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FOX Loves New Debate Lineup: Biden, Kucinich, and Gravel

You've probably heard about this FOX News debate that is slowly bleeding participants. You see, it's a debate for the Democrats, and while some Dems thought it might be a good idea to get their ideas in front of FOX's largely conservative viewership, others felt it legitimized FOX's place at the serious-news table. And serious news FOX is not.

So everyone's been bailing. Edwards, Obama, and Clinton left a while back. Now, Richardson and Dodd have announced they will not participate either. So who's left? Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, and Joe Biden.

You're kidding yourself if you don't think this will be the most entertaining debate of the season. FOX would probably just cancel it if they weren't certain this circus will make Democrats look completely silly and extremist.






Comments

I am a little confused. Do you think it is wrong for these three candidates in particular to appear on FOX? To begin with, I don't understand why the others declined the invitation. I think they are afraid of facing the conservative audience that Fox has. But if they decline, we are left with a very lopsided representation of the Dems. I find poolitical behavior very bizarre...

Posted by: Marcela Wagner on 06/01/07 at 2:15 PM  Respond

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich said the war on Iraq should not just be blamed on Bush, but on the Congress that authorized it. U.S. troops "never should have been sent there in the first place," he said. Rather than debate timetables and benchmarks, the Democratic-controlled Congress should "just say no money, the war's over," he said. Kucinich called on other debate partners who were members of Congress to remember that voters had given Democrats control of both House and Senate last November largely in response to opposition to the war.

Posted by: John George on 06/03/07 at 5:45 PM  Respond

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