Final McKinney-Johnson debate (C-Span 12:30pm et - Saturday)

[welshTerrier2]

the first debate was absolutely disgraceful ... voters in a democracy should never be treated the way they were by both candidates and the useless panel of questioners ...

the entire debate was nothing but accusations being tossed back and forth ... this is a Congressional election and the candidates should rise above the sleaze and discuss some of the critically important national issues ...

for those who just can't get enough of this punishment, here they go again ... if you miss the live broadcast, C-Span usually rebroadcasts the debate several times ...

source: http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=196791831

Debate - Democratic Primary Runoff Debate

WSB-TV
Atlanta, Georgia (United States)
ID: 193736 - 08/05/2006 - 1:00 - NS

McKinney, Cynthia U.S. Representative, D, Georgia (State)
Johnson, Hank Commissioner, D, DeKalb County, GA

Rep. Cynthia McKinney and DeKalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson will debate for the Democratic nomination in Georgia's 4th Congressional District.

Voters in Georgia's 4th District will vote on Tuesday, August 8th in this primary run-off. Neither candidate received the required majority in the July 18, 2006, Democratic primary.

[oasis]

1. Good. The more I see of Johnson, the less I like him.

:puke:

[welshTerrier2]

2. kick ...

please help keep this kicked around 12:30 pm et ... thanks ... i can't be around then ...

[oasis]

3. "Homey the Clown" should sue Hank for such a lousy impression.

[CatWoman]

10. OMG!!!

:rofl:

[oasis]

12. He's dressed to well to do Damon Waynan's "In Living Color" wino role.

:hi:Get'em Cynthia.

[Elidor]

21. LMAO!

:thumbsup:

[oasis]

4. Hank Johnson has a law degree?

:crazy:

[oasis]

5. "My mind is blank right now" is Hank's reply to a question.

[oasis]

6. Hank Johnson is constantly squirming and coughing.

[oasis]

7. Hank can't get off of the "cop incident".

[oasis]

8. "Moderator" is badgering Cynthia in an effort to help "Stammering Hank".

[nasher]

9. Both candidates have made these debates weak

McKinney is a better speaker, but I prefer Johnson a bit overall.

I'll support whoever wins the primary.

[oasis]

11. Did you see Johnson? He's be totally inept on the national stage.

A fish out of water.

[welshTerrier2]

13. i couldn't see the debate ...

did EITHER candidate discuss issues like health care, the war in Iraq, crimes of the bush administration, the Israeli-Lebanon conflict, global warming, globalization and jobs, etc?

if so, what did McKinney have to say on these issues?? what did Johnson say??

or was this another mud-slinging disservice to voters the way the first debate was ???

[oasis]

14. It's on now. 5:48 est. catch most of it.

[oasis]

15. The "moderators" seemed to be against Cynthia, She overcame it all.

The woman mod kept droning on about Cynthia's not introducing enough bills in the House and not getting enough co-sponsors.

Hank was totally negative and defensive. He couldn't muster enough positive accomplishments of his own so he attempted to rack up points on the "cops vs. McKinney" incident.

[oasis]

17. Cynthia was asked about her 9/11 comments. "I was vindicated" she replied

:woohoo:

[oasis]

18. Cynthia slams Bush foreign policy in regards to it's pursuit of oil by

using U.S. troops.

[oasis]

16. WSB-TV hosts the debate. They also contributed to Hank Johnson's

campaign. :wtf:

[GOPNotForMe]

19. That moderator was such a major ASSHOLE.

Limiting them both to one-word answers re whether America is a force for "good or ill"? That's not a debate, that's a survey. My God he was so insultingly stupid, you can't make it up.

[illumn8d]

20. McKinney certainly is a better public speaker

Hank Johnson comes of very unpolished, but once again, I don't really feel like anything of substance was really discussed by either candidate. The questions/format didn't really help.

Another mudfest...I guess I really shouldn't expect much of anything different. With a few differences in each of their platforms, I guess they don't feel the need to discuss it. However, I would have preferred to see them discuss where their policy differs on Isreal instead of this crap.