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IranianDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:55 PM
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Is it just me or did Clark get the toughest questions?
It seemed like they tried especially hard to smear him.
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LZ1234 Donating Member (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:57 PM
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1. I agree ...
They were all personal questions. I agree with Edwards complaints.
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IranianDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:58 PM
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2. IMO the entire debate was bullshit.
Just like the FOX network.
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:12 PM
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19. every question designed to undermine the candidate where they are weakest
Edwards from the south on DOMA, Clark on his credentials as a Democrat, Dean on his "anger" ... every question specifically tailored to attack the candidates where there are weakest and most likely to alienate the people they are trying to get votes from.

What an uttlerly rigged game and how stupid of us to play along...
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:58 PM
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3. Every non-policy attack question
they could fit in. move along.
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Jerseycoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:59 PM
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4. Only when they asked him one nt
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:09 PM
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16. Clark got the worst questions
I agree, he only got one question where he had a chance to talk about his positions. Got shitty (sp) questions. The same ol same ol.
No opportunity to improve his chances in NH. Areal bummer. Hope the voters see that.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:16 PM
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23. That's why campaign experience matters
All the other candidates found a way to talk about their positions and policies despite the questions -- because they are experienced campaigners.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:59 PM
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5. If something does not kill you it will make you stronger
This is good practice for Clark and all of the candidates.

Don
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dennis4868 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:00 PM
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6. I agree....
that may have to do with the fact that he was not in Iowa and they wanted to go after him because of that. But yes, he did get the toughest questions and had no chance coming out of the debate looking like the winner....the exact oppossite is true for Holy Joe!
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Nashyra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:01 PM
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9. Yes they were for Lieberman
but who cares. He's toast.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:00 PM
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7. Yes, Clark Took 5 Bullets Tonight
and he did it for us guys...
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:01 PM
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8. No Doubt. I Said As Much in the Other Thread, Too.
Abortion.

Deeply personal religious questions.

Michael Moore and AWOL Bush.

And the tone of the questions directed to Clark.

Clark was ambushed intentionally.

Why Democrats dance with Murdoch is beyone me.

A scorpion is a scorpion is a scorpion. Let it ride on your back across the river at your own peril.
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RichV Donating Member (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:02 PM
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10. Agreed.
Only got one policy question, and the rest were just attacks. It's a shame. Probably won't help him much like the debate could have.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:03 PM
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11. No question
The mods had their knives out for Clark. I would have liked to see him do a smackdown at some point in that Michael Moore inquisition.
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stevebreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:03 PM
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12. my question is why did only Sharpton get a question on monetary policy?
What's up with that? this is an important aspect of running the government.
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Clark Can WIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:17 PM
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24. It's a simple formula in the land of Faux
Sharpton = Race questions only
Clark = Military related questions only
Kucinich = Only questions on his most controversial stands
Lieberman = only questions that make him look even more like a republican
Dean = What's wrong with you? Questions only
Kerry = Aren't you just an elite liberal questions only
Edwards = admit it, aren't you a weak candidate questions only
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:32 PM
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35. ROTF!!!
Good analysis!
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:05 PM
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13. This was NOT a good showing, IMHO
but this just means that we work harder on the ground in NH in the upcoming days. One thing I think Clark should do--you will all think I'm crazy--is to go on O'Really's show. O'Really has been taunting Clark, essentially saying Clark is scared to come on (that is always his strategy for getting interviews he can't get) and let Clark hammer him. I think he'd destroy Blotchy BIll and it could be a defining moment in the campaign. Not to mention, Old Blotcho has a big audience.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:18 PM
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25. Good idea.
Really. I think O'Reilly would give the general some tough love, but it would be love.
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tinymontgomery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:31 PM
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34. Clark should answer back to
O'really by saying something to the effect that big bad bill could have spoken to him a lot if billy had gone over to nam and joined him on the line.
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PatGund Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:43 PM
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36. Wouldn't work
O'Lielly would just scream at Clark and cut off his mike. He can't stand anyone disagreeing with him
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:06 PM
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14. Yes - and they're still ripping him up afterwards...
n/t
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Clark Can WIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:10 PM
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17. Fox fucking hates Clark and they always have
they're stepping it up now that Dean is no longer king of the mountain.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:27 PM
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31. turn the channel! faux just is....
faux
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:08 PM
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15. TOUGH?
Mr Clark: Michael Moore has endorsed your campaign and even introduced you at a campaign appearance. Do you agree with Moore that George W. Bush is a deserter?

CLARK: Well, I'm looking to the future

BZZZZZZZZZZZT (sounds like the Bill/Hill machine at work)

Clark should have said something, and he didn't. He is not going to do well unless he decides on what position he's going to take beforehand. And this answer was not good.
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Clark Can WIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:12 PM
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18. He did, he said he hadn't looked into all the facts
and Michael Moore had a right to his opinion. What's so hard about that?:shrug:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:16 PM
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22. the fact is, the shrub was never charged with being AWOL or deserting
because his daddy had too much power. Clark's best response to the media would be that if they did their freaking jobs THEY WOULD KNOW THE TRUTH.
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Democrats unite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:26 PM
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30. Bill/Hill worked pretty damn Good...
for eight years!
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:13 PM
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20. I'm not for Clark but your right.
They tried to give tough questions to Dennis but he had charts and graphs to handle them.
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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:14 PM
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21. Best Damn Debate So Far
And it's about friggin time someone asked Clark about lobbying for Acxiom and its conflicts with his rhetoric about civil liberties.
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Clark Can WIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:19 PM
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26. And I was VERY happy with his answer
So I'm glad it was brought up too.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:23 PM
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28. His answer was great and SHOULD put the
questions to rest. He knew nothing about the CAPP II program, had NEVER seen it. Period.

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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:19 PM
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27. Every question was one meant
to put him in defense mode...except the "token" Patriot Act question. Another RW hack job.
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:24 PM
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29. He did. I think we can all agree on that.
Clark was singled out, for whatever reason.

It seems like they're just going down the line...Dean to Clark...Kerry must be next.
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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:28 PM
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32. Or they were saving up from the past three debates
Clark has been away from the recent debates, so I'm sure that they have been saving up all the questions for him. That is part of the problem when you let the other candidates get more opportunities to cover the issues. He has been out of the limelight for several weeks, and with Howard Dean no longer the front runner, the other candidates are going to get more scrutiny.
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minkyboodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:29 PM
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33. By Far
They were gunning for him so obviously. I'm not the biggest Clark fan but that debate was far from fair for him.
Scott
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