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**CNN's six "undecided voters" were all Democratic operatives**
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| November 17, 2007
| Doug Ross
Posted on 11/18/2007 10:42:09 AM PST by Syncro
Saturday, November 17, 2007
CNN's six "undecided voters" were all Democratic operatives
UPDATES BELOW - CNN hits bottom and digs: All six debate questioners appear to be Democratic Party operatives. So much for "ordinary people, undecided voters". To paraphrase Junior Soprano, CNN is so far up the DNC's hind end, Howard Dean can taste hair gel.
In a nutshell, CNN's six "undecided voters" were:
A Democratic Party bigwig
An antiwar activist
A Union official
An Islamic leader
A Harry Reid staffer
A radical Chicano separatist
Wow. This looks "rather" like a scandal. Hot Air:
...Youd think the networks audience might want to know who among the questioners has had a paid, formal relationship with the party.
...I went back to the beginning of the debate to see how Blitzer introduced the format. Did he offer any details on whod be doing the questioning? Why, yes. After mentioning that the debate was sponsored by the national party something likely understood by most viewers as a mere formality he described them as ordinary people, undecided voters. Note: not even undecided Democrats. Just undecided.
Word on the street is that Hillary's staffers are extremely pleased with CNN's Wolf Blitzer for
his softball questioning of Sen. Clinton during Thursday's Las Vegas debate. Blitzer "was outstanding, and did not gang up like Russert did in Philadelphia. He avoided personal attacks, remained professional and ran the best debate so far."
Who were the questioners upon whom Blitzer called?
According to CNN, they were "ordinary people, undecided voters. Like these folks:
Plant #1: LaShannon Spencer, whom Blitzer introduced as an "undecided voter", was tagged by
Dan Riehl: in truth, she served as the
political director of the Democratic Party of Arkansas.
Plant #2: Khalid Kahn, who expressed concern about profiling and the Patriot Act, asked "[m]y question is that -- our civil liberties have been taken away from us. What are you going to do to protect Americans from this kind of harassment?"
Classical Values notes that Mr. Kahn is the
president of the Islamic Society of Nevada, who has hosted
conferences like this one (with guest speakers like
Muzzamil Siddiqi). In fact, Kahn in no stranger to CNN, appearing on a show called
Keeping the Faith in Sin City.
Plant #3: Suzanne Jackson -- mother of a three-term Iraq war veteran -- is aso
a well-known antiwar activist. She appeared in the
Las Vegas Review Journal protesting -- with a poor monkey, no less -- outside of Harry Reid's office in May.
Plant #4: Maria Luisa -- the UNLV student who asked Hillary Clinton whether she preferred "diamonds or pearls" --
wrote that CNN forced her to ask the "frilly" question instead of a pre-approved query regarding the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility.
Update: Andy writes to point out the eerie similarities between
Maria L. Parra-Sandoval and "Maria Luisa." Regarding Ms. Parra-Sandoval, the UNLV website states:
This spring she will serve as the political communications intern for Senator Harry Reid in Washington, D.C. Currently a junior at UNLV, Maria is... is an immigrant on a quest to become a United States citizen.
In other words, she's not even eligible to vote, unless the Democrats changed the rules when I wasn't looking.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
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To: Syncro
Just imagine this kind of news manipulation for the next 4 (8?) years!
My democrat friends said...”they all do it!” They totally dismiss any suggestion Hillary is allowing any of it to happen.
I think I need some new friends before I Explode!
321
posted on
11/19/2007 6:06:08 PM PST
by
3D-JOY
To: Syncro
322
posted on
11/19/2007 6:32:16 PM PST
by
skepsel
To: MeekOneGOP; devolve
I am SHOCKED!!!! ... SHOCKED I tell ya!Stuck a paperclip into a wallplug again huh? You'll never learn!!! Snicker.............
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posted on
11/19/2007 7:28:15 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: Syncro
"...Blitzer "was outstanding, and did not gang up like Russert did..."Excuse me for asking the embarrassing question here, but how does one person - even "Wolf" Blitzer - "gang up" on someone?
