"A review by the Los Angeles Times of the debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube four months ago found that the Democratic presidential candidates also faced queries that seemed to come from the conservative perspective. At least two of the citizen-interrogators had clear GOP leanings...

"CNN's [Sam] Feist said conservative commentators did not complain when questioners who shared their political ideology had videos aired during the Democratic forum in July.

"During that session, one video questioner asked the candidates to choose between raising taxes or cutting benefits in order to save Social Security. Another demanded to know whether taxes would rise 'like usually they do when a Democrat comes in office.' A third featured a gun-toting Michigan man, who in an interview Thursday said he had voted twice for President Bush, who wanted to know if the Democrats would protect his 'baby' -- an assault rifle he cradled in his arms.

"Another questioner from that forum who seemed to have clear conservative credentials was John McAlpin, a sailor who asked Clinton: 'How do you think you would be taken seriously' by Arab and Muslim nations that treat women as 'second-class citizens'?

"McAlpin's MySpace page features pictures of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and Republican presidential candidate.

"It depicts Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly as a friend, while offering a caricature of a bearded, turban-wearing 'Borat Hussein Obama' -- a derogatory reference to Obama, the Democratic candidate who as a youth attended a Muslim school."
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This isn't a tempest in a teapot. It's a tempest in a thimble.

What does redstate have to do with actual presidential candidates? Dems candidates said NO to FOX. These are people who want to lead the country and they said no to a mainsteam news organization.

Republicans are grown-ups. Democrats are wacko! Too bad the dems are so good at swaying the masses so many times.

Hey, maybe literally having them jump through their trainer's hoops, sitting up, begging, and playing dead, would be more entertaining, AND more appropriate for the circus atmosphere![lol]

I also have no problem with limiting an event like that to Republicans only (or Democrats only, as the case may be). There are people who can vote in primaries who would not be able to vote in caucuses and nobody blinks at that, so I don't see a problem with having some debates that are party-only and others that are open to all. Candidates need to do well in both arenas anyway.

The only problem with what happened the other night is that CNN didn't seem to know whether what happened was against the rules or not, and that is a bad thing no matter how you look at it. You can't moderate a debate unless you know what is supposed to be going on.

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Why was anyone, let alone this general, allowed to ask a question from the audience, and then given a platform when he didn't like the answers he was given?

Where you similarly outraged when they did the same at the Dem debate?

For those who think it is ok to have plants from the opposition in the audience asking questions. Answer this one. What would happen if the GOP sent infiltrates to a Dem. debate?

Apparently not much. Take a look at the questions asked at the Dem YouTube debate. They looked for the "gotcha" questions for both debates.

Do you expect any gay relatives to have offspring?

Should infertile couples be denied marriage rights?

Chris,
If we are going to talk about who is crying like babies, you should look over at RedState. They (almost all contributors have signed on) are actually calling for a do-over. I think the last time I heard that I was on a grade school playground.

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