Posted on 08/19/2011 12:18:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
She should have just answered by accusing him of being a phone hacker.
He would have walked off his own show.
Wrong. Totally illegitimate line of questioning. See the O’Donnell interview with Guthrie. When you go on CNN to talk about a senatorial race you were in less than a year ago, you don’t have to put up with the British version of David Letterman bringing up some MTV comedy show from 15 years ago. I’m beginning to think you wouldn’t even know when you are being punked.
Of course, in both cases, the interviewers brought up the topic in an effort to paint Michele and Christine as extremists, and both Michele and Christine obviously understood the motive for the question at the time, and didn't want to answer the question for that reason. Still the audience is composed of people who run the ideological spectrum from left to right, and with that consideration, conservatives do have to figure out better ways of handling such questions while still imparting the message they desire to leave in the minds of the viewing audience.
While Piers relentlessly pursued his question regarding Christine's homosexual views, the situation didn't appear bad enough for someone to react by getting up and walking off. It's too bad we must constantly view Christine in defense and victim mode. Her reaction unfortunately spawned more of the same in subsequent interviews. Christine has some intelligent comments to make, and it would be nice if we had more of an opportunity to hear them.
These situations are difficult when we're attempting to win over people hearts and minds, and we should put our heads together and figure out the best way to deal with them.
LOL. Piers Morgan on the level of Putin or a Muslim terrorist? that IS FUNNY! Did you think she was running for president?
Anyway, she was only running for senator of DELAWARE! All she would have had to do was cast one of two votes for Delaware. Which I’m pretty sure would have been way better than the votes that are being cast by Coons, or would have been cast by Castle.
C’mon, she’s just trying to sell some books and defend herself against the smears of the democrats, the backstabbers of her own party, and now trashbags like Pervy Piers Morgan.
Don’t flame me for saying this but IMO, she’s too toxic for conservatives and the TEA party. Something is a little “off” with her.
You don’t think a U.S. Senator is a national figure?
I received this from one of our own FReepers: “CNN deceitfully clipped Christine O’Donnell’s Piers Morgan creepy interview, to change the impression of what really happened.
CNN tried to HIDE the creepy questions that caused Christine O’Donnell - after her 30 minute time allotment was expired and already past time — to walk out of the interview to go to her next appointment, where she was already late.
In the creepy segment that CNN has tried to hide,
Piers Morgan asks Christine O’Donnell about masturbation
Piers Morgan declares that he is pro-masturbation
Piers Morgan asks if Christine O’Donnell has committed lust in her heart
Following these questions, Christine O’Donnell took one more question, and then decided to leave — because she was well past the 30 minute time agreed upon.
SEE FOR YOURSELF AT:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/08/17/piers.christine.odonnell.sex.cnn?iref=allsearch “
Two stories; one is correct. Is the LIB version correct? Or is the COD version correct? To my mind, IF the LIB version is correct, it will be the first truthful thing they have ever said!
The video might only work within Firefox.
Piers Morgan has tried to portray his questions on gay marriage as (barely) relevant. It was Morgan asking the question repeatedly which was the last straw, not the question itself.
Yet Morgans’ discussions of the interview are deceitful.
Morgan conveniently fails to disclose his previous questions about masturbation and lust.
The question was off topic and she politely deflected it. He came back to the question over and over again. He was trying to get a negative soundbite from her that would be used against the tea party and conservatives. She was not going to give it to him and he wasn't going to give up trying to she just walked out. Good for her.
Well given your explanation this puts the context of the entire interview in a different light.
Now we really understand why Christine walked out.
Christine should work in her own state and forget the national spotlight.
RE: Morgan is a d*ck but he was asking reasonable questions. Lightweight questions
POST #48 of this thread shows that CNN edited out several other questions that Morgan asked which brings the entire interview into context.
Editing out the KEY QUESTIONS that offended Christine was very deceitful of CNN.
“...David Gregory attempted to do the same thing to Michele Bachmann this past Sunday, questioning her about her views on homosexuality ...”
Have you forgotten Gregory successfully torpedoed the election of Ken Buck in Colorado by baiting him with that line of questioning? There is no reason for the conservatives to allow themselves to be accosted by these mainstream political hacks that call themselves “journalists” in this way. They don’t do it to the members of their own party.
“Of course, in both cases, the interviewers brought up the topic in an effort to paint Michele and Christine as extremists,...” ...Piers relentlessly pursued his question regarding Christine’s homosexual views,”
I think it runs deeper than just an effort to paint them as extremists. These media filth also want to go where they can to make their female guests feel uncomfortable, discussing the very controversial matter of sexual behavior, to trip them up and just make them want to quit. It is an extremely deceitful and subtle form of political attack by these leftists.
I think there are far more people out there who don’t want to have to listen to discussion of homosexual issues at dinner on CNN, and the situation that Piers Morgan was trying to set up WAS enough for someone to react by getting up and walking off.
Don’t flame me for saying this but IMO, she’s too toxic for conservatives and the TEA party. Something is a little “off” with her.
Ridiculous. The book market is a national market. Here’s an idea: If Christine O’Donnell bothers you that much, try using your remote.
If we're going to espouse socially conservative views publicly, i.e. in books and speeches, we'd better figure a way to answer questions about them in interviews, unless the groundwork beforehand has been laid out and there is an agreement to exclude such questions. Otherwise, in the court of Public opinion, walking off causes us to lose not GAIN points.
Obviously, you are failing to see my point.
“You don’t think a U.S. Senator is a national figure?”
I suppose you want a yes or no answer only. There’s a tongue-in-cheek discussion about senators from the great state of Delaware being national figures in post #27.
Here’s one answer: some are, some aren’t. There are 100 of ‘em, after all. And we could spare a few, although they all think they are indispensable men. Is a member of the House of Representative a national figure? What do you think?
“Obviously, you are failing to see my point.”
Sure I see your point.
Obviously, you don’t want to see Christine O’Donnell’s face on your TV screen anymore!
Exactly. I knew she was a flake the first time I heard Mark Levin interview her. But I sent some money to her campaign because I figured she would vote the right way. Now I just want her to go away.
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