Mitt Romney Afraid of Snowmen

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If this guy can't stand up to a snowman, how can we trust him to stand up to the terrorists?

July 30, 2007, 7:28 pm
2008 Republican Field Shuns the Snowman
By Adam Nagourney

If there is one emerging difference between the Republican and Democratic presidential fields, it is the way they are embracing — or keeping their distance from — the communications revolution that is bubbling through the campaign season.
On Saturday in Chicago, the leading Democratic presidential contenders will show up for yet another debate, this one in front of an audience of liberal bloggers. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Senator John Edwards, among others, are on the bill of the second YearlyKos Convention, and the schedule calls for them not only to debate, but also to meet with bloggers to answer questions one-on-one.
The event follows the debate this month in which the Democratic candidates answered questions posed by YouTube users. The Republicans are, shall we say, a little more tentative about the new media world. CNN and YouTube are struggling to get the Republican field to agree to a similar debate; one date in September had to be scratched after Mitt Romney and Rudolph W. Giuliani cited scheduling conflicts.

Mr. Romney described some of the YouTube questions as demeaning, singling out a question on global warming from a snowman. For now, the Republican field seems content to stay on the traditional road. They are debating Sunday morning on national television (“This Week with George Stephanopoulos” on ABC News) from Iowa.
You can be sure there will be no snowmen asking questions.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/2008-republican-field-shuns-the-snowman/
 
I guess this is why they call them conservitive.

This world in the technology age is much more in step with the liberal attitude of changing with the times.

Conservitives cant do that by nature, just another reason the party is doomed.
 
Desh said:
I guess this is why they call them conservitive.

This world in the technology age is much more in step with the liberal attitude of changing with the times.

Conservitives cant do that by nature, just another reason the party is doomed.
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I agree, and you have highlighed the serious issue behind poor Mitt's terror of snowmen.
 
A very friendly audience of bloggers....

I can't see much difference than a set up "debate" called a "town hall meeting" where they don't even allow in opposition.
 
Damocles said:
A very friendly audience of bloggers....

I can't see much difference than a set up "debate" called a "town hall meeting" where they don't even allow in opposition.
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You mean the DailyKos thing? Well, Kos is very democrat-friendly. But there are going to be other bloggers there, and I would hope some left enough that they will actually grill these guys on the war, and on single-payer.

But as for the CNN youtube debate, and Romney not wanting to go because a snowman might ask him a question, those are two very different issues.
 
Darla said:
You mean the DailyKos thing? Well, Kos is very democrat-friendly. But there are going to be other bloggers there, and I would hope some left enough that they will actually grill these guys on the war, and on single-payer.

But as for the CNN youtube debate, and Romney not wanting to go because a snowman might ask him a question, those are two very different issues.
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The story actually says, "Liberal Bloggers".

On Saturday in Chicago, the leading Democratic presidential contenders will show up for yet another debate, this one in front of an audience of liberal bloggers.
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Damocles said:
The story actually says, "Liberal Bloggers".
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Yes, but it's Kos who is organizing it, and I will say that he is in lock step with the party. But, many, many liberal bloggers are not, especially over the war, but even over dozens of other issues. I'm sure you know that. Ever read David Sirota? I wonder if Kos would have him there. Those would be some good questions.
 
Darla said:
Yes, but it's Kos who is organizing it, and I will say that he is in lock step with the party. But, many, many liberal bloggers are not, especially over the war, but even over dozens of other issues. I'm sure you know that. Ever read David Sirota? I wonder if Kos would have him there. Those would be some good questions.
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Nor are those people who go to the "town hall meetings". As I said, I can see little difference, and it doesn't include people dresesing up stupidly or waving guns.
 
If this guy can't stand up to a snowman, how can we trust him to stand up to the terrorists?


LOL - snort, snort.
 
Damocles said:
Nor are those people who go to the "town hall meetings". As I said, I can see little difference, and it doesn't include people dresesing up stupidly or waving guns.
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I have no idea what we are arguing about. You totally lost me.

You are trying to distract from Mitt and the snowman? I seriously do not know what this is about! It's as if you started speaking Russian in the middle of the conversation. But I still only speak English.
 
Darla said:
I have no idea what we are arguing about. You totally lost me.

You are trying to distract from Mitt and the snowman? I seriously do not know what this is about! It's as if you started speaking Russian in the middle of the conversation. But I still only speak English.
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In the first debate there was that idiot with an automatic rifle he called his "baby", and dressing up as a snowman is plain stupid. Ask a global warming question without looking stupid.
 
Damocles said:
In the first debate there was that idiot with an automatic rifle he called his "baby" and dressing up as a snowman is plain stupid.
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Ok, you are talking about 2 different things. The youtube debates have nothing to do with the blogger debate.

And, the snowman wasn't "dressed up" as a snowman, he was digitally created.
 
Yeah...a gimmick and demeaning....not only to the Office of President but also the Dem. candidates ... questions asked by a snowman, WTF....
Its telling that CNN staff hand-picked these 39 questions that were asked....and only a very few had any substance to the problems we face as Americans....
It was lame....
 
Darla said:
Ok, you are talking about 2 different things. The youtube debates have nothing to do with the blogger debate.

And, the snowman wasn't "dressed up" as a snowman, he was digitally created.
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The 'two different things' were a comparison between the first debate and this one coming up and how great the Ds are so brave to sit in front of an audience of (quite literally as described by the story) 'liberal bloggers' and that Mitt is afraid of snowmen. (While at the same time these brave souls can't match the fact that the Rs went to the unfriendly environs of MSNBC, also known as the Anti-Fox, but the Ds refuse to have a debate on the other)....

Anyway, I made a point that I can't see how this one is any different than doing a "town hall meeting" style debate and only inviting Democrats.

And I was embarrassed for both the idiot with the gun and the person who created the 'snowman' to ask the question.
 
bravo said:
Yeah...a gimmick and demeaning....not only to the Office of President but also the Dem. candidates ... questions asked by a snowman, WTF....
Its telling that CNN staff hand-picked these 39 questions that were asked....and only a very few had any substance to the problems we face as Americans....
It was lame....
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Which questions were not about the problems we face as Americans?

Or is that con code for "only a few were about terrorism"?
 
Damocles said:
The 'two different things' were a comparison between the first debate and this one coming up and how great the Ds are for being so brave to sit in front of an audience of (quite literally as described by the story) 'liberal bloggers' and that Mitt is afraid of snowmen.

Anyway, I made a point that I can't see how this one is any different than doing a "town hall meeting" style debate and only inviting Democrats.
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But IT IS THE YOUTUBE DEBATE THE R'S ARE BALKING AT.

Not the bloggers debate. Hello, the R's love right wing bloggers, bush has met with war bloggers.

You are conflating two different things Damo, and I am finding it very frustrating.
 
MSM is incredibly lame now.
No hard questions are asked except on the non commercial venues like PBS.
would not want ot piss off any advertisers now would we ?
 
Darla said:
But IT IS THE YOUTUBE DEBATE THE R'S ARE BALKING AT.

Not the bloggers debate. Hello, the R's love right wing bloggers, bush has met with war bloggers.

You are conflating two different things Damo, and I am finding it very frustrating.
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I am not. The story talks of the bloggers debate then goes into the youtube debate. The point of the thread was how much more brave the Ds are because they did the youtube and now (Glorious Courage!) in front of the bloggers, while by contrast (Creepy and Cowardly) Republicans fear the mighty snowman.
 
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