That only squares if you think FNC and Youtube are on a par as being credible sources for accurate information and professional behavior.

csdeven on August 7, 2007 at 6:16 PM

Great point.

…they have an agenda to get their name out there to stoke their already over-inflated ego.

csdeven on August 7, 2007 at 6:22 PM

A popular sentiment, agreed; but who are these “they”?

EduardoOTI on August 7, 2007 at 3:30 PM

Well said.

Thing is, I don’t believe this was really about participating in the debate. I think this was a demonstration of power by the right wing bloggers;
austinnelly on August 7, 2007 at 12:40 PM

I’ve noticed that. There’s lots of people with blogs that are looking for their 15 minutes of fame without going through the same process say a Brit Hume, MM, or other credible sources have. Instead of just having a conversation for the sake of it, they have an agenda to get their name out there to stoke their already over-inflated ego.

I think it is good they will do this stupid debate. We can’t very well call the Dems cowards for not debating on FNC if we can’t do well in their format.
Darksean on August 7, 2007 at 11:30 AM

That only squares if you think FNC and Youtube are on a par as being credible sources for accurate information and professional behavior.

Rudy: If you’re not my priest, don’t ask me about my Catholicism

That illustrates exactly why I can’t see him doing the YouTube debate, actually…

The majority of Republican presidential candidates are backing off their objections to participating in the unconventional YouTube debate….

To all Flat Earthers:

Quit whining and pontificating about an event which has yet to take place.

Why not consolidate and generate a pool of good questions? Remember how CNN had to acknowledge the same question that was submitted by hundreds of people? Why not come up with a few good queries, join forces and submit them so much that they must be acknowledged?

I love winning…but I hate whining. I would rather lose than walk around like a pouty 2 year old. We need to pull up our collective undergarments, learn to wipe and join the rest of the world at the big kids dinner table.

Technology is progress – if you use it wisely. Try, don’t cry!

I highly doubt any of us are against using youtube and other technology to reach out to the electorate. What’s ridiculous is a forum such as the youtube debate being billed as candidates talking to real people. It is completely filtered through CNN. The same CNN that had a snowman ask a potential leader of the free world a question about global warming.

Totally. Freakin’. Embarrassing.

CNN will pick questions that ENTERTAIN, first and foremost.

Now quit pushing this stupid idea just so the moronic political internet consultants can line their pockets.

Quit whining and pontificating about an event which has yet to take place.

Why not consolidate and generate a pool of good questions? Remember how CNN had to acknowledge the same question that was submitted by hundreds of people? Why not come up with a few good queries, join forces and submit them so much that they must be acknowledged?

I love winning…but I hate whining. I would rather lose than walk around like a pouty 2 year old. We need to pull up our collective undergarments, learn to wipe and join the rest of the world at the big kids dinner table.

Technology is progress – if you use it wisely. Try, don’t cry!

It will be interesting to see if “conservative bloggers” will get behind the Rebulican nominee or trash him for not being conservative enough, and fight for the Republicans running for the House and Senate or just be content complaining. If not all the work to get them in YouTube debates etc will be meaningless.

KBird on August 7, 2007 at 1:01 PM

some conservatives will not quit arguing with each other as oppossed to fighting the Dems/media united, until Hillary is President and possibly has the House and Senate and atleast 2 SCOTUS nominee’s which tilt the courts to the left for a generation.

“On your house website, you say the following:

“Under the United States Constitution, there are only three federal crimes: piracy, treason, and counterfeiting. All other criminal matters are left to the individual states. Any federal legislation dealing with criminal matters not related to these three issues usurps state authority over criminal law and takes a step toward turning the states into mere administrative units of the federal government.” http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst050707.htm

Then go over some of the Federal Crimes/Laws passed by the First Congress and signed by George Washington and maybe somethings James Madison signed into law, which will show how bing a dunce he is and how he is not a real strict contructionist. Or, he’ll have to claim the founders were Socialist/Fascist/Statist

If the questions/videos are selected/edited, by anyone, much substance/luster is lost, in any forum.

Town hall meetings, direct Q&As, and free old style debates among the finalists, without inflated TV yo-yos in between, just a time moderator, would do the country good.

A real strong candidate would have the balls to end the modern-day format. Alas, they’re all ‘handled’, ‘consulted’, ‘screened’, and poll-driven, ad infinitum.

Ah yes. I hope you’re proud of yourselves guys. You’ve just volunteered our turd sandwich stumblebum candidates for the rhetorical equivalent of a blanket party.
You’re not actually thinking we’re going to change any minds here are you? That somehow by doing the same things democrat candidates do, we’ll get the same fawning coverage? Bill Clinton fires every US attorney in the country and its a blip on the radar; GWB fires 8 and you’ve got an executive versus legislative power struggle. There’s nothing to be gained in this debate except further humiliation of our meager field.
Thing is, I don’t believe this was really about participating in the debate. I think this was a demonstration of power by the right wing bloggers; I think there’s some jealousy about how much influence that goggle eyed fruitcake over at the daily kos has in Senate office circles, so the right wingers wanted to see if they too could muster some influence and play a little accordion music for our monkey candidates to dance to. Well, way to go guys. Enjoy that victory until election day because I think all you’ve accomplished is to drive another nail into the coffin of the GOP.
It’s hard to resist; I mean, left to their own devices all our party can do is destroy itself but I had hoped that the base would try to put the party back on the path to victory instead of following suit with petty power struggles and trying to curry favor with MSM. Of course, you know what the best part is for the bloggers: you’ll get all kinds of traffic when you write up the debacle, and eventually you’ll get to write your part of the history of the tragic election of 08, and leave out the incriminating bits. So, indeed, victory.

500,000 15 year old girls who think they’ll be leftists when they turn 22 and get to vote; 200,000 17 year old boys who came to the debate thinking the girls were going to “show us their tits”; and half of the dKos and DU freaks dressed up as snowmen: what a great idea for a GOP Presidential debate forum!

Yeah, AP, I’m sure Patrick Ruffini and his 73 dedicated readers had a huge influence over the campaign of Ron Paul in his sober decision to appear (he wouldn’t know the difference between YouTube and the WSJ editorial board).

Having visited there to see what’s what, I found that the commenters make the HotAir site look like a Mensa convention.