The three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate in the 2008 cycle had a “no applause” rule.
Exactly, its not uncommon to ask an audience to hold their applause to the end.
Those debates were under the authority of a non-partisan debate commission.
You need to appreciate the subletly.
There is NO debate commission here.
These are Republican Party debates and should be under the auspices of the Republican Party not the media.
NBC is an avowed enemy of the rank in file of the Republican Party, whether they are the avowed enemy of the Republican Party elite and its surrogate Mitt Romney is a matter of debate.
Newt is more than willing to accept the judgement of a non-partisan debate commission which is historical.
He is not willing to subjugate himself to the dictates of the likes of an enemy of the electorate such as NBC.
“The three presidential debates and the vice presidential debate in the 2008 cycle had a “no applause” rule.”
To hell with their rules. They don’t obey the rule of law or the Constitution.
Why should we play by their rules when they don’t obey our rules?
Next debate, stomp the feet, boo the slimey press, cheer, clap, wave signs and give these elite pigs the one-finger salute.
As Jim Rob says: We’ re in a revolution. Let’s act like it.
I'm for a "Tar and Feather" rule, where the audience chases the moderator down and lays it on thick, then covers him with feathers and runs him out of the building to the tune of a small drum.
Unless No applause is a law, who says the audience has to agree to it....rebel against “no free speech” in our audience...