Posted on 04/09/2007 7:51:07 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
The third shoe drops: Hillary's not doing the Fox News/CBC Debate either.
Clinton spokesman Blake Zeff emails, "We're going to participate in the DNC-sanctioned debates only. We've previously committed to participating in the SC and Tavis Smiley debates."
No word yet from Kucinich and Gravel, or the other campaigns, or from Fox, which could presumably do an empty podium hour and confirm to its viewers that Democrats are, in fact, the cowards it's often portrayed them as. Sounds win-win to me.
The pajama media will beat the lame stream media all the way to the election.
Even better- have the debate anyway with an empty podium.
The moderator should pause for a full 2 minutes after every question to hear the democrats' "rebuttal".
LOL, that would be the end of her career. FOX could bury all the dem candidates.
This is EXACTLY the kind of superficial ‘water cooler’ type issue that is EXTREEMLY useful in convincing the non-engaged voters that the dems just aren’t fit for executive office.
A great gift for us
We did fine with paper ballots until the Gore faux crisis in 2000, which was the excuse used to foist electronic machines with impeachable audit trails upon the citizenry.
We should go back to all-paper, verifiable ballots.
Yeah, go ahead, call me a voting-machine Luddite! ;^)
And while we’re going low-tech, I’m a big fan of dyed fingers like they did in Iraq.
(Smirk)
Silly little trick turners!
The Presidency isn’t for kids.
Yoo are forgetting the lock they have on the dead and the aliens...
...and we should elect such a losers to be the leaders of the free World, when they don't have the gonads to debate a TV. Station like Fox?!!!
Dear God, were are we going to...?
the idea needs to be a reality however or it is worthless..I’m deadly serious too that this formula
will wake up American (alive) voters
Two of these three have a history of wanting the questions in advance. Wonder if that same request was made of Fox and turned down.
3 candidates who would go traipsing to appease those who would kill us and are too wussie to appear on FOX.
I think that's a sure bet.
seems like the democratics have someone on their “blacklist.”
a wee bit mccarthyesque...hmmm...
Funny. Republicans for years and years have caved into the liberals concept of “debates” and have showed up (or get beat up in the liberal press they, for some reason, fear) and do the ridiculous “two minute answer, one minute rebuttal” format with questions from a left wing jerk-off like Tim Russert, etc.
So the Dems can’t take the heat of a forum that just might be more fair? Which, of course, I totally doubt since I’d bet Fox would make them just as boring and a waste of time.
Now, with FoxNews WAY AHEAD in viewership than all other news outlets why would these Dem candidates do this? Because it’s the primaries and they know they are feeding the read meat to their base (or in the case of moronic Dems, feeding them leaf lettuce) and are making points in the press.
But if FoxNews had the actual presidential debates once the candidates are nominated, there is no way the Dem loser turns it down.
But, then again, the “official” debate groups won’t offer it to Fox.
All this is moot.
Folks, it looks like we have a new disease developing: PDWD (Progressive Debate Withdrawal Disease).
Disease Origin: Progressive People.
Disease Numbers: 4
Disease Victims: 75% white. 25% Black.
Disease Contagiousness: Very unlikely outside Progressive peoples.
Disease Cure: Non Progressives do not give a rats *ss.
Disease Research Funding: Progressives are progressively writing a bill, from all corners of the world, where only non-progressive will pay the funding.
Oh my! Bed Time!
She won’t do her husband either.
So lets see, that leaves just Richardson and Biden?
These people want to be leaders of the free world and are afraid to be on FOX for a debate. Grows some testes boys.
BRATS!
2. Any debate exposes the candidate to possibly damaging mistakes. Do as few debates as possible.
3. They are gunning for FoxNews and even though the debates are run in an ordinary way and not any different from a CBS or NBC debate, the candidates can get a shot off at Fox and avoid a debate they do not want to go to anyway.
4. If anyone is paying attention, should the Democrats come to power the "Fairness" doctrine will return to be ruthlessly applied to talk radio and FoxNews or anything else they can set their cloven hooves on.
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