Just say "No!" to YouTube Debates By Paul Shlichta
I breathed a sigh of relief when most of the Republican presidential hopefuls declined to participate in the next YouTube debate. I think they displayed good judgment and common sense in refusing to be inveigled into what is at best a CNN publicity scheme and at worst a ruse to force Republican candidates to display themselves in an unfavorably biased environment.
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The only valid reason for a YouTube debate, or any kind of debate, is to permit the voting public to assess the relevant qualifications of a candidate. As I wrote in a newspaper op-ed in 2000:
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2 comments:
The year is 2007. If you think the republican party can afford to turn their nose up to Youtube, simply put you'll lose. Go ahead show the American people that you've not the stomach for such things. Call it childish and a waste of time, and again you will lose. Time for you to suck it up soldier. Sometimes we all have to do what we don't want to. Why you say, because if you don't you'll LOSE.
Its the CNN YouTube thing thats the issue. NOT a YouTube based debate. The CNN thing was a freak show. A perfect reflection of the lunatic fringe left. For the Republican candidates to be subject to CNN's pro-marxist, pro-islamist, pro-democrat, anti-republican, anti-conservative, anti-american, anti-capitalist biases would be beyond stupid and is far more likely to contribute to a Republican defeat than not showing up. Besides it would give credibility to CNN that it absolutely does not deserve and that it has little of now. If Fox were holding YouTube debates - no problem. At least it would be a serious and intelligent affair.
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