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You nicely summarize the essence of the thinking on your side when you say:

STFU
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
I simply refuse to acknowledge you have any point whatsoever
lying through your teeth
a liar and a hypocrite
You’re a lying hypocrite.
lying sack of sh*t and a hypocrite

I’ve learned a lot about how people like you reason from this visit to your your aptly-named site.

Thank you.

And I simply refuse to acknowledge you have any point whatsoever. I’ve been blogging for 4 years and if there had been a GOP questioner at the Democratic debate there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that it would have elicited the exact same kind of outrage you see on righty blogs today.

Anyone who tries to say it would happen differently is a lying sack of sh*t and a hypocrite.

Maybe they couldn’t. Did you submit a question? Did any Republican you know submit a question?

This past month, the National Republican Congressional Committee had a contest asking anyone to submit a short campaign video to YouTube advertising the ineffectiveness of the current Democratic Congress. After the full five weeks of the contest, there were only five submissions to be found on YouTube! Hillary got a dozens of times that number of submissions for a mere campaign theme song.

If you wanted more questions from Republicans then, perhaps, as a Republican you should have submitted some.

If he’s a lying hypocrit I’ll probably be labeled the Anti Christ!

Because calling someone a lying hypocrit for pointing out what can be either your own hypocrasy or blatant ignorance can’t really be rebutted that way.

Or perhaps it can. I mean, if handing standards is good, having lots of standars must be great, right Rick?

I mean, are you actually saying that if Republicans had asked questions at the Dem debate that you wouldn’t have been outraged?

So you honestly believe that didn’t happen?

And I’m certain it was a Democrat who asked “I’d like to know, if the Democrats come into office, are my taxes going to rise like usually they do when a Democrat gets into office?”

And of course if was probably Nancy Pelosi’s son who asked “To all the candidates: Tell me your position on gun control, as myself and other Americans really want to know if our babies are safe. This is my baby, purchased under the 1994 gun ban.”

Because if so, well I’m speechless.

I’m beginning to understand your mentality. It’s not the content of the question that matters, but rather the party of the questioner.

While we’re at it, perhaps only card-carrying Party Members should be able to be in the audience, work the cameras, do the catering and do the commentary afterwards. It would be very biased if the candidates were exposed to questions from people who hadn’t been properly loyalty-tested (to the Party, that is). If only we could prevent Americans who aren’t Party Members from seeing the debate — that would be the most fair of all!

No wonder the GOP is sinking so fast. Their core supporters (not to mention Justice Department appointees) view everything through a party-first lens.

P.S. Would you also like to require that all visitors to your website have their Party registration papers in order before they ask questions?

Quite a tribute when the NYT recognizes your work and that of Kevin at Wizbang and the good Captain.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/out-of-left-field/index.html?ex=1354078800&en=61eb663a0611f68d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

If you take a look at the last Democratic debate that CNN hosted it, also, had partisan activists that were, decidedly, not undecided in their issues or their support. By winnowing the audience and removing participation by the host organization, a university, and limiting ticket sales to students, it was pre-decided to shift the demographics of a venue away from candidates that might have some appeal to that demographic (younger voters of college age). CNN also pre-screened individuals and found, strangely, party activists and folks committed to candidates.

At that point I must ask: is that deceit or just incompetence?

Last night Anderson Cooper answered that in favor of incompetence.

And it shows, and clearly. If the candidates wanted a rip-roaring, no-holds-barred INTERparty debate, then go for it! Put up the venue, the agenda and such and invite them on in… do not put forth that this is about ‘undecided voters’ asking questions when you then select partisans who announce same on their YouTube accounts or that your own network has previously interviewed and identified them as partisans.

I would enjoy *just* Democrats and *just* Republicans answering questions within their own parties, so that we can get a better view of how the ideologies of each are represented in the form of their candidates. In the general election they answer to the People of the Nation, and we will have seen just where they are coming from due to publicized intra-party work. Unless, of course, you don’t like the two party system and want it homogenized… which is one possible result of putting interparty plants in such venues.

I don’t like this being done to *any* political party. I like differences between them to give the Nation the greatest interplay of ideas worked out as best as possible by their supporters. You want to ask questions in those venues? Join that party and push for your ideas and ideals. That is why we have political parties.