The (Smiley-Luntz) Democratic Forum
28 June 2007 5:03 pm by Taylor Marsh
The (Smiley-Luntz) Democratic Forum updated
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The Democratic forum begins at 6:00 p.m. pacific on PBS, also streaming on the web.
It’s the Rudy Giuliani fan club hour, complete with analysis from Rudy’s favorite Yankee fan, Fred Luntz. Nice job, Tavis. After all, Rudy was so fair with minorities as mayor of New York, right? So why not pick his pal? I get it.
LEHRER: Just Luntz or do you have a Democratic pollster there too?
SMILEY: We have a — just — just Luntz. …
Smiley confirms that Luntz — and only Luntz — will provide analysis…
How special that Tavis
Smiley is having Republican pollster Frank Luntz give reviews on the
forum tonight. I received two press releases from Smiley’s people, the second
with correction on the first, which said “Tavis Smiley Is Honored As
The First Minority To Moderate A Presidential Debate With An All Minority Panel.”
The correction stated the following: The Headline was wrong. Tavis
is not the first Minority to moderate a debate. This is the first time in American
History that the Entire Panel is all Minorities. I changed the headline. Sorry
for the error. Very cool, except… Frank Luntz has no business near a Democratic forum, period.
It was from Brian Steffen, the on-line publicist for KCET & Tavis Smiley.
I guess they got a few emails.
The forum will focus on “minority issues.”
Maybe that’s why Luntz was invited? He’ll likely be the only Republican in
the room, with a bonus of having power over the postgame analysis. Great gig
if you can get it.
Liberal PBS at work for us yet again, right?
UPDATE: Line of the debate for me, on delivery, substance, everything. But after the line, be sure to insert enthusiastic applause and an ovation from some, including (I believe) Rep. Maxine Waters.
“… You know, it is hard to disagree with anything that has been said. But let me just put this in perspective. If HIV/AIDS were the leading cause of death of white women between the ages of 25 and 34, there would be an outrage, outcry in this country. …” - Candidate Hillary Clinton
