Hillary, Barack deep six Fox debate
The planned FOX/CBC debate is slowly falling apart as candidates and the Democratic Party itself have declared they will not sanction or participate in it.
Not long ago, John Edwards announced he would skip the Fox/CBC event, and the DNC subsequently confirmed it would not be one of six debates sanctioned by the party. Now Hillary and Barack have followed suit:
Not long ago, John Edwards announced he would skip the Fox/CBC event, and the DNC subsequently confirmed it would not be one of six debates sanctioned by the party. Now Hillary and Barack have followed suit:
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have decided not to participate in the Democratic debate that the Congressional Black Caucus institute and FoxThis move was a no-brainer. John Edwards has certainly benefited from taking the lead in refusing to participate in presidential debates that legitimize shameless right wing propaganda outlets.News[Noise] channel had planned for September in Detroit.
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Bill Burton, spokesman for Senator Obama, said CNN seemed a more “appropriate venue.”
Phil Singer, spokesman for Senator Clinton, said: “We’re going to participate in the D.N.C.-sanctioned debates only. We’ve previously committed to participating in the South Carolina and Tavis Smiley debates.”
