.


86 posted on 09/07/2015 7:11:50 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Company Man
HH=Salem broadcasting=GOPe Central

Mark Levin is certainly no GOPe whore.

87 posted on 09/08/2015 6:35:34 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: Rockitz

Yes, Levin stands out from the rest of that bunch like a red headed step child.


88 posted on 09/08/2015 8:53:24 AM PDT by Company Man (Keep Calm and Carry)
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To: txhurl
If I was Trump I’d answer: no, I don’t know the guy, but my thug bankers know his thug bankers and there may not be anything left of this guy by the time the primaries roll around. Next?

That would be so awesome! LOL. And Trump is the only one I can think of in recent history who might just do it.

89 posted on 09/08/2015 9:23:55 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (the left has redefined the word 'racism' to mean any disagreement with any liberal about any topic)
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To: Company Man
Yes, Levin stands out from the rest of that bunch like a red headed step child.

Someone's gotta keep Salem alive.

90 posted on 09/08/2015 10:05:52 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: stanne

Something you’d know a great deal about...being something of an expert.


91 posted on 09/09/2015 5:19:35 PM PDT by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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