[dalereed]

Any candidate that gets conned into attending one of their forums is either a fool or has a total mental void when it comes to politics.

They stack the audience with their people with preprepared questions and they are the only ones that get called on from the audience.

The whole operation is a preplanned production to make the conservative look like a fool.

[SierraWasp]

Again! You are precisely correct!! Plus, these "forums" are only designed by the media to give candidates a chance to step on their own anatomy to create more controversary to sell more subscriptions and advertising, or at least improve ratings!!!

Media may think they are "The Fouth Estate," because of their first amendment protections, but actually, they have NO civic duty or mandate to organize or play ANY role in these "debates," or "forums," etc.!!! (same goes for "The league of Women Vipers)

I was GLAD to see that Tom McClintock did NOT participate in the latest, last minute "forum!" They are "loaded" just like you described!!!