Unlike Nevada's Democratic presidential candidate forums, New Hampshire and CNN have decided to edit the list of who is invited to their event. And first on the cutting room floor is former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel.
"When my staff inquired as to why I was being barred from participating in the debate, they received the Orwellian response that my candidacy did not meet certain criteria––a criteria that the media organizations refused to divulge when asked,” said Gravel in a campaign press release (for the video, click here.)
A debate criteria that has been used before, usually to exclude third party candidates, has been the reaching of a polling threshold (normally five or 10%). If that criteria is again being used, early debates have better be careful as only Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama would currently meet those requirements on the Democratic side and Rudy Giuliani and John McCain for the GOP.
Avoid Stephen Colbert
Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel has apparently told freshman Democrats to stay away from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report.
“He said don’t do it … it’s a risk and it’s probably safer not to do it,” said Rep. Steve Cohen (D). Advice the Tennessee representative didn't follow when he appeared last week on the show. Colbert asked if he was "a black woman."
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Gravel Banned From CNN Debate; Frosh Dems Told To Stay Away From Colbert
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Re: The Colbert Report. I watch it every once in a while but seriously, he may be funny to one degree or another but even for a comedy show host...he's a godawful interviewer.
Along with parodying the asinine views of O'Reilly et al he also emulaties their habit of talking all over his "guests". The one episode I truly enjoyed was the recent one featuring Larry King in which King effectively "shut him down" and basically told him he was an egomaniac and needed to shut up once in a while.
Pointless for nearly ANYONE to go on that show, he's a one pony act looking for a "straight guy".
If one was going to appear on an entertainment venue, go on Conan O'Brien who is funny but knows when to shut up or The Daily Show where Jon Stewart is a 100% class act.
Only an honest person can do well on the Colbert Report, so it's wise that politicians avoid it.
Above poster misrepresented the Larry King interview. Judge for yourself.
http://www.currenteventswatch.com/video-of-the-week-3207/
Thanks for the link other Anonymous. Definitely misrepresented. King wasn't shutting him down at all.
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