Comments on: GOP Frontrunners Blow Off Debates

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:04:40 +0000

“the Democrats same to be game for debating anywhere at any time”
Except for Fox News.

The Democrats are proud to say they want nothing to do with Fox News.

I suppose the equivalence that you are drawing means that the Republicans are proud to say they want nothing to do with black or hispanic voters, right?

By: NoZe

NoZe — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:14:25 +0000

So who appointed these people "those...who represent God’s principles"?

By: LeftCoastRightWinger

LeftCoastRightWinger — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:50:25 +0000

And one of the very few who fit that mould, Duncan Hunter, doesn't appear to have a chance of any kind.

By: LeftCoastRightWinger

LeftCoastRightWinger — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:41:35 +0000

The Dems have to stay busy pandering to the Moron.Org crowd or lose the Moron.Org support or worse yet have Moron.Org place ads against them.
For the Dems it's work the fringe or lose support.

The RepubliKrats running... who cares?

Until they can find a conservative who doesn't have to perform a mid stream change to be conservative the '08 cycle is over already.

By: C. Lee

C. Lee — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:16:43 +0000

I am outraged that John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitt Romney declined Tavis Smiley's invitation to the Morgan State debate. Republicans always ignore the African American community until they need us to die in their stupid war. My brothers and sisters of color, we've got to unite and stop the Republican's total disregard for us!

By: Steve Plunk

Steve Plunk — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:23:57 +0000

Am I the only person who sees these debates as a waste of time? Nobody watches and nobody answers the darn debate questions straight up. Why bother?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:15:27 +0000

yetanotherjohn,
Kos is in the center of the Democratic voter opinion, the DLC is on the fringe.

* By Kos I mean Markos himself and his front-page contributors, not everyone who posts comments or diaries on dailykos.com

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:42:06 +0000

Democrats pick Kos and pass on DLC. Republicans pass on Value Voters.

Makes sense to me. Democrats are ignoring the center and going for the fringe. Republicans are ignoring their fringe. Makes you wonder how that will play out in the general election.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:33:45 +0000

It was "Heckuva job, Brownie".

By: legion

legion — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:29:38 +0000

brainy, So, both parties are scumbags who'll shaft everyone they can, but Dems are lying scum, while the GOP is at least honest scum? I don't think even I'm that cynical. And as for GOP appointee qualifications, you've clearly taken leave of your senses. I'll leave the "good job, Brownie" rips to someone else... Alito at least had experience, but Rice, history will show, was the wrong choice for this period. Her entire professional and academic background was Soviet bloc-Eastern European region; specifically military issues. She'd have been perfect 20 years ago, but not now, dealing with multi-partite diplomacy in the Middle East, NK, China, and most everywhere but the former USSR. And her tenure as Nat Sec Advisor was not what anyone would describe as "stellar" (unless your name is bin Laden).

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:15:34 +0000

James: “the Democrats same to be game for debating anywhere at any time”

Wayne: "Except for Fox News."

Why the h*ll would Democrats go on Fox? It's the GOP Channel.

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:14:49 +0000

To those who “had something more important to do than talk to those of us who represent God’s principles,” Folger had a prediction: “Those who snubbed us, they will not win…. They will regret the decision.”

Does she even own a bible? Why is it the people that are the most fanatical about a given religion are ALWAYS the ones who are the least well read in it's principles?

By: cian

cian — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:48:14 +0000

According to Hannity, if the dems can't face Fox how are they going to face down the terrorists. And I say, if the republicans can't face African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Gay Americans....

We've got nothin'!

By: brainy435

brainy435 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:47:19 +0000

Of couse you could make the argument that the democrats will pander to ANYONE who they think they can bribe or confuse enough to vote for them while the republicans are for what they are for and do not care for the hyper-PC, self labeling bullcrap so prevalent in our society.

In other words, a democratic administration will give lip service to having minorities in high office while a republican administration will give you a Dr. Rice or Sam Alito... as long as they are the best candidates for their respective jobs. The dems will crow about the former case to anyone who will listen about how "progressive" they are and the republicans will just see the latter case as common sense.

By: legion

legion — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:37:00 +0000

Maybe the real lesson is that the top tier Republicans are incredibly risk averse?

Ummm... no. I realize the folly of making broad generalizations, but in this case it is demonstrably true. They really just don't care about black people - as Laurence notes, they're not going to get that vote, and they're not willing to make the changes they would have to to get it. The really don't care about hispanics either, except as a chip in the immigration debate. And the Larry Craig fiasco shows that they really don't care about gays either, not that anyone with a pair of eyes couldn't have told you that long ago. In short, the GOP is embracing its image as the party of rich, white, straight folk - the rest of you can FOAD.