Comments on: Another Plant?

By: aan

aan — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:36:07 +0000

Cooper and debate producers said before the debate that they weren’t going to investigate questioners, just eliminate the ones that seemed inappropriate on the face of it. They never claimed in either debate that the youtube videos came from supporters of the party at the debate, just youtube users. Some of the videos from the Dem debate looked like they probably came from Republicans supporters, like the guy who demanded to know if they would protect his gun and the military man in Iraq who demanded to know how Arab leaders would ever respect Hillary when from his experience Arab guys don’t respect women in authority. And it’s obvious you are going to get videos from various activists, people with different types of personal investments in the questions their asking, and people who don’t care at all about the subject of the debate but just want to be on TV. Does it matter much if the question is valid and they aren’t claiming to be a general when they aren’t or something? I guess this is a question about new media partly. Nobody checks on the background of people submitting questions for a webchat Q&A affair. Should webvideo questions be treated differently? I don’t know, but at least CNN was clear that the videos might be from anyone.

By: Bobak

Bobak — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:40:27 +0000

Who cares about Jane Harman……she about as much of a democrat as Larry Craig is straight…

By: Marginalized Action Dinosaur » CNN

Marginalized Action Dinosaur » CNN — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:12:05 +0000

[...] And another one…via The Autopsy…The lead toy questioner, LeeAnn Anderson, who appears to be an ordinary mom concerned about her [...]

By: Hugh Hewitt is Stealing My Lines « The Autopsy

Hugh Hewitt is Stealing My Lines « The Autopsy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:48:48 +0000

[...] my “Another Plant” post: If Anderson Cooper and his staff weren’t checking the backgrounds on their chosen [...]

By: Jason Coleman

Jason Coleman — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:10:00 +0000

Ted Faturos responds,

http://www.jasoncoleman.com/BlogArchives/2007/11/ted_faturos_responds.html

–Jason

By: 27%! And 1 in 8.88x 10^22. « The Autopsy

27%! And 1 in 8.88x 10^22. « The Autopsy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:29:01 +0000

[...] LeeAnn, our Union Rep with ties to John Edwards [...]

By: Quinn

Quinn — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:06:28 +0000

This kind of thing still surprises me!

I think its just the idea that CNN believes they could get away with it without really trying.

Anyways, this idea that the states ought to decide whether or not to legalize the killing of innocent babies is inherently vile and evil. Anyone who makes such an argument is by definition a bad person.

To get a better idear of what I’m talking about check out this analysis of Ron Paul’s response to a question asked on YouTube about abortion a few months back.

http://www.kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20071016

By: docattheautopsy

docattheautopsy — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:53:54 +0000

Not entirely true, as some primaries (such as the NH primary) are open and allow people from any registration to vote.

But for Democrats to pepper Republicans in their primary process with questions is still backwards.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:40:01 +0000

Democrats don’t vote in Republican primaries, and vice versa. Undeclared and independents can cross over, but these people are already in the tank for Democrats.

By: No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » Plant ‘em!

No Runny Eggs » Blog Archive » Plant ‘em! — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:52:16 +0000

[...] R&E (8:50m 11/29/2007) - Make that 6 plants (H/T - Doc). From Jason Coleman, plant #5 is Ted Faturos, former intern for Rep. Jane Harman (D-California), [...]