Republicans afraid of teenagers with cameras
The GOP contenders for our nation's highest office are feeling skittish about participating in an unstaged debate format, observes David Postman:
TPM cites "liberal bias" as a constant "fear" (excuse) of the Republicans - and correctly, since reality is known to reinforce the progressive worldview, which is grounded by facts.
This bias nonsense, which the right wing has used for years, has been echoed by conservative blogs such as RedState, where claims that CNN, YouTube and the traditional media are all part of a liberal media machine abound. In fact, they have decided to insist that using any type of public medium will result in hostile coverage. I'll let you mull over that one a while.
Whatever the reason, it's clear that the GOP presidential wannabes don't understand the American people, especially youth. While the candidates' real reasons are avoiding the debate like the plague are somewhat murky, my theory is they are afraid someone will ask them if they are black enough.
The answer will be a resounding "No."
Republican presidential candidates are not so sure they want to be part of September's CNN/YouTube debate. There are lots of theories floating around about why that is.One of those theories - from SLOG - is that Republican candidates are afraid of facing the possibility that specific people may be able to address them publicly. Giuliani, for instance, is apparently scared that the New York firefighters may get an opportunity to embarrass him on national television.
TPM cites "liberal bias" as a constant "fear" (excuse) of the Republicans - and correctly, since reality is known to reinforce the progressive worldview, which is grounded by facts.
This bias nonsense, which the right wing has used for years, has been echoed by conservative blogs such as RedState, where claims that CNN, YouTube and the traditional media are all part of a liberal media machine abound. In fact, they have decided to insist that using any type of public medium will result in hostile coverage. I'll let you mull over that one a while.
Whatever the reason, it's clear that the GOP presidential wannabes don't understand the American people, especially youth. While the candidates' real reasons are avoiding the debate like the plague are somewhat murky, my theory is they are afraid someone will ask them if they are black enough.
The answer will be a resounding "No."
