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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris_ on January 02, 2008, 07:10:51 AM
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TV cuts candidates from debates, angering Paul backers
NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Rep. Ron Paul.
The roster of participants for ABC's back-to-back, prime-time Republican and Democratic debates Saturday in New Hampshire will be determined after results of Thursday's Iowa caucus become clear.
Fox, meanwhile, has invited five GOP candidates to a forum with Chris Wallace scheduled for its mobile studio in New Hampshire on Sunday. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee received invites, leaving Paul of Texas and Rep. Duncan Hunter of California on the sidelines.
The network said it had limited space in its studio -- a souped-up bus -- and that it invited candidates who had received double-digit support in recent polls.
In a nationwide poll conducted December 14-20 by The Associated Press and Yahoo, Thompson had the support of 11 percent of GOP voters and Paul was at 3 percent. Paul's support is at 6 percent in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted in early December.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/31/debate.limits.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/31/debate.limits.ap/index.html)
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hey lug, good to see ya bud :cheersmate:
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hey lug, good to see ya bud :cheersmate:
Thanks. Nice place here...and away from the sh*t-storm over at "the place that shall not be mentioned" :-)
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I wonder if they are protesting by sending mass quantities of you tubes and spam worthy e-mails? :evillaugh:
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Gator is probably blaming in on the Joooooos that own the networks.
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hey lug, good to see ya bud :cheersmate:
Thanks. Nice place here...and away from the sh*t-storm over at "the place that shall not be mentioned" :-)
yea got tired of the bs over there myself.
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Hope fox can stick to it's guns, anything that causes RP supporters to buy more Tums is great in my book.
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Woah...someone just got OWNED.... :chairshot:
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Gator is probably blaming in on the Joooooos that own the networks.
Would you expect anything differant?
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Weird.
Whenever somebody else gets dissed the first words out of a liberaltardian's mouth are, "Well, it's their private property they can do with it whatever they want."
Imagine how much biodiesel we could farm with Paulistian droppings.