Republicans welcome the challenge from any host, such as the hard left Chris Mathews of MSNBC. Why are democrats so afraid of answering questions from any one not of the liberal media. Would the hard questions be a bit too much for them? Is it Fox would not supply them with the questions pre-debate?
2007-10-09 01:47:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They will be asked tough questions, like this
Hillary you say you are against earmarks yet you have managed 2.2 billion in earmarks making you the Queen of Pork. Can you explain this and does it make you a hypocrite?
Update, odd the number of thumbs down when just asking about a candidates history. Perhaps ignorance is bliss.
2007-10-09 01:56:22 · answer #1 · answered by ken 6 · 4⤊ 7⤋
I don't think it has anything to do with being scared of the undoubtedly biased FoxNews...but instead they feel that it is hardly worth the time to have a debate where one party ask and answers all the questions and doesn't let you get a word in edgewise. My mother always taught me that it was extremely rude to interrupt someone when they are talking...but this rule of etiquette seems to evade the political pundits at Fox. If you are talking, you certainly are not listening and by talking over the person answering the question, no one can hear the answer. So what would be the point?
2007-10-09 02:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by Becca 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Democratic Party is actually only running one person for the presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton. The rest of the candidates are basically running for a spot in her administration. If they were to appear in a debate forum where the questions and issues were not strictly controlled, it might put Hillary in a bad light or show up weaknesses in her positions and assumptions.
While it would not make any difference to the Democratic voters, it would not bode well for the general election. Too many non-Democrats would tune in to watch a debate on Fox where it might actually be a bit interesting.
There is nothing to be gained in the primary by Democrats to attend such a debate and everything to loose in the general election.
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2007-10-09 01:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Fox? As the host of the DEMOCRACTIC debate? That would have been amusing to watch. It's like having the Strom Thurmond (if he were alive) host a debate of the NAACP.
2016-05-19 22:16:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a pretty loaded question.
Conservative radio turned up the heat a couple weeks ago and everyone who's been avid listeners of those stations already know there's been hundreds (if not thousands) of attempts at having democrats debate with them.
They refuse.
Likewise they refuse to debate on FoxNews. Why?
If you have 50,000 chickens in a hen house and ONE FOX napping outside... Chilling out... Relaxing... Idly just looking all cool...
Would YOU go outside to chat with the FOX?
2007-10-09 02:04:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Who cares? Their just going to spout the same rhetoric they do on the other networks. There are two of them who might actually have enough principle to actually answer the questions, but I still don't trust any of the people I've met on TV. What they say doesn't prove anything. It's their record that counts, and the media does a good job of ignoring that for us.
2007-10-09 02:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by mick t 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just to be fair not ALL the candidates refused. The three that refused were Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama.
2007-10-09 02:08:31 · answer #7 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that even if they did go on the debate and do well (big If, huh?), they might be scared of losing voters anyway. I think many of their fan base is so scared of Fox that they would not vote for them in disgust.
This probably shows how fickle and moronic the Democrat's voting base is, more than the candidates themselves.
edit: Hey Spleenwater: Your question is ridiculous. What makes politicians "legitimate business people?" And anyway the answer to your question is "all the time."
2007-10-09 01:56:49 · answer #8 · answered by null 6 · 3⤊ 8⤋
Maybe it's because Faux News is only viewed by right-wing Neanderthals who are incapable of grasping new ideas!
Or, perhaps they're a little skittish, after seeing President Clinton get ambushed by Chris Wallace, when he was supposed to be discussing the Clinton Global Initiative, and was hit with a question about why he didn't kill Bin Laden.
Another possibility, is that they're afraid their answers will be edited to fit Rupert Murdock's stereotype of how liberals think?
2007-10-09 01:59:49 · answer #9 · answered by thehermanator2003 4 · 3⤊ 7⤋
Fox is not a valid news source. It lacks credibility.
2007-10-09 02:09:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