Doesn't ganging up" require first of all a gang?
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posted on
11/19/2007 9:00:41 PM PST
by
Redbob
(WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: RaceBannon
325
posted on
11/20/2007 12:57:53 AM PST
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: Syncro
How the hell is this not being picked up and played 24/7 in the news loop? Fox, MSNBC, and all the alphabet networks should be airing this story. This is HUGE!
They basically have demonstrated that the whole debate was a rigged farce. Where the heck is the attention?
326
posted on
11/20/2007 4:47:20 AM PST
by
Dragonspirit
(We fight it out as good friends now, but in 2008 we UNITE against our enemy!)
To: Syncro
Basically, this amounted to a paid infomercial for the Democratic Party instead of a QA / debate.
I can’t believe how low they are. Every time I think “well, they can’t get lower than THAT can they?” They find a way!
I wonder if/how the MSM will cover this. Ostrichlike sticking head in the sand? Trying to find excuses?
327
posted on
11/20/2007 5:24:05 AM PST
by
Personal Responsibility
(Having a thing is not so pleasing as wanting. It is not logical, but often true.)
To: Personal Responsibility
I wonder if/how the MSM will cover this. Ostrichlike sticking head in the sand? Trying to find excuses? The debate was last Thursday night... if it hasn't been mentioned yet... it won't be.
328
posted on
11/20/2007 5:30:24 AM PST
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: johnny7
The details are just now coming out.
It’ll be interesting to see if the networks are more enamored of presenting it as a scandal or burying it via partisan politics.
My bet is the latter.
329
posted on
11/20/2007 5:39:34 AM PST
by
Personal Responsibility
(Having a thing is not so pleasing as wanting. It is not logical, but often true.)
To: holdonnow
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posted on
11/20/2007 6:36:46 AM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(Thompson/Hunter 08)
To: Syncro
Excellent work here!
I just heard a radio talk show that CNN stated they worked closely with Nevada Democrat Party officials (!!) to pre-select questioners who had media experience and wouldn’t “freeze” on camera when it came time to ask the question.
Amazing!
331
posted on
11/20/2007 7:41:12 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
("He sees flying saucers and acts like one, too."--Hastings on Kucinich)
To: Syncro
Hillary’s going to be mad, because she does not condone dishonest behavior.
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posted on
11/20/2007 8:12:13 AM PST
by
NavVet
(O)
To: Syncro; All
Just one question: WHY WASN’T THIS THE HEADLINE STORY OF EVERY MAJOR NEWS OUTLET FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE? I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PARTICULAR DEBATE WAS TO SHOW THAT CNN COULD RUN A CLEAN, FAIR DEBATE AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND THE PLANTED QUESTIONS AND THE REFUSAL TO APPEAR ON FOX. ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! I HATE THE MSM!!!!!
OK...that was a rhetorical question. But I don’t think I can get any more disgusted with the MSM. ITS SUCH A COMPLETE OUTRAGE, SUCH A TOTAL HYPOCRISY, SUCH A TOTAL COVER-UP FOR HILLARY!!
To: Diamond
It is now a woman who used to be a man!
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posted on
11/20/2007 12:19:58 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(Thompson/Hunter 08)
To: JewishRighter
This just makes me even more eager to see the liberal train wreck that CNN foists on the GOP and calls the CNN/YOUTUBE DEBATE on Nov. 28th.....
335
posted on
11/20/2007 1:11:04 PM PST
by
seeker_two
((...I don't have a basement, either...))
To: Syncro
I love it when they are caught red handed.
336
posted on
11/20/2007 1:44:04 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: Syncro
337
posted on
11/20/2007 9:05:08 PM PST
by
1035rep
To: potlatch
338
posted on
11/20/2007 9:14:23 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP; devolve
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posted on
11/20/2007 9:16:39 PM PST
by
potlatch
("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
To: 3D-JOY
Just imagine this kind of news manipulation for the next 4 (8?) years could be permanent by then
340
posted on
11/20/2007 9:24:46 PM PST
by
alrea
(Surveillance for national security: bad. Surveillance for election: good)
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