Posted on 10/18/2011 9:26:05 AM PDT by bkopto
What makes Republican candidates for President agree to a debate moderated by CNN’s notoriously liberal host Anderson Cooper? Beside rank stupidity, it is hard to think of a reason.
Imagine a debate among the Democratic presidential candidates in which Sean Hannity, Michael Barone and Laura Ingraham asked the questions; it will never happen because the Democrats don’t feel the need to pander to the conservative media the way Republicans are willing to pander to the establishment press.
And here is what Republicans get when they do pander.
A debate moderated by the same Anderson Cooper whose vulgar jocularity with David Gergen resulted in this crass comment about the Tea Party during a 2009 broadcast, “It’s hard to talk when you’re tea-bagging.”
Republicans who agreed to this debate on the theory that Cooper and CNN will be on their good behavior and dispense with the junior high school-level vulgarity need to wake-up and take a look at just how liberals like Anderson Cooper make Republicans look bad.
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Any Republican candidate who is smart enough to be President ought to be smart enough to see that the way to defeat Obama is to stop letting liberals like Anderson Cooper set the agenda through these debates and to get out on the stump to sell conservative policy solutions to the crisis facing our country.
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I can’t wait to see Newt stare him down and DARE him to ask him a stupid question
I think only Newt should show up and spend 2 hours ripping the liberal media, that would be epic!
They all just need to ask Anderson how that kid in the coma is doing.
If you have to ask, you're part of the problem.
Republican stupidity isn't new, it's been part of the GOP for decades. Thus the Tea Party and the reason that so many former Republicans (such as myself) now call ourselves conservatives.
The GOP is destined to go the way of the Dodo if they don't quit going along to get along with the Dems who have long played them like violins!!
How many pubbies are actually going to be there? 2? 3?
Can you explain?
Did cooper have some kind of a Rick Sanchez moment?
What business does ANY non-Republican have asking questions in these debates?
Cooper and CNN will be on their good behavior and dispense with the junior high school-level vulgarity.
And the Easter bunny is real too.
You ever thing Democrats would have a conservative news reporter moderate their debate? NEVER in a million years. Republicans need to quit bending over and garbing their ankles to the liberal media and press.
I haven’t tuned into CNN in years (airports excluded). Don’t see any reason to tonight.
Is Cain going to be there? I had heard that he and several other candidates were boycotting this debate.
I can’t wait to see Newt stare him down
Oh, I love the Newt stare down! He does it with a slight smirk as if to say - go ahead, you feel lucky today?
Why do Republicans subject themselves to the likes of CNN and Anderson Cooper??
No Bawls. Very sad.
No, everyone but Huntsman will be there.
I like the candidates to be challenged, and the candidates should challenge the moderator on his choice or omission of topics.
Gettin tired of the debates.All they are doing is attacking each other rather than Hussein .Newt stays on target.
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