As far as his ” Speculation Room ” this opinion driven sensationalism is about the WORST source of news on TV. For OVER a week Blitzer beat to death the ” planted question’ as if it was never done b4 and was capital offense .
I’m am NO fan OF Clinton , but the debate was designed to instigate a fight between Obama, Edwards and Clinton, THAT”S IT !
And Kucinich should consider WALKING OUT , during the stage debate . ” Hey , if you don’t want ask everybody serious questions or in my case ANY questions , I should leave . It’s about time these circus performers get CALLED out for what they are , gotcha infotainers .

Well guess what, the garden needs weeded from those that will stunt the Freedom to explore the truth beyond a Diamonds-and-Pearls kind of person. Today fashion must sparkle from within the pearl of wisdom and the diamond sparkling in a heart of reason that respects and honors the pride to speak aloud among US as equal but not a Royal that sucks the garden dry.

“God Bless America” must be a religion of “We the people” not of Country Clubs of segregating themselves from the needs of a whole nation.

Demand our politicians stand up with US, and not under its secrecy. I salute the troops that sometimes serve those that fail to do their homework, who say and are our Presidents “At Will”. For a true leader has no need to hide from US.

CNN, I have decided you are not entitled to my eyes that you failed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of “We the people.” I pray that those who support a Free Press quit supporting CNN, until they sign a Declaration of Independence from Royalty.

BBC please outsource yourself, to the United States and give US patriot news without the corporate, and Royal bias. Congress lay on your a**es and let them destroy Free Speech. God what p*ss a**es, why it make a poet curse in what they have done under Royalty. They need to get their Royal a**es out of our “We the people” Congress an White House, “We the people” are going to reclaim them. Your Royal benefits are over “We the people” are going to knock you down in size so you are again equal to US. (Excuse the ** words, Mercedes called me obscene and I hate using four letter words only for *** effect.)

We need to have a Patriot Party to elect our Constitution back were “We the people” walk in Congress and OUR White House raises the red, white, and blue to bring back a mainstream Main Street country proud President.

i heard that kucinich DID give such an answer to another question, another time, though i can’t seem to find the quote…
he gave a “that’s an insult” response to an insulting question…

maybe hil was pandering to the diamonds and pearls crowd…
maybe? … duh…
.

May I dream on with you?

This girls whining now. If she had a real question and any guts she would have let her “real” question come out. How would they have stopped her once she said it?
Comment by Shayne — November 16, 2007 @ 12:41 pm

but having asked it, the ONLY answer that hillary should’ve given
would be something like “what a useless and demeaning question”
in as best a dipolomatic speak she could conjure…

but she answered “both”… imagine that…
…

If I’m missing something here, someone please tell me.

So, if you want to read about real issues important to America… I suggest you pick up a copy of the Economist or the New York Times or some other independent source…

CNN may have urged you to fire that question off, but in the end it was your choice to give voice to CNN’s softball and irrelevant question. Because you made that choice, ma’am, it’s on your shoulders.

Don’t be surprised if we aren’t sympathetic to you. You had the opportunity to buck the establishment. You chose to take the course you did.

But he has the charm and politicking acumen that she is bereft of, and she needed him. “Standing by her man” was the price she paid him to set up the debts he would owe her. When they left the White House [like the NY HillBillies, they loaded up the trucks with White House belongings that were not theirs, and many items they were forced to return later], what did our love-birds do? They set up completely separate living quarters as they have maintained ever since. But when campaigning, she has to cling to his skirts [while he looks wistfully at other skirts] and she gazes on him like a goggle-eyed teeny-bopper. After the solicitation for votes and money ends, they go about their separate ways.

Even a glance at the tip of this iceberg demonstrates why looking at their marriage shows important things YOU need to know about the character of this woman who wants to be POTUS.

And yes, you can use the same criteria towards that other strutting preencox phony, Giuliani. God, our country deserves so much better than either of those two! Or as Thomas Jefferson said, “I tremble for my country when I consider that God is just.”

Moreover I’m disappointed to see all of the discussion in this thread as to how CNN lobbed Ms. Clinton a ’softball’ or that CNN has obviously chosen their candidate.

The question – do you prefer diamonds or pearls (sorry if thats not exactly the wording) – is degrading and misogynistic.

Cameron Scott on the MoJo blog has already said it so I’ll borrow his or her words (sorry don’t know)

…Any answer other than one which could be translated roughly as “I love jewelry” would have insulted the questioner. So Clinton was set up, something like this: “Okay, lady, so you’re a politician, but you’re still just a girl, right?” And she had to say, “Yes, that’s right, I’m just a girl—a middle-class girl who loves to be pampered.”

Now to add insult to injury, the MC then guffawed about whether he could ask the question to any of the other candidates—who are, you know, obviously not girls.

Because gender is the most obvious thing there is, right? Wrong. There are tons of people walking around who aren’t immediately readable as male or female. Say it is obvious, as in Clinton’s case. The debate question made it seem that her love of jewelry—and being regaled with it by a man who pampers and cares for her—follows just as obviously. Huge leap, people! And extremely misogynist.

Deep politics analysis by this poster…right. And then a complain!:

This is almost uninteligable by your standards.
Comment by Southern Man

Huh? Missmolly is perhaps one of the most coherent posters here in TP, and your VALID question is about a man cheating on his wife? This is related to politics, economics of a country in which way?

But do not judge me or my integrity based on that question.

Women and men with integrity are not dragged by corporation or govt. interests. The girl who told you you were embarrasing your school was absolutely correct.

Comment by Southern Man — November 16, 2007 @ 3:58 pm

I agree that I can usually make my arguments in a less unintelligible (and I believe that’s how it’s spelled) way than my post here indicates. I’m operating on very little sleep, and when that happens, I tend to ramble. My bad.

I am not a big fan of Hillary, but I refuse to judge her worthiness for the office on her laugh, her wardrobe, her ankles, or her marriage. And even if I DID consider an adulterous marriage to be a factor, I would judge the person actually committing the adultery far more harshly than the spouse being cuckolded.

The question you proposed asking the candidate is an extremely personal one and has no business being asked in a debate setting (or anywhere else, for that matter). And I would say this no matter how I felt about Hillary’s suitability for the Oval Office.

1. All but one of them will fail to win their party’s nomination. If you lose, do it with honor and I’ll respect you.

2. If the nominee wins the nomination by destroying his or her rivals, it will be a tarnished prize.

3. The media is looking for conflict, and will generate it where there is none.

Candidates, please keep it civil. Don’t form a circular firing squad, okay? I support Clinton, but I don’t worship her. I will support the nominee. I really hope my party doesn’t hack itself to death between now and next summer. The stakes are too high.