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- understudy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+99The two that are tied in funds—McCain and Paul—interesting.
But YouTube submitted questions should be voted on by YouTube subscribers, and not by CNN as it was this last time around. Otherwise, it's just CNN's debate featuring YouTube on the drums.
_ - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -8/+79FTA: 'Sources familiar with the Guiliani campaign said he's unlikely to participate.'
Best news I have heard all day. It would be nice to have a debate without hearing him spouting off '9/11' every sentence and completely ***** about how he is tough on terror. Granted, it would be hilarious to see people call him out on how full of crap he is, but I would much rather watch three or 4 candidates who actually have some substance and creditibility, then watch Giuliani get a ton of talking time and then spend most of it dodging questions. - rhysmd, on 10/10/2007, -6/+64"Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.), whose "Tancredo Takes" on his YouTube channel draw hundreds of views."
MAN!! Hundreds of views?! On Youtube? *****, I didn't think he was popular at all! - Archos, on 10/10/2007, -11/+69Their attitude toward this alleged citizen-driven debate is telling. Who will these candidates serve when they get elected?
- chowda, on 10/10/2007, -13/+68Rudy was quoted as saying "I 9/11 these debates, why should I have to 9/11 myself by answering 9/11 youtube questions, 9/11!"
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -15/+60Republicans made a big stink when certain Democrats said they wouldn't deal with Faux News. Now look at these candidates, doing the very same thing with CNN/Youtube.
- 0zzy, on 10/10/2007, -9/+48Republicans have already used their absents for the NAACP debate.
- dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -6/+40I hope they don’t cancel this debate because of only 2 people. It would be a huge stepping stone for both politicians and would lead to almost certain failure for the other candidates. People will view their candidate as weak and unwilling to defend their positions.
I really hope big business CNN doesn’t cancel it. - Matic, on 10/10/2007, -28/+56Is this the kind of party we want in the white-house taking us into the future? YouTube or some derivation of it is here to stay and the YouTube debates were a success (minus the snowman and unnecessary production aids) regardless of what these old guys think. I can't wait for the next democratic debate so I can submit a question myself. I actually want to see America's major cities catch up to the technological advances of Tokyo or surpass them and I don't think a republican in the white-house can pull it off.
- dagnabbit, on 10/10/2007, -16/+42This shouldn't be surprising. They're all scared to death of facing real people and their everyday problems and concerns. Since every question won't be about 9/11 or Iraq, they know it will be deer-in-the-headlights time.
- dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -8/+34They will serve Big Business.
- chowda, on 10/10/2007, -9/+34You sir, are a satire of yourself.
- manifestdata, on 10/10/2007, -5/+30Do you really think that the youtube debate was that successful. All of the ***** answers were just the usual political rhetoric that would be thrown around if youtube wasn't in the equation. How about a REAL debate where the candidates actually DEBATE instead of coming up with ***** answers that will make the public happy.
And anyone who thinks that the youtube debate was successful, stop ***** kidding yourself. Stop being a sheep and only watching clips on digg and youtube and watch the WHOLE debate. The best conversations were created between the candidates and not some 18 year old college student who believes anything their Political Science teacher tells them. - js00, on 10/10/2007, -8/+33Fact 1. Bin Laden has not been caught.
Fact 2. No WMDs in Iraq
Fact 3. 1.8 billion dollars a week and over 3600 Americans dead on a war that has only increased terrorist recruitment
Oh no, I'm getting crushed under the pressure of reality!! Or maybe its your administrations never ending stream of ***** thats doing it. - 0xbaadf00d, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Q: Who was your favorite teacher, and why?
- RuffRidr, on 10/10/2007, -9/+29I want to know who picks the questions. Would they get the same softball treatment that the Democrats got?
- soehner, on 10/10/2007, -7/+25They know they'll be grilled by the general public. They saw what happened to the Dems and probably didn't like the idea of actually having to answer tough questions.
McCain has literally nothing to lose, and Ron Paul would thrive in such a debate. IMO - KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Buried yet again under "Misleading Title". They didn't refuse crap yet, they just haven't all responded
- Apokalyps2547, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18"Aside from those two candidates, we haven't heard from anyone else," said Sam Feist of CNN, who's co-sponsoring the debate with the popular videosharing site.
Have they really REFUSED or just haven't signed up yet? The debate is still almost 2 months away. - TeamRocket, on 10/10/2007, -5/+20It's not like average person that watches YouTube votes anyways
- bigjimslade, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17The YouTube "debate" was a waste of time. They did what they always do - give some ***** answer, then steer things toward their "talking points."
"What's Up?" Grow up. Jesus. Lots of idiotic questions with understandably idiotic answers. - robdowns, on 10/10/2007, -11/+25You are really a confused individual if you are accusing "Libs" of not dealing with facts. Face it, you lost congress and soon enough, you'll lose the presidency.
- Satanael, on 10/10/2007, -5/+18I hope not. Giving hard questions would allow Ron Paul to outshine McCain, and give him the appearance as the only worthwhile republican if its just him and McCain. Yeah, I'm a Ron Paul fanboy.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14"The two that are tied in funds—McCain and Paul—interesting."
I wouldn't say *tied* in funds. They're nearly tied in their fundraising last quarter...but McCain's campaign is in the hole and Paul's is debt free.
