What was the question?

Post #271,241 by bepatient 10/25/06 8:24:17 AM Reply	What was the question? that he "didn't ask Rice". Why no response to the Cole "prior ro 9/11"?. They did respond to the Cole. Not prior, but they did. Thats not exactly a hard question to answer. Not quite the "gotcha" that Judd thinks it was. In fact, that would be considered a Larry King softball. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,242 by jb4 10/25/06 8:26:33 AM Reply	What was the answer? That Wallace wouldn't ask Rice what was her response to the Cole prior to 9/11, inspite of overwhelming evidence that his "audience" wanted him to, to be...you know ...fair and balanced and all that. jb4 "When the final history is written in Iraq, [link\|http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tmate/2006/tmate060926.gif\|it'll look just like a comma.]" — George W. Bush, 24 Sep 06
Post #271,245 by bepatient 10/25/06 8:49:34 AM Reply	Re: What was the answer? What end would that question have served? It would have been a layup question for her to launch into the the "neocon" agenda. >we worked with the Yemeni government and had them capture and/or deport all terrorists and to allow us to operate on their soil and as soon as the opportunity presented itself we took out the man who planned the attack< She could even say that all of the planning and diplomacy took effect "day 1". So, again, to what end do you ask the question? You want "fair and balanced" from CBS to mean that they only ask questions of guests sent in by email? Regardless of the fact it gives the responder a layup into a promotion of the "Bush Doctrine"? Is there that much desperation to "protect the honor" of Clinton? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,276 by lincoln 10/25/06 3:58:18 PM Reply	Re: What was the answer? The point in the article posted is that Chris Wallace started his question to Clinton by saying that viewers emailed him and demanded that he ask Clinton that question. The web site in my post turned the tables and had over 20,000 people email Wallace with a question that they wanted him to ask Rice. He didn't ask it. So the question now is: what is the minimum number of emails required to get Wallace to ask a specific question of an upcoming guest? Second question: how many emails did he receive to get him to ask Clinton about not getting bin-Laden? IMO, both are very fair questions. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #271,278 by boxley 10/25/06 4:02:27 PM Reply	why dont you email him and ask? </me/puzzled> Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #271,254 by Simon_Jester 10/25/06 11:44:11 AM Reply	So the next question... is why are we asking Clinton why he didn't respond prior to 9/11 if we aren't asking why Bush didn't respond prior to 9/11? oops...my bad. Democrats bad, Republicans good.
Post #271,257 by bepatient 10/25/06 11:54:20 AM Reply	Sure, you can ask that. But you are trying to turn this into an issue its not. Clinton lost his cool on a question he should have expected. Great tv. Now its an "ambush". Well great. But if the point of the article is a tit for tat "ambush" then you should pick a different question all together, since Condi would have an answer in her hip pocket..a point that is apparently going over several heads. Or is it simply that you think that every Wallace interview should have all questions generated by viewer email, since that was his "defense" of the attack on our good buddy Bill? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,260 by Simon_Jester 10/25/06 12:54:44 PM Reply	chuckle.... But you are trying to turn this into an issue its not. You forget, I don't give a damn. Clinton lost his cool on a question he should have expected. Great tv. Now its an "ambush". Yeah, I agree. It was a poor move and reminded me of when GB lost his cool on a question a while back. Well great. But if the point of the article is a tit for tat "ambush" then you should pick a different question all together, since Condi would have an answer in her hip pocket..a point that is apparently going over several heads. Shrug. It's the same answer that Clinton gave. Neither did anything until the CIA confirmed it. But I think the point of the article wasn't the fact that she had an answer or not. The point was that they never even asked the question.
Post #271,267 by bepatient 10/25/06 3:01:46 PM Reply	Really But you are trying to turn this into an issue its not. You forget, I don't give a damn. Is that really your response? or was it... oops...my bad. Democrats bad, Republicans good. And I sense, since you think them not asking the emailed question is somehow the problem...that you indeed think that 60 minutes should base all their interviews on emails from viewers? After all, they got BILL's question that way. Oh, wait, maybe not...but since they did it to BILL its only fair? Are we that sensitive to all things BILL? still? Any other questions asked of Condi don't count...because you didn't ask her the same question you asked BILL. Billary for President. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,268 by Silverlock 10/25/06 3:13:17 PM Reply	What's 60 minutes have to do with this? Chris Wallace is with Fox news. His dad Mike is the one associated with 60 minutes. ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #271,279 by bepatient 10/25/06 4:02:30 PM 10/25/06 4:08:07 PM Reply	Ok, change the show name to protect my mistake;-) Statement of "only questions from email" still applies. And see, I really don't watch fox news. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew} Edited by bepatient Oct. 25, 2006, 04:08:07 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #271,287 by Silverlock 10/25/06 4:19:25 PM Reply	Righto. And I call strawman. :) ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #271,302 by bepatient 10/25/06 6:45:46 PM Reply	The entire issue is a scarecrow. If its tit for tat that is required to be fair and balanced, then we should wait until Wallace interviews Bush. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,371 by Silverlock 10/26/06 11:29:05 AM Reply	Good lord. Recursive strawmen. ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #271,374 by bepatient 10/26/06 11:39:46 AM Reply	Its like what happens, ya know... when Dorithy and her friends stand between 2 mirrors...ya know...totally cool Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #271,384 by Silverlock 10/26/06 1:58:56 PM Reply	Two true. ----------------------------------------- Draft Obama [link\|http://www.draftobama.org/\|now].
Post #271,283 by Simon_Jester 10/25/06 4:11:14 PM Reply	Hint - it's both. But you are trying to turn this into an issue its not. You forget, I don't give a damn. Is that really your response? or was it... oops...my bad. Democrats bad, Republicans good. I don't care if you want to say Democrats bad, Republican's good. And I sense, since you think them not asking the emailed question is somehow the problem... Hm...perhaps you're turning this into something it's not. 60 Minutes doesn't claim to be "Fair and Balanced"...but I would say that if they asked Bill a question, it would be fair to ask them to ask the same question to others. Personally, I want to know why Clinton didn't do more to stop Katrina...and did he really take a dump with 30,000 of his closest friends?
Post #271,289 by Ashton 10/25/06 4:31:57 PM Reply	Exactly!____wtf WAS our (getting-) Elder Statesman then!? WHY Wasn't He up there in his Sopwith with a load of dry ice and silver iodide? and >> DOING SOMETHING ABOUT KATRINA << Irate Clinton Watchers Want to Know {stuff}
Post #271,301 by bepatient 10/25/06 6:44:33 PM Reply	What a great interview you guys would give. Well, I'd like to ask you something relevent...but since I asked this guy about this, I have to ask you too. Its only fair. tell you what. Next time he interviews the current President, he should ask him that question. maybe GW will finger point too. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}

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