CNN uses the stupidity defense

[dilbert]

The retired general who asked about gays and lesbians serving in the military at the CNN/YouTube Republican debate on Wednesday is a co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton's National Military Veterans group.

Retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr was named a co-chairman of the group this month, according to a campaign press release.

He was also active in John F. Kerry's 2004 campaign for president.

And.....
David Bohrman, a CNN senior vice president and executive producer of the debate, later said: "We regret this and apologize to the Republican candidates. We never would have used the general's question had we known that he was connected to any presidential candidate."Kerr told CNN that he had not done work for the Clinton campaign, and CNN verified before the debate that he had not contributed money to any candidate, the broadcaster said in a blog post after the debate.

Kerr told CNN he is a member of the Log Cabin Republicans and was representing no one other than himself, CNN said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7085.html

[ICRockets]

How convenient! Wouldn't want the wingnuts to have to think about teh gheys, now would we? Thank God this guy's question doesn't matter because of his alleged affiliation.

[dilbert]

That is not the point. The point is that the general media in the US sucks.

(and, imo, the answers to the question were embarassing.)

[35Pete]

How convenient! Wouldn't want the wingnuts to have to think about teh gheys, now would we? Thank God this guy's question doesn't matter because of his alleged affiliation.

The point is that you are being lied to.

[nehemiah]

o jeebus h kristmas... answer the ****ing question, you pussies.

so the republicans are ADMITTING that they refuse to have ANYTHING to do with democ'rats?

is that what is going on?

as a registered democ'rat... i assumed that is what has been going on for the past 7 years, but it's nice to see it out in the open.

[Lucidvizion]

I don't see why it matters who asks the question.

Every question is valid.

[Green Lantern]

I found it odd that CNN found this guy to ask a question...and then he managed to be in the audience.

[Gilly]

suprise, suprise... cnn trying to embarass the repubs, what a suprise.

actually the tough questions as that one should be asked. problem is that the cnn dem debate was full of softball questions. no questions there about raising taxes etc..

[nehemiah]

A review by the Los Angeles Times of the debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube four months ago found that the Democratic presidential candidates also faced queries that seemed to come from the conservative perspective. At least two of the citizen-interrogators had clear GOP leanings.
...
During that session, one video questioner asked the candidates to choose between raising taxes or cutting benefits in order to save Social Security. Another demanded to know whether taxes would rise "like usually they do when a Democrat comes in office." A third featured a gun-toting Michigan man, who in an interview Thursday said he had voted twice for President Bush, who wanted to know if the Democrats would protect his "baby" -- an assault rifle he cradled in his arms.

Another questioner from that forum who seemed to have clear conservative credentials was John McAlpin, a sailor who asked Clinton: "How do you think you would be taken seriously" by Arab and Muslim nations that treat women as "second-class citizens"?

McAlpin's MySpace page features pictures of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and Republican presidential candidate.

It depicts Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly as a friend, while offering a caricature of a bearded, turban-wearing "Borat Hussein Obama" -- a derogatory reference to Obama, the Democratic candidate who as a youth attended a Muslim school.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-youtube30nov30,1,6572347.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true


now please shut the **** up, whiny republicans. nothing worse than a bunch of pussies like the republicans are proving themselves to be.

[dilbert]

A review by the Los Angeles Times of the debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube four months ago found that the Democratic presidential candidates also faced queries that seemed to come from the conservative perspective. At least two of the citizen-interrogators had clear GOP leanings.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-youtube30nov30,1,6572347.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true


now please shut the **** up, whiny republicans. nothing worse than a bunch of pussies like the republicans are proving themselves to be.

lol!

So now you incorrectly assume people support that.

And there is a difference between presumed "conservative leanings" and somebody who actually works on a ****ing campaign.

[nehemiah]

there is nothing worse than a pussy of a human being.

republicans are ALL pussies.

do the math.

[Crinoline]

there is nothing worse than a pussy of a human being.

democrats all HAVE pussies.

do the math.

Fixed.

[nehemiah]

Fixed.did you hear democ'rats whining about having to answer questions?

didn't think so.

nice try, though.

[dilbert]

did you hear democ'rats whining about having to answer questions?

didn't think so.

nice try, though.


Ummmmm...

Yes.

Hillary and Bill after the last debate.

[ckg68]

Well,lookie here...in the rebroadcast,CNN omitted the question and response....and NEVER told us about it. They've yet to apologize for Republicans doing the same thing in the Democratic debates. Methinks that's a double standard.

Crappy News Network's looking dumber and dumber. And all because they knuckled under to the right-wing dregs. Proof positive that they're a bunch of spineless :censor:ies.

KO said it best: "If you can't handle the Democrats,how can you handle al-Qaida?"

[dilbert]

But it was not the same thing.

The comparisons are not equivalent.

[nehemiah]

hillary and bill may as well be republicans for all nehemiah gives a crap about them.

[CoachC.]

republicans are ALL pussies.

do the math.

I can kick your ass.

Guess that makes you the taint.

[nehemiah]

I can kick your ass.no you can't.

FACT.

[CoachC.]

no you can't.

FACT.

Remember. ROCKY was Italian by nature.

Philadelphian by geography.

[nehemiah]

Remember. ROCKY was Italian by nature.

Philadelphian by geography.he was southern italian, though, right?

don't tell spikedlemonade. :erm:

[ckg68]

And while we're at it,CNN has more double standards....

http://mediamatters.org/items/200712010002?f=h_top