To me, that puts Paul ahead. - GRANDPAMUNSTER, on 06/11/2009, -4/+16Anyone still using the term "pinko" is out of touch with reality.
- RuffRidr, on 10/10/2007, -9/+21Yes and I doubt the Republicans would get the same softball treatment from CNN that the Dems got.
- perish, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16Because.... that's totally the job of the Federal government.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12I'm only saying that the whole "two party" system is hypocritical. There's no difference between the two but only rhetoric to get into office. Once there they are one and the same. Neither Party will take a stand on principles, that's why candidates like Kucinich, Paul and Gravel stand out so much. Because they stand on principles.
- moracity, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15The YouTube "debate" was a friggin joke and just made YouTube users look stupid and ignorant. It was a pretty embarrassing moment in U.S history.
- 0xbaadf00d, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Real questions from real people, chosen by real news network executives.
- CDHarrisUSF, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11You need to work on your reading comprehension. Everything in that post was directed specifically at Giuliani... not the GOP.
- 0xbaadf00d, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10When you say "real questions," you mean "who is your fav teacher?," questions in song form, and questions from puppets? The debate got terrible ratings and the questions were silly.
- RuffRidr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10The gun control issue is a perfect example. Dozens of questions were submitted about this on YouTube. Which one gets picked? The guy that called the AR-15 his 'baby'. CNN set up the cheap shot, and Joe Biden took it. Nevermind the fact that no one answered the question.
- kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Creating a market where competition can function is the job of the federal government. Just look at your broadband market to see where a government that can't regulate right gets you. Even worse go check your mobile phone industry
- Timetheos, on 10/10/2007, -6/+15It's Fox Opinion, not Fox News.
- Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Cower? You're joking, right?
I mean, you do know what a 'boycott' is, right? - 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Tough questions, are you kidding me?
- lokoluis15, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12What? You can't even hear his name without getting pissed off? Calm down, the description is relevant to the title, only those two have agreed to participate in the debate, why get so upset? I don't see you whining about John McCain. This is certainly not Ron Paul spam and would have been just as popular had the two agreeing candidates been different ones. You don't have to flinch at every mention of Ron Paul.
- neuropsychguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9We're not all old! ;-)
- Fordi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7But not my adminstration, at least, not ideologically.
See, my ideology has to do with taking the public interest route, rather than a pluralism of industry interests.
So many wars and armed conflicts in the 20th century over a diminishing resource*, and now we kick off the 21st in the same vein. I really wish the neocons would wake the ***** up, realize the futility of it all, and help the move to better energy sources.
Seriously. With new promising technologies like direct ethanol fuel cells (has the potential for reducing how much ethanol will be needed to replace the same mass of gasoline/diesel in vehicles), thorium tetraflouride fluid reactors (cleaner than LW, easier to mine for, produces industrially useful fission products, rather than nuclear waste, and is far more effificnet at electricity generation), thermal conversion processes (methods of turning biomass into fuel without using organisms), and biological conversion processes (same, using microbes), we should be spending money on researching and refining these technologies rather than on throwing troops at Iraq for accepting Euros for oil.
* Do a little research and you'll find that at least one of the factors in play in every major conflict in the world for the past 100 years has been securing oil resources. Even WWI, sprung by a combination of ideological, econmic, and political reasons, was also in part started by the Germans attempting to build a railway from Baghdad to Berlin - something that would cause a good deal of upset to Englands economy. - kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I would love it if no other candidates turned up. A in depth debate between McCain and Paul would be very interesting. Both have very different options on the direction the US and the republican party should go in the future and both are 'fairly' straight talkers. I would find a debate between these two very interesting.
- Tuxbunta, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9And your point is? I guess you are trying to say that the Democrats and Republicans are no so different after all.
- 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9What's all this talk about youtube debates offering 'real questions'? The democrat youtube debate was all cookie-cutter questions that the candidates had sound-byte responses that were developed and focus group tested months ago. There wasn't anything new or innovative about the questions chosen they just picked the same questions that wolf blitzer would have asked.
If the republicans did a youtube debate all the questions would be the kinds of questions that would let conservatives list their talking points just like the liberals did. Instead of 'will you let us gay people get married' it will be 'would you let states decide if gay people can get married'. Instead of 'how can government better control peoples lives' it would be 'how can government better control peoples ethics'.
It will be the same old political ***** of 'what promises will you make that will never get passed or will be completely neutered in the compromises necessary to get them through congress' no matter who runs the debates. - hayzeus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Dug up 'cause I agree. No follow-up questions, nothing to keep the candidates from answering the question they'd like to answer, rather than answering the actual question. Only slightly less softball than a Larry King interview.
- 40hands, on 10/10/2007, -7/+14Guys, don't feed the Douchetrolls.
- LeadOffMan, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11Of course not
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/10/2007, -6/+13"What does Liberal Mean to you?"
I'm surprised they didn't get the "If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" - t0ken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Calling Fox News "Fux'd unNews" does not lend to your credibility one tiny bit.
- toekneebullard, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I bet they will. Rather than stand up and basically says the guys who won't do it are pussies, they'll just back down and say, "you guys were right...this is a lame idea"
- sikosmurf, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6.... did i miss a month?
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