Was CNN true to it's lib-enabling roots, by using democrat activists, not undecided voters to ask questions

Question

thomass...if you came up with that

yourself you are awsome dude!

Answer 1

The dems get a debate question from a snowman, the reps get a debate question from a strawman.

I did like the fumble it caused however, I don't like Romney, and Huckabee's non answer. Hunter seemed to provide an ok stance on this issue, but seems to be a closet homophobe. I do think it's a complete side issue to the problems facing us, and not worthy of being debated in the small amount of time alloted.

EDIT: Samantha, it's not a tough question, its a side/wedge issue, designed to fumble candidates talking about more important things like war, immigration, fiscal policy, etc. The Military has just as many if not more heterosexual problems, and is a volunteer force. No one is forcing anyone to go into it. They do the tough jobs, not the people in Washington.

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Keith Kerr, retired Colonel., U.S. Army; retired Brigadier General, California National Reserve, who submitted a YouTube question about gays in the military, is actually a member of Hillary Clinton’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Americans For Hillary Steering Committee. He’s also part of a film production crew trying overturn the "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy.

EDIT2: About HillaryPlant, I thought it was cute after the 3 or 4 "cute" plant stories about her. I don't know if I came up with it, but it's only seems to be used on 2 search results by Google, dated around the time I wrote it, feel free to use it :)

In case you missed what everyone is talking about,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-wJkrEnmtg

Answer 2

There is a difference in a question asked by a Democrat and a question asked by a Democrat that works on a steering commitee for Hillary.

Even so the canidates handled it very well.

Democrat canidates still don't want to reach all of America. If so, they would go on FOX NEWS and debate.

Also Keith Kerr, had been on CNN 4 yrs ago. the problem is Anderson Cooper and CNN said that they didn't know who he was until after the debate. That's false information from a News organization.

Answer 3

Well, look how evenhanded CNN is behaving with these ‘debates’.

For the Democratic ‘debate’ they had Democratic activists planted in the audience posing as ‘undecided voters’

For the Republican ‘debate’ they had Democratic activists planted in the audience posing as ‘undecided voters’

Is that equal treatment, or what?

Answer 4

Yes. They were true to form for helping to put over a hoax - that this person was "just an ordinary citizen" rather than a Clinton campaign operative.

Or, if they didn't know, then they have demonstrated fundamental incompetence as reporters - people who are supposed to FIND OUT things.

Either way, CNN is a waste. When the only explanation is either total ignorance or biased dishonesty you know the situation is bad.

Answer 5

Holy crap! Get over it. It is not that big of a deal. Did you lose sleep over it? Did Rush dedicate his whole damn show on it today? What the hell in the overall scope of your life does it really matter? Find something new to complain about. We all believe the media is ALL liberal. Even Fox and Rush. Okay? Satisfied?

Answer 6

Now, now, did you think up those Republican talking points by yourself, or did you have help?

Why are you Republicans whining about getting real questions? They can't all be easy softballs. Stupid sounding answers are the fault of the answerer, not the fault of the questioner. If your guy sounds like an idiot, then don't vote for him. Don't go whining to us about people asking tough questions.

Answer 7

And to boot they say that they didn't know...hmmm a Democratic Steering Committee Chair, associated with the Clinton Campaign... That a simple goggle search would show...oh yes and Utube is owned by goggle.. and they complain about FOX.

Answer 8

CNN is no friend of liberty, freedom of speech and just plain
good traditional values. They are completely nuts.
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Answer 9

I don't think anyone is really surprised. Let's get real, everyone knew ahead of time what it would be like if they agreed to this debate.

While I think our guys did ok, it still is a joke. Unfortunately, the joke is on the truely undecided voter. There are plenty of people who really believe that conservatives are actually like some of the folks asking the questions.

One friend of mine asked why it should matter if one of the questions was from a person working on a Clinton steering comm. since the q needed to be asked. WHAT? Since when is this a conservative party platform q? This is not to see who dems would vote for but to help Rep decide who to vote for.

UPDATE

The dem debates are to help people who are registered as dems to decide who they want to run for president. The dem candidate is suppose to represent the dem platform, not the republican platform. Same with us. This is a PRIMARY debate, not the debates so we can decide President as a nation.

Answer 10

Yes.
And the highly educated lib supporters will never discover the parallel.