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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 02:47 PM
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are there going to be any more debates?
are there going to be any debates where the candidates will be asked about the crimes committed by the current administration and whether they as president will be prepared to pursue justice for those crimes? will there be a debate in which the loss of civil liberties will be discussed? what is a way that i might get answers to some questions that never seem to come up in the daily dialogue though they are burning a hole in my chest?

i listened to the latest debate this morning. more accurately, i tried to listen to it. all i heard was snipe, snipe, snipe. bullshit bullshit bullshit. from media matters
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802290020?f=h_top

"During this week's Democratic presidential debate, Russert didn't ask a single question about global warming, continuing his longstanding habit of all but ignoring the topic. He didn't ask a single question about the mortgage crisis. (As one Cleveland resident noted, "We've got the mortgage industry's toxic waste scattered all over this city, but Mr. Blue-Collar-Buffalo-and-Cleveland-Marshall-Guy Russert couldn't be bothered with a question about it.") He didn't ask a single question about executive power, the Constitution, torture, wiretapping, or other civil-liberties concerns. But that shouldn't come as a surprise; of all the questions he has asked while moderating presidential debates during this campaign, only one has dealt with any of those topics."

what the hell. give me kucinich.
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LadyVT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 03:08 PM
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1. Obama has refused to debate until after he's the nominee.
And those should be entertaining...

Go HIllary!
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 03:09 PM
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2. I highly doubt it
Edited on Sun Mar-02-08 03:09 PM by high density
The last one was a mix of tedious details and non-issues. I don't see what there's left to "debate" about.
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 03:16 PM
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3. There's a lot left to talk about, but the MSM doesn't want to talk about it....
Very little time is spent in debates talking about -
Global Warming.
Education.
Youth violence.
Crime reduction.
Civil liberties.
etc, etc, etc....

Some of the early debates touched a couple of these topics, but nothing in-depth.

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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-02-08 03:17 PM
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4. Good god I hope not.
There isn't any more to discuss and that last one was about as tedious as they come.
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