Comments on: Winner: Robert Fitzgerald!

By: Same Old Republicans: The Anti-Christ! — eightandfive Archive

Same Old Republicans: The Anti-Christ! — eightandfive Archive — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:44:41 +0000

[...] If you recall the debate post from Oscar, one of the things that Mark Kennedy chided his opponenets for was trying to get a good sound bite. Guess what Mr. Kennedy - the cheap charlatan you call a president and to whom kow-tow is doing precisely that: searching for a sound bite. [...]

By: Sojo

Sojo — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:56:21 +0000

My favorite part of the debate was when Robert’s nostrils visibly flared at Kennedy… cause mine did too!

By: Oscar

Oscar — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:15:24 +0000

I heard Marcus get thrown out, I totally recognized his voice too.

By: rmf

rmf — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:07:59 +0000

Bongo: posted this over at Kassie’s site, but figured I’d catch up with you here too:

Green Party candidate Michael Cavlan was escorted out at the beginning after shouting about being excluded. He would have been more effective to wait until the debate was in full swing and he should have had a volunteer taping it so it could have been posted on YouTube. (See: Let Marcus Speak) Instead his outburst was prior to the debate getting fully underway and he was just ignored and marginalized… and I should know - I’m an expert on being ignored and marginalized.

I’ll drop an email with ticket information but it would great for you guys to be there!

By: bongo

bongo — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:54:55 +0000

When is it? I would go. Along with my wife. Can we bring signs or are they tightly controlled?

If I rant and rave in the beginning will I get tossed?

By: rmf

rmf — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:48:53 +0000

Of course I’m reading…

I have some ideas on campaign finance reform but the number one issue is getting information to the voters. I don’t see capping spending being able to be near as effective as opening up channels. Television and radio are already federally regulated mediums - they need to be made available to all candidates. The debate last night was seen by 300,000 people and the inbox was flooded this morning. A two minute piece I did in Fargo / Moorhead generated a good deal of traffic and support. The web is the great equalizer - but TV is still dominant for reaching the most people.

Stupid tongue got in the way sometimes and it was difficult to see the time cards which was not cool. The “Fitzgerald Flop Sweat” came into full effect and I didn’t have a hanky - I’ll be better prepared for the MPR debate at the Fitzgerald Theatre. I’m getting the info on tickets - if any eightandfivers want to attend, I’ll score some seats.