Ahhhh....CNN

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314002,00.html

Dims questioning candidates during a Republican primary.

LMFAO.

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Just recently, both Hillary and FEMA have been blasted for taking softball questions from their own. Now we have people getting their panties in a wad because the questions did not come from their own.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Just recently, both Hillary and FEMA have been blasted for taking softball questions from their own planted questioners. Now we have people getting their panties in a wad because the questions did not come from their own.

Fixed that for ya....but yeah, it's sorta absurd.

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I bet you would like to have Jeff Gannon back in the White House Reporters Pool..he was a good conservative kind of guy who asked all the "right" questions

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Just recently, both Hillary and FEMA have been blasted for taking softball questions from their own. Now we have people getting their panties in a wad because the questions did not come from their own.

Well, if the Repubs are going to be asked Dem-issue questions, then I think the Dems should be asked Repub-issue questions.

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That's preposterous! I suggest you not vote for Hillary!

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Well, if the Repubs are going to be asked Dem-issue questions, then I think the Dems should be asked Repub-issue questions.

For the R's I wanted to ask "What does "conservative" mean these days?"

And for both the D's and the R's I would like to ask "which lobbyist job will you be pursuing while in office?"

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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

Maybe we should get everyone on YouTube to sign party loyalty oaths before they're allowed to ask questions

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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

Newsflash: Regardless of whoever wins the presidency, they will be the President of all US citizens, not just the ones registered to the same party. Where in the Constitution does it give two political parties the exclusive right to limit the choices of the voters to just two?

Let's say my first choice would be Ron Paul; Now I must register as a Republican to vote for him in the primary, in the hope of getting to vote for him in the final election. But suppose my second choice is Kucinich? So if Paul does not win the primary, I would like to vote for Kucinch, but because I was registered as a Republican, but I couldn't vote for him in the primary to help make that an option.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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You know, I actually would PREFER that debate questions be asked by those siding with the opponent. I'd want a candidate who says, "Bring it on."

Huckabee sounds like a wimp now with sniveling about it.

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You know, I actually would PREFER that debate questions be asked by those siding with the opponent. I'd want a candidate who says, "Bring it on."

Huckabee sounds like a wimp now with sniveling about it.

You dont get much talk back.. when you are used to speaking from a pulpit

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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

It dosnt matter who asks the questions. If a democrat supporter OR a republican supporter ask about abortion, it has nothing to do with who they will be voting for. The candidate simply needs to talk about abortion. Besides, most answers are so canned that you see right trough all of it anyway.

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Ever since Tom Johnson (former CEO) left CNN in June 2001 the network has gone down hill.

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NEWSFLASH: Primaries are for the parties themselves. The correct forum for others is the open election.

I wouldn't really have a problem with Dims asking questions if they were undecided and might vote for a republican candidate or Republicans who might vote for a dem candidate asking questions during a dem primary debate. That's not the case here. These guys had already decided who they're supporting in the upcoming election.

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I've worked with General Kerr in a lobby effort to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" . He doesn't need any help from Hillary or others and pretty well speaks his mind.

That being said, CNN had plenty of You Tube Video's to sift thru to pick one's for the debate. General Kerr's wasn't the only one asking questions about DADT. Former Seaman 2nd Class Jason Knight asked the same question of Congressman Ron Paul and his video was not used. I guess CNN thought that if they pick the same question from someone with higher rank it would have more impact.

The spinmasters (Bill Bennett among them) of the Republican party got caught with their pant's down again. They tried to discredit a General and couldn't do it. So much for their so called support for our military. Bill Bennet by the way didn't serve, He got a 4F draft rating for bad knees etc.

The True American Hero's are people like The General, Jason and guys like former Marine SSGT Eric Alva who was the first Marine injured in Iraq. SSGt Alva got his leg blow off by a landmine. The fact that he's gay had nothing to do with his service to his country.

Just imagine if it was SSGt Alva asking the same question during the dabate. Guys like Bill Bennett, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. wouldn't dare try to spin that.

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Just imagine if it was SSGt Alva asking the same question during the dabate. Guys like Bill Bennett, Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. wouldn't dare try to spin that.

Dont bet on it.. look at the hatchet job they did on Max Cleland and any other serviceman.....who they do not agree with...that truely shows their real attitude and support of our men and women in uniform.

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Interesting...seaman second class...I've a few years in the Navy and there is no such rank. Perhaps Mr. Knight served in the Navy of another country. Petty Officer Second Class exists.

I think you hit the nail on the head with CNN's choice of video. They picked an issue - DADT - that's not really important to the majority of the Republican base and made it a question in a national debate. Rather than have the candidates speak on issues important to the conservative base, they instead chose questions from supporters of the opposition party and forced the candidates to speak on issues important to the opposition, thus harming the party for the impending election.

Mortal harm? No. Harm nonetheless? Absolutely.

Then again, I didn't need this episode to know that network is disgustingly biased to the left. Anybody who saw 'war on the middle class' during the last election cycle with even an ounce of objectivity could see the blatant bias.

Haven't heard Mr. Bennett's take on this, but if you've a problem with somebody not serving because of bad knees, then by all means tell us why you think people with knee conditions precluding entry to the service should serve. If you're incapable of doing so, why should we take your swipe at him seriously for not serving? Furthermore, why do you think people who don't serve in the military have no right to voice opinions about the military, its composition, or its employment, out of curiousity?

If FOX were hosting a debate and blatant Romney or Giuliani supporters asked a few hard hitting questions, the screams from the leftists about FOX being nothing but a conservative bully pulpit would be heard all the way in Cape Town, Windhoek, Paris, and Tokyo.

Primaries are for the parties. The general election is for everyone.

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NEWSFLASH: Primaries are for the parties themselves. The correct forum for others is the open election.

I agree, which is why open primaries are an absurd idea.

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My mistake Jason was a Petty Officer Second Class.

Chris

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Anvil, I don't really have a problem with Bill Bennett not serving. DADT seems to be important to six Republican Congressman and Congresswomen to support the bill to repeal it. I guess CNN thought the General's Question was important to them.

The former military that I've worked on the repeal effort are a bi-partisan group and are surprisingly conservative.

My apology and a correction as you pointed out Jason Knight was a former US Navy Linguist and a Petty Officer Second Class

Chris
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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

Maybe we should get everyone on YouTube to sign party loyalty oaths before they're allowed to ask questions

It's not about loyalty - it's about CNN tampering and hedging the bets in their slanted favor.

I think that both the libertarian and republican parties should be able to have the playing field leveled and be given this same opportunity.

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I think it preposterous that people who will definitely NOT be voting in the Republican primary are asking questions and not those who will be voting in the primary. I think it absurd.

Whatcha afraid of, them asking tough questions? If it doesn't change the pool of R voters, what does it matter? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, you're affraid that the answers might chase away some R voters, I get it .

What if these guys are registerd D's, but are considering swinging? You know, it's very attractive, I mean, the R's have doen such a good job 5 of the last 7 terms and all.