Comments on: Plant ’em! (and we’re up to 8 of 30 as of 4 pm 11/29/2007)

By: steveegg

steveegg — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:29:45 +0000

Oh, you don’t think conservative activists could put together rational questions? Try viewing Bryan Preston’s question, or Stephen Green’s. They’re just two of the questions that were axed in favor of what CNN wanted to push.

CNN sold those questions as being from “undecided Republican voters”. Those plants were affiliated with the Democrats. Therefore, it’s not a red herring.

By: quackard

quackard — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:31:26 +0000

Wait a second, citizens asked questions of people who have the potential to be their next president? Oh no! How dare those citizens! I don’t think you should be allowed to vote if you declare your preference for a candidate.

Maybe none of the conservative activists could put together rational questions? Just sayin…

And to reiterate, this is a red herring. The questions were reasonable questions that the candidates were unable to answer or that made the candidates look bad, not because of the questioners’ “activism” but because the candidates are bad and not fit to be president.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:56:03 +0000

Which explains why, to a person, the Democrats refuse to appear on a debate hosted by Fox News.

By: ME

ME — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:48:31 +0000

only the right wing could get so worked up about a bunch of questions.

How dare they ask us questions that expose the ugly side of our political motivations!

By: steveegg

steveegg — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:45:22 +0000

I guess I shouldn’t have assumed that you were paying attention to the debate Wednesday well enough to listen to the questions. You can go back through the (edited) CNN tape to get them, if you’re interested.

It wasn’t the questions; it was the lack of disclosure on the part of CNN. In case you missed the Grover Norquist “softball” (which got flubbed again and again), CNN disclosed his affiliation.

By: madmatt

madmatt — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:24:42 +0000

I notice you don’t post the actual questions asked….could that be because you can’t show any bias in the actual question…how come grover norquist lofts snowballs and you say not a word?

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By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:15:45 +0000

This kind of thing still surprises me when I hear about it!

I think its just the idea that CNN believes they could get away with it without really trying to cover their tracks.

Anyways, this idea that the states ought to decide whether or not to legalize the killing of innocent babies is inherently vile and evil. Anyone who makes such an argument (like Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, etc.) is by definition a bad person.

To get a better idear of what I’m talking about check out this analysis of Ron Paul’s response to a question asked on YouTube about abortion a few months back.

http://www.kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20071016

By: DocAtTheAutopsy

DocAtTheAutopsy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:25:30 +0000

15% of the comments from easily known Democrat political activists. And I’m reasonably sure “Yasmin” is a political partisan too, but I can’t verify my suspicions.

6 of 5000, not a shock. 6 of 40 selected from 5000– well, that’s just like getting struck by lightning 12 times on the same day!