CNN Poll: Should convicted criminals be allowed

[Nordmadr]

on TV shows that offer big money prizes?

http://www.cnn.com/

Why not, they can be President.

Stupid ass shit...

Olaf

[tk2kewl]

1. now there is one of the most critical issues of the day, right there

:eyes:

[Hobarticus]

2. CNN, always asking the tough questions...n/t

[rpannier]

3. Thank God they're finally addressing this topic

Because that means that war, poverty, famine, discrimination and other forms of hatred have been erradicated from the planet. That's why this is now the important issue.

I'm editing because I just voted. By two-to-one the yucks are saying no???? Is there some hot story I missed? Why shouldn't convicted criminals be allowed on shows that give away big prizes? If they've served their time they should be allowed on like any other person.

[Nordmadr]

5. It relates to this:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/20/extreme.makeover.ap/index.html

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A disabled lobsterman who received a $500,000 log home from the TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" in an episode yet to be aired has a criminal past, including an armed robbery conviction, The Portland Press Herald reported Thursday.

The criminal offenses and two drunken driving convictions occurred before Doug Goodale of Wells lost his arm in a fishing accident in 1997. That story caught the attention of the hit ABC reality show.

Goodale told the Press Herald that an agreement with the show's producers bars him from talking until the episode airs, possibly next month.

Melissa Armstrong, a spokeswoman for the producers of "Extreme Makeover," declined to discuss Goodale's criminal history or whether it would have disqualified him. The application form, which was submitted by a family member, asks candidates whether they have been convicted of crimes, but the spokeswoman would not say whether the Goodale application had that information.

[rpannier]

6. Thanks for sending it.

I still think the people who are voting no are either complete a**h**es, or people who have been robbed (I could understand why they might be against it).

[ComerPerro]

4. Why, is someone offering Delay a reality show?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I don't care, but the TV shows should be criminal!

[longship]

8. Are we DUing this?

Which way does the Official DU Strategy Manual say we should vote on this? I looked through all 382 pages and cannot find it anywhere.
:evilgrin:

[Nordmadr]

9. LMAO! My opinion is if someone has paid their debt for

their crime, let them earn a new income. Country is full of criminal asses with the their mugs on tv all the time. Isn't it supposed to be REALITY tv?

As other posters indicated, and was my original intent in starting this was...THIS is an important issue for the American public? I think the poll generator on CNN should spend a week on a new reality tv show in the Alaska wilderness...

:evilgrin:

...and they will call him...Dances With Grizzlies...

Olaf

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Better question: Should convicted criminals be allowed to vote?

[Nordmadr]

11. Doohh...it's gone now. N/T