Hugh Hewitt: 'There Are No Gotcha Questions'

Newsmax ^ | 9/7/2015 | Joe Schaeffer

[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."

[hinckley buzzard]

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.

[Stentor]

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.

[hinckley buzzard]

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.

[JeffAtlanta]

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?

[ripley]

He’s off my listening list.

[GilGil]

Actually, you are not that far off.

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

[Rockitz]

HH=Salem broadcasting=GOPe Central

Mark Levin is certainly no GOPe whore.

[Company Man]

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

[JustaCowgirl]

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.

[Rockitz]

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

Someone's gotta keep Salem alive.

[Valin]

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