It’s a good thing she’s talking about a debate or you guys might have been getting a little nauseous there, wouldn’t ya?
“So he said no, he wouldn’t do it, and I know his supporters say, well they did like the last debate in Philadelphia, the questions were kind of mean and they were sort of tough,” she said. “You know, I’ve got to say, tough questions in a debate is nothing like the tough decisions you’ve got to make in the White House. I think that this state deserves a debate. So here’s what I’m offering. How about this — no moderators just the two of us on a stage for 90 minutes asking each other questions, talking about whatever’s on our minds, just like the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and I think, you know, we could even do it on the back of a flatbed truck, doesn’t even have to be in a fancy studio somewhere. You can tell I’m having so much fun in this campaign.”
“Come into my web,” said the spider to the fly. I would think that not having a moderator would be even worse for Obama because Clinton would throw everything she has at him. No, if Obama were smart he would propose a debate with Olbermann and Matthews moderating it. They are such Obama toadies that they wouldn’t even think to ask a tough question. And Clinton would be getting questions like, “So why don’t you get out of the race, you don’t have a chance to win” and “Why should the delegates of Florida and Michigan be seated, you agreed to the rules?
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posted April 28, 2008 at 11:02 am
The two questions you list in a theoretical CNN debate are at least as relevant as the flag pin and William Ayers questions ABC put forth.
posted April 28, 2008 at 11:08 am
I think they’re more relevant then the pin question but I believe the Ayers question was relevant. He has strong ties to an unrepentant terrorist, he should explain why he’s friends with someone who killed people and didn’t have a problem with it.
But from Clinton’s standpoint, she wouldn’t want them asked. That was my point.
posted April 28, 2008 at 11:33 am
The William Ayers letter to the editor in the NYT in 2001 makes it pretty clear that the caricature of him as an “unrepentent terrorist” is false. To quote the Times piece (“I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough”) without referencing Ayers’ almost immediate response to the article isn’t giving a fair picture. And its use has less to do with being accurate about Ayers and more to do with scoring gotcha points on Obama.
posted April 28, 2008 at 11:49 am
It would be fun to watch if the truck were moving.
posted April 28, 2008 at 1:37 pm
“strong ties”
nice try. proof, michele?
posted April 28, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Front runners in political campaigns often decline to debate the other candidates; to do otherwise is poor strategy, since it only provides an advantage for the person who’s behind. And whatever else you may find objectionable about Obama (his bowling score? his constitutional expertise? his fire and brimstone pastor? his appropriate pose when the national anthem is being sung? his degree from Harvard Law?) the guy has brains. Kind of nice to have a Prez with something more between his ears than the Decider or McBush, who graduated 894 out of 899 from the Naval Academy. But then, some people like `em a little on the dim side. I guess those are the same people who think the most important qualification for president is whether you’d like to have a beer with the guy. Or maybe some Kool-Aid. (Hey, let’s stay in Iraq for 100 years!!! Why not, the party’s just getting started!!!)
posted April 28, 2008 at 3:49 pm
He said they were friends.
posted April 29, 2008 at 1:58 am
“He said they were friends.”
wow. that’s provocative. so, we’re left with guilt by association.
here’s one for you: my father raised me. he loves me and i love him. i spent 18 years in his home, not just on sundays for an hour, but day in and day out. we speak to each other at least 3 times per week. we’re close. nearly every christmas, easter, thanksgiving, father’s day of my life i make a point to try to be with him or at least call him to wish him well.
that doesn’t mean that i for one second subscribe to his right-wing politics, or some of his nutty ideas on race, religion, or government.