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Deminpenn

(16,348 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 07:59 AM Mar 2022

PA GOP governor candidates want "safe space" for debates

No, this is not from The Onion.

The 4 leading candidates sent a letter demanding debate moderators be friendly registered Rs. Melissa Hart, to her credit, said she's not scared of moderators asking tough questions.

Link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/03/22/pennsylvania-2022-primary-election-governor-race-republican-candidates-debate-barletta-corman-mcswain-white-1/stories/202203220118

This is hilarious because McSwain has been running non-stop ads citing what a tough, fearless Trump-appointed AUSA he was, not to mention a military vet. Dave White's ads tout his business accumen which I thought meant one needed the ability to be tough-minded and competitive. Barletta, of course, is a loud mouth bully like Trump so not surprising he's scared. Corman's ads are all about how he "took on (Gov) Wolf", but reporters apparently scare him.

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PA GOP governor candidates want "safe space" for debates (Original Post) Deminpenn Mar 2022 OP
Wow, talk about a bunch of scaredy cat snowflakes! Diamond_Dog Mar 2022 #1
The moderator should just ask them if they like puppies livetohike Mar 2022 #2
Corman is nothing. Locals love him but he has no brain. twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #3
And his commercial are the worst. PA Democrat Apr 2022 #5
Trump, Ivanka and Ted Nugent. twodogsbarking Apr 2022 #6
A virtual debate would work just as well, and probably safer FakeNoose Mar 2022 #4

livetohike

(23,052 posts)
2. The moderator should just ask them if they like puppies
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 08:37 AM
Mar 2022

and end the debate. To say the GOP slate is full of clowns is being kind.

PA Democrat

(13,343 posts)
5. And his commercial are the worst.
Sat Apr 2, 2022, 04:21 PM
Apr 2022

Is that guy doing the guitar riff in those commercials Corman in disguise? OMG.

FakeNoose

(36,025 posts)
4. A virtual debate would work just as well, and probably safer
Wed Mar 23, 2022, 11:57 AM
Mar 2022

The candidates don't even have to be in the same city. Each one goes to a broadcast studio in their own town, which I'm sure the local stations would be happy to provide. Do they need a studio audience? Well maybe, but they could each pack the audience with their own fans, and do away with a lot of acrimony and angry heckling from the other side.

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