Posted by
sgtmajorbrad on Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:47:29 AM
Last night I watched the greatly advertised Youtube Debate
on CNN and to my amazement I actually enjoyed the show.
The main difference
between this debate and its predecessor for the Democrats was the selection of
the questions. Someone definitely got rid of the gay activist on the selection
committee or they remembered that they were playing to the conservative crowd
for viewers. The “coming out party” was reserved to a retired weekend warrior
brigadier General from, you guessed it, California.
He suppressed his sexual orientation during his tenure and now champions the
cause for gays in the military. I briefly read this morning that he was a plant
from the Clinton camp but haven’t
got the specifics to share my views. As brief as the subject was posed to the
candidates it was Romney that took it in the rear because of his statements in
the past where he played Martin Luther King and said: “ I look to the day where
straight men and gay men can walk together and hold each other’s testicles while
serving in the military…” Romney tried to hide from his statements by saying he
would seek input from his generals and defer to their decision before
committing one way or another. The gays better hope that Nathan
Bedford Forest
isn’t reincarnated in our military. The only thing missing was Larry Craig,
Barney Frank and this guy passing out cigars because their boyfriends caught
the mumps!
For those that think that the immigration issue isn’t a
major concern of the 2008 elections needs to watch this weeks reruns of the
debate. It was first on the agenda and drew the most heated responses between
the candidates. Tom Tancredo commented that he loved watching the others trying
to out Tancredo Tancredo. Romney and Giuliani started launching cruise missiles
at each other over their past indiscretions concerning illegal immigrants and
sanctuary cities. As hard as Giuliani tried to disclaim New
York City wasn’t a sanctuary city he had it rammed
back up his butt from most everyone else.
I have to give the Rat RINO John Mc Cain credit for sticking
to his Teddy Kennedy principles and not trying to flop on the issue as others
have done for political gain. He still would and still will give amnesty along
with the sovereignty of this nation to those that have crossed our borders
illegally. No one asked him though how he planned to fix social security when
he plans on giving it to the illegal aliens?
Mitt Romney did an excellent job defending the anti-illegal immigration
views by stuffing Huckabee’s plan to
give preferential treatment to illegal alien children over that of the citizens
of this nation. He said you are rewarding criminal acts which silenced Huckabee
on the spot.
For those bible thumpers that ignore the concept of the
separation of church and state there was the question of if you believe what is
written in the Christian Bible? No one had the brass ones to say they would
support genocide if done in the name of God, burn Darwin’s
books or turn the gay community into a seasoning for a good steak. Nor did anyone
criticize Bush’s divine guidance to lie to us about WMDs and the reasons we
started a war in Iraq.
All in all I enjoyed the show and thought it was very
entertaining. Did I learn anything new or have I made a decision on the
candidate I will support; no. I do think the premise that questions posed by
the citizens of this nation need a national forum like this instead of some
politically biased and influenced news organization doing it on our behalf.
There will always be some conjecture over the selection of the questions asked
and I think CNN learned that from the Democratic debate. All in all I think CNN
did a fair job and hope they do this again. It is at least one way for the
people to ask the question about the subjects that mean the most to them and
the candidates be held accountable for their answer.