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YouTube to Host Presidential Debate

Posted by Zonk on from the bringing-dancing-cats-to-the-world-of-politics dept.

skotte writes "Wired is reporting that July 23 at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, Anderson Cooper will host presidential debates in which debaters are asked 20-30 questions culled from a specially designated section of YouTube, where the voting populace can post questions directly. You and I (assuming you're American, probably) can ask questions ourselves, not just a reporter in a crowd. Candidates won't know which questions they are being asked, and the video selection process will remain a complete secret. Interesting, but also the slightest bit scary."

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  1. Re:A question for Hillary by ArcherB · · Score: 0, Troll

    You voted in favor of the Iraq war. If you can be mislead by a bungling fool like George Bush, how can we trust you as President to deal with world leaders who are actually intelligent?

    I believe that question has already been asked during the CNN sponsored debates.

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  2. Re:Ron Paul by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Aww..that's so cute, a Ron Paul fan lashing out because Rudy OWNED his sorry ass last month.

    Ron Paul should be banned because nobody is going to vote for him, simple as that.

  3. mo3 down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lite is straining Su8vival prospects

  4. Re:Sounds interesting, but Anderson Cooper? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd rather have an impartial host.

  5. Re:fantastic idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Got it backwards there, buddy. It's the republicans who steal all the votes in the computers.

  6. Re:Been done before by bdjacobson · · Score: 0, Troll

    American politics has been stripped of the shades of gray enough as it is - how would a moderate republican who supports abortion in cases of rape, incest or the health of the mother respond to an "Abortion: Yes or no?" question adequately? Fine, require a "straight" answer of yes or no, but don't prohibit explanations of why they hold that position. You can tell a lot about a society when they're willing to kill living tissue that _will_ one day become a human being, simply because of a minor inconvenience. "It's the womans body, she has the right to do with it what she wants"--> nevermind a). using a condom.