Thursday, November 29, 2007

CNN-Conspiracy News Network

Hey, did you hear about the Republican YouBoob, er YouTube, debate last night? You know, how the host CNN let a bunch of Democrat political hacks ask questions, even though it was supposed to be undecided, Republican voters?
Of course, CNN does not know what to do. Shortly after the "debate", former Education Secretary and current radio talk show host Bill Bennett had to let the world know that the questioner who was the retired brigadier general asking about gays in the armed services was the leader of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Steering Committee for Sen. Hilary Clinton. How could Mr. Bennett know and no one else putting this "debate" together know? And why was Keith Kerr in the audience and given another chance to push a Democrat talking point?
Too many people, including many conservatives, are giving CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper a pass on this. NO WAY! No pass here. Had Mr. Cooper not went to this Mr. Kerr in the audience and given him a platform, there may have been a case that Mr. Cooper had no idea about Mr. Kerr's credentials. Mr. Cooper is feigning plausible deniability.
Michlle Malkin http://michellemalkin.com has blown this wide open when she found that there were people directly working for the Obama and Edwards campaigns asking questions that, surprise, made it to the air.
Now, why the Conspiracy News Network headline?
Because by the time they got to a question from a YouTuber for congressman Ron Paul, it was about the so-called North American Union and the role of such bogeymen as the Council On Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. Make Mr. Paul seem like a real whack job, which he obliged.
Mr. Paul is off the reservation on many an issue. But he is spot on on many issues, particularly on domestic issues. And he is raising a lot of money, much more than the DDBMSM flavor of the moment, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. He does deserve a serious question. I guess compared to the question about the Confederate stars and bars battle flag, it was a kind of serious question.
In thinking more about last night's fiasco, I would not be opposed to having that kind of forum, but with a lot more vetting and a serious moderator that would let all the candidates answer questions, not just the ones that may embarrass the most any given Republican candidate.
And the fact that because there was no serious vetting of the questions, most were Democrat talking points, which only means that CNN has no clue on issues that matter to Republican voters, such as the War Against Islamofacsist Terror or the role of the armed services in that fight. Or whether the size of the armed services should be increased. Or about overall national security. Or about reigning the the Leviathan of an ever growing federal government. No, we were treated to conspiracy, why Rudy Giuliani rooted for the Red Sox and a man asking a second amendment question holding a shot gun.
But, there must be credit given.
Somehow, the CNN censors, or vetters, let a question get on the air from a black gentleman from Los Angeles who laid out the conservative agenda and asked why more black Americans do not vote more for the party that really has their best interests, the Republicans. That was a question every single Republican candidate had to answer. But, only Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Huckabee got to give an answer. I wanted to know what Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John "F--- You" McCain, Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo and yes, even Ron Paul, thought about that.
The format was awful and the vetting of questions from the YouTube audience was even worse.
And that is why no one really watches CNN news any more. The mask is off and it is why it is the Conspiracy News Network

4 comments:

Incognito said...

I think every candidate should be given a series of questions to answer.. they should respond and those answers should be sent to each american voter! That's what I think!

I was actually not too delighted with any of them last night..though MCain (who I know you hate) came off the best, in mho but, I will vote for whoever is nominated... except for Ron Paul.

Righty64 said...

I agree that I will not vote for Ron Paul either. I once threw away a vote in the 1992 California Republican primary by voting for Pat Buchanan. It is my most wasted vote in 25 years of being able to vote. And I do not hate Sen. McCain, I just do not like some of the things that he has done as a senator. Believe me, if he does become our nominee, I will be on the front lines getting people to vote for him!

Incognito said...

I saw the whole thing and he actually came off very well.. he was calm and poised and kept most of his answers within the allotted time.. which most did not.

Poor old Thompson came of as tired and uninspired.. I hope he does go for veep, cos he would be great.

Richard J said...

I thought the best part of the whole CNN fiasco was that Bill Bennett was the one who broke the news about Gen. Kerr. Does Bill Bennett strike anyone as being a master of the internet? Yet he gets the scoop that eluded the entire staff of CNN? It kinda strains my credulity.

If I didn't know better, I'd think CNN was pushing some sort of agenda. But that couldn't be. They are objective journalists, doing their job, right?

By the way, I recently found your blog, and I like it a lot...