Are the republiCONS afraid to debate...

[butterfly77]

Four days after the Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C,. more than 400 questions directed to the GOP presidential field have been uploaded on YouTube -- targeted at Republicans scheduled to get their turn at videopopulism on Sept. 17.

But so far, only Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) have agreed to participate in the debate, co-hosted by Republican Party of Florida in St. Petersburg.

"Aside from those two candidates, we haven't heard from anyone else," said Sam Feist of CNN, who's co-sponsoring the debate with the popular videosharing site.

Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney, both with dozens of videos on their YouTube channels, have not signed up. Neither have the rest of the Republican candidates, including Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.), whose "Tancredo Takes" on his YouTube channel draw hundreds of views. Sources familiar with the Guiliani campaign said he's unlikely to participate. Kevin Madden, Romney's spokesman, said the former Massachusetts governor has seven debate invitations covering a span of 11 days in September.

"We haven't committed to any of them yet," Madden said.

In an interview Wednesday with the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader, Romney said he's not a fan of the CNN/YouTube format. Referring to the video of a snowman asking the Democratic
candidates about global warming, Romney quipped, "I think the presidency ought to be held at a
higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman."

The Sept. 17 Republican debate was announced last Friday by YouTube, CNN and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) , who called Monday's Democratic showdown "the people's debate." An informal "save the date" reminder was sent about a month ago to the candidates, CNN's Feist said, and individual campaigns were called shortly after Friday's announcement. Formal invitations arrived at campaigns yesterday. YouTubers can upload videos until Sept. 16.

Washingtonpost.com

[TwilightGardener]

1. cluck cluck cluck cluck BAWK BAWK!

Notice only the two veterans will appear (Paul and McCain)--the chickenhawks are running scared from possible "enemy fire" from we the people.

[butterfly77]

4. I wonder why Duncan Hunter has not ...

accepted yet since,loves to tell the people how good the war is going this would be his chance. He also loves to tell us how delicious the prisoners food is in Guantanmo, but doesn't give a damn about the homeless and hungry in his own state.

[TwilightGardener]

5. That's true, he's another vet--God knows he needs the exposure.

[butterfly77]

6. I want everyone to really get to hear from all of their candidates..

and watch them all get tangled up in their hypocrises.

[butterfly77]

7. He says that he loves the army but he seems to.

be doing his best to destroy them when he keeps claiming that the army is not being broken doing all of these tours and not having the right equipment.

[zbdent]

2. The "snowman" had to be a freepturd plant ...

to make it a "ridiculous" question ...

(why is "freepturd" not in the spell check dictionary?)

[butterfly77]

3. They are afraid of the questions ...

because they can't use their prepared speeches and they will have to respond to the real america if CNN picks the right questions.

[ComerPerro]

8. no way in hell they would be afraid of the YouTube debates. The questions are prescreened

[MiniMe]

9. They don't want to clog up the internet tubes

Or else Ted Stevens might not get his email.

:rofl: