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November 29, 2007
More Debate Shenanigans
The retired general who asked about gays and lesbians serving in the military at the CNN/YouTube Republican debate on Wednesday is a co-chairman of Hillary Rodham Clinton's National Military Veterans group.
Retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr was named a co-chairman of the group this month, according to a campaign press release.
He was also active in John F. Kerry's 2004 campaign for president.
Kerr asked candidates "why you think that American men and women in uniform are not professional enough to serve with gays and lesbians."
Claims CNN senior vice president David Bohrman, executive producer of the debate:
We regret this and apologize to the Republican candidates. We never would have used the general's question had we known that he was connected to any presidential candidate.
According to Joe Scarborough, it's "total crap" that CNN didn't know Kerr was affiliated with the Clinton campaign. Other questionable questioners include a Breck Girl supporter, a Barack Hussein Obambi supporter, and a prominent union activist.
This certainly wouldn't be the first time a question was planted — either by Shrillary or by CNN.
The debates are so staged and tiresome, people are liable to stop watching altogether unless CNN perks them up a little, maybe by allowing the candidates to compete for cash prizes. Is Vanna White still around? Or better still, they could take a Fear Factor approach; I'm sure Dennis Kucinich wouldn't mind eating a cockroach or two… Oh that's right, he's a vegan.
Kerr followed up his question by denouncing the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy that the candidates had defended. Ironically, this policy was instituted during the Clinton Administration. But given Shrillary's slavish pandering to homosexuals, a future Clinton Administration would probably have our troops wearing pink uniforms and training in a bathhouse.
Posted by Van Helsing at November 29, 2007 9:13 AM
Comments
I know I'm not the first person to ask this, but just how many retired Generals do we have? They seem to be everywhere lately.
Posted by: phil at November 29, 2007 9:31 AM
there were three others, two who support edwards and one who supports obama.
i don't see anything too wrong with this other than i wonder how easily a conservative could question the democrats and get away with it?
Posted by: nanc at November 29, 2007 10:23 AM
I know Phil - stupid military and their stupid questions! How many bloody troops do we *need* to have around all the damn time with their damn questions?
Good thing he was booed, *that's* how you treat the military as a good Republican! Or purple heart bandaids! Or cut VA benefits!
Posted by: Angryflower at November 29, 2007 10:44 AM
General Limpwrist had his flight, hotel, and transportation paid for by CNN. Yeah, I'm sure they didn't know and wouldn't have footed the bill if they did, right?
Journalistic laziness or agenda-driven bias...and is either more acceptable than the other?
Posted by: Crush Liberalism at November 29, 2007 11:12 AM
"Journalistic laziness or agenda-driven bias...and is either more acceptable than the other?" CL: Don't bet the farm that it's either/or...could be "Both"!
Posted by: Proof at November 29, 2007 11:47 AM
Seems lately that all the retired Generals are shills for the Democrats.
Posted by: apostle53 at November 29, 2007 12:10 PM
it's not called "clinton news network" for no good reason!
Posted by: nanc at November 29, 2007 12:45 PM
Two weeks ago Edwards and Obama endured a CliNtoN staged informercial featuring Hillary(D) plants as post-MassDerbate "analysts" as well as Hillary campaigners planted as "undecided voters", per Doug Ross' roundup
A Democratic Party bigwig
An antiwar activist
A Union official
An Islamic leader
A Harry Reid staffer
A radical Chicano separatist
In other words... a representative sample of the (D)emocrat party.
Edwards and Obama remained tight-lipped because if they win the nomination over Hillary(D) these will be their partisan activist liars.
Last Night we endured jeering Ron Paulestinians in the audience and demonization of (R)epublicans by Youtube questioners portraying the party as the worst stereotypes of rural America posing questions crafted by (D)emocrat party activists up to, and including, a top Kerry campaigner, and current a member of Hillary Clinton's Gay Steering Committee, who was offered a soap-box by CNN to lecture and demand the (R)epublicans answer for a Clinton administration policy regarding Gays in the military.
Somebody should look Anderson Cooper right in the eye and say "I'm not asking and you don't have to tell"...
CliNtoN is not a news organization, they are an extension of the Hillary Clinton(D) campaign.
Posted by: DANEgerus at November 29, 2007 1:32 PM
Was the general "loaded" or just his QUESTION?
Posted by: KHarn at November 29, 2007 1:54 PM
I believe it was Norman Schwartzkopf who said retired generals should basically shut up....
Posted by: Brooklyn Red Leg at November 29, 2007 7:23 PM
That guy *looks* like a knob-gobbler, especially the way he's holding the mic like it's...like it's...ah, nevermind.
Posted by: skh.pcola at November 29, 2007 10:16 PM
CNN/YouTube Questioner Kicked Romney 'off my property'
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/cnnyoutube_questioner_kicked_r.html
Posted by: Byron at November 30, 2007 10:57 AM
