Equal Time for the Republicans

WDEF-TV ^ | November 28, 2007 | Collins Parker

[2ndDivisionVet]

Let's start with Wednesday night's CNN/YouTube debate.

I'll have to admit.

This is the most entertaining debate format of the season.

While many of the questions are dumb, I like that the candidates are uneasy and having to roll with the punches.

Here's a wrapup of the Republican version on Wednesday.

But the biggest disappointment for me was that the guys at Red State Update didn't make the cut this time.

Back in the summer, they were the hit of the Democratic Debate with a question about Al Gore. (see Joe Legge's Blog)

But this time, they're questions were too long and too mean to air.

However, that doesn't mean we can't enjoy them.

So here are all 13 questions they submitted for the debate (my favorites are the Reagan quesiton, Rudy & Ron Paul)

All the Candidates (Who is the Reaganiest?)

All the Candidates (Is this the best we got?)

All the Candidates (When Hillary becomes President...)

All the Candidates (The Christian vote formula)

Fred Thompson (the softball question)

Fred Thompson (do you like my painting?)

Duncan Hunter (wasted question)

Rudy Giulliani (call from his wife)

John McCain (the Woodstock Museum)

Mitt Romney (what are you scared of?)

Ron Paul (bathroom break)

Tom Tancredo (Spanish language debates)

Mike Huckabee (losing weight)

Finally, a Red State Update invitation for a YouTube Debate alternative for Republicans.

If you want to check out the real guys behind Red State, check out the Nashville Scene profile after they became "internet famous" this summer.

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We now have some first hand experience with the Ron Paul internet legions ourselves.

Our Republican poll last weekend got Ron Pauled.

Fred Thompson was cruising until the Paulies found our poll and tipped the scales.

We shut it down for a few days because of the deluge, but I've opened it back up in case you want to vote & engage the Paulies on the comment line.

Okay, I've got to give you one more Red State take on Ron Paul nation.

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So far, I've shown you the Fred Thompson ads running in Iowa, the latest democratic ads, and may favorite, the infamous Mike Huckabee/Chuck Norris ad.

So now I owe you some more republican ads.

These are ads released in the last couple of weeks, mainly for Iowa and New Hampshire.

Rudolph Giulliani's ad is called "Tested." He lays out his record in New York City.

No celebrities in this Mike Huckabee ad, just the former Southern Baptist pastor talking about his faith.

Ron Paul #1 - I don't have a copy of his ads. So in the true spirit of his campaing, let me link you to a couple of them. First up, you've got to love an ad with a testimonial that says "actually, I agree with him most of the time. I really do." And it's good to see he didn't waste his campaign money on professional actors.

Ron Paul #2 - I kind of like this old fashioned ad. Turn on the camera & the candidate tells you what he'll do.

Mitt Romney: "Take Charge" talks about his track record of addressing problems.

Mitt Romney: "American Family" introduces you to his wife and kids.

Fred Thompson: "Service" highlights Thompsons past in the Watergate hearings and Blanton prosecution.

Fred Thompson: "Marie" features the woman who blew the whistle in the Blanton scandal, and inspired the movie of the same name that began Thompson's acting career.

[weegee]

And to think that the DemocRats boycotted the Fox News debate because it would’ve been “too biased”.

[morque2001]

don’t quite understand what is meant by “Wasted Question” on Duncan Hunter. What’s up with that?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Go to the site and click on that video.

[dit_xi]

Equal time? I think not! Judging from the post game show and other reports, the officiating, as usual, was preferential.

Giuliani — 16:38, during 20 times
Romney — 13:18, during 19 times
Thompson — 12:16, during 12 times
McCain — 11:00, during 12 times
Huckabee — 10:00, during 11 times
Paul — 7:43, during 9 times
Hunter — 5:06, during 7 times
Tancredo — 3:49, during 7 times

[daylilly]

The question they asked was:

Who ARE you?

And a little more, but that was most of it.
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