CNN/Youtube Debate July 23rd

I wanted to thank Jaywin for putting up this chat channel so we can organize live chat sessions. If you could please go to the link below and comment about what time you would like or have available so we can have a live chat session with more Gravel supporters being involved. This will be a good way to get some ideas bouncing on how we are going to ROCK THE BOAT AND HAVE GRAVEL WIN BY A LAND SLIDE IN 08" =)

http://www.gravel2008.us/?q=comment/reply/1814/7761

That was a debate?

Gloria Vanderbilt son produced the Obama & Hillary show not a debate.

How can america proclaim not to say enforce, for other countries, the democracy they dont have. That cnn show looked like a 3rd world dictatorship court.

It would be a national scandal in any european country to have a debate where SOME candidates are simply ignored as if they aren't there, and cant touch all the questions.

i can understand giving more time to "major media" candidates and less time to "lesser known" on the basis of ratings criteria, but NEVER would IN ANY DEMOCRATICAL COUNTRY debate members not have a chance to speak about all the issues.

gravel was the most hurt of all with little time and little questions but in the little time and few oportunities he had , he did great, made me proud to be human, and did a few great soundbites. Coz thats all they allowed him to. And the moment of the night is his also, when he faced a poisoned question (the only containing a veiled insult "flipflop")

keep it up mr balls of steel. if america doesnt love you, you can be sure others do.

Unfortunately for the world, its important how USA swings, and you could make a difference for the better.

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gravel support from portugal

Source:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19870234

Will Mike be going to this? According to this article (dated July 20), nobody has agreed to go. I hope Senator Gravel will go...and Hillary & Obama don't!

This debate will be on August 19. Let's let them know how disgusted we all are about the CNN/YouTube "debate", and ask that they do better! All candidates should get EQUAL TIME ! No more "Hillary & Obama" Shows!

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hey everyone I'm the guy that asked Gravel the question abotu Vietnam that that answered very well unlike Obama and Edwards who kind of danced around the issue.

Here's the clip from the debate!

Who all saw this and what did you think of his answer?

btw, I wasn't trying to challenge Gravel! I support him 100% and I just wanted to give him a question that I knew he would handle much better than the other candidates, showing off his knowledge and passion.

I emailed CNN (again!) and voiced my frustrations about the lack of time given to Mr. Gravel. And then I went time.com and noticed a time card reporting on last nights debate. Of course they started with Barack (A-) and ended with Mike (D). And they also have a poll on their front page asking who won last night's debate- they list four candidates and guess who they were??? Hillary, Barack, Edwards and Biden. Shocking!! I emailed TIME (letters@time.com) and I suggest you do the same. Here's the email I sent:

"You have a poll on your front page asking who won last night's You Tube debate. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards or Joe Biden. In that order. And that's it. Um, call me crazy but what about the other four candidates? Oh, I forgot- they're not real candidates. Because they don't have the money backing them. The money from companies like yours. It's no surprise the CNN debates have been biased. They're in bed with you! Why do you get to decide who the "real" candidates are? I've lost all faith in mainstream media. I don't know how you sleep at night. I really don't."

Here is a video of Mike on the MSNBC show this morning. I am so glad they let him answer some questions=)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQlUZmxQ1Ds

I have been watching Gravel for some time now not as long as most on this page, but I finally came around. I wanted to Thank the 2 media outlets that in my opinion gave Gravel the most fair interveiws those thanks go to.

1) THE MORNING SHOW

2) JOE from MSNBC

Thank you again for standing out and being the most fair reports to date=)

 P.S. I now only watch MSNBC, I suggest everyone stops watching CNN and go to a place where there really may be accurate news. Oh sorry and the local BOSTON news that allow Gravel to speak to the people and didn't even interupt him.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/12632738/detail.html

Mike! You blew them out of the *#*ing water last night! Please, everyone who is reading this that has even the remotest notion that they may choose to participate in the electoral process VOTE FOR MIKE!!

At least 100 people have called me up and said "hey cubbie girl, i heard about your guy last night." and i'm like "it's about time!" People are starting to tune in to this. Mike , you kicked ass last night. Took it right at Barack. Exactly right. It's the last thing any of them want is to have to talk about the money. It's always the money.

Keep up the good hard work. Come to LA and have a party at my place. Let's spread the word. The revolution has arrived.

So I come into work this morning(the day after the youtube debate) and I heard something good on the radio. I work in a factory, it's noisy but we have a little radio, always on the local classic rock station. As I get to my work area I hear the radio doing a little news bite on the debate. I couldn't hear it clearly and my memory is a little hazy that early but the woman said something to the extent of "Not everyone was happy about the way way the debates were set last night, former Senator Mike Gravel got noticeably less time in the debates and was not happy." Again I have no idea what the words were but I know she mentioned Mike and the fact that the debates were ridiculously biased against him. What a way to start my morning!!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

Vote for Mike Gravel, anything else would be insanity!

Mike! You blew them out of the *#*ing water last night! Please, everyone who is reading this that has even the remotest notion that they may choose to participate in the electoral process VOTE FOR MIKE!!

At least 100 people have called me up and said "hey cubbie girl, i heard about your guy last night." and i'm like "it's about time!" People are starting to tune in to this. Mike , you kicked ass last night. Took it right at Barack. Exactly right. It's the last thing any of them want is to have to talk about the money. It's always the money.

Keep up the good hard work. Come to LA and have a party at my place. Let's spread the word. The revolution has arrived.

I was amazed how you shot from the hip... I think you gave about the best performance even though they screwed you out of time.

Thank you for all that you have done for people. The rule of elites must end.

this is quite interesting view about American Youth;

http://www.theseminal.com/2007/07/23/the-youtube-debates-misrepresented-american-youth/

Last Night:

I tune in a little late to the "YouTube" debate on CNN.  There are the usual suspects, some I like, most I don't.......but wait......who is this Gravel guy?

Holy cow!  He's.....making sense!  He's..........passionate!  He's........RIGHT!  And I don't mean that he is just correct, I mean he is RIGHT...for America. 

While Obama dodged questions and Hillary changed her opinions (again!), while Richardson sweated his makeup onto his collar and touted the rights of the illegals, actually calling them AMERICANS at one point (which they are NOT, not yet, anyway), there is this Gravel guy, telling it like it has been begging to be told for years now. And I am wondering why I have not heard of him until now, chiding myself for not being more informed, and then he said it.  And IT went something like this:

If you want to know what life will be like with any of these other candidates in office, follow the money trail.

Wow! Someone actually said it! I mean, I am paraphrasing, but that was what I took from it. These candidates are funded by Wall Street, and that's who they dance for!  They don't care about you, or me, or the soldiers or the guy who lost his job because we gave it to someone in China....they dance with the dollars who brung them.

We need a President in our White House, not a celebrity. Gravel will have my vote!!!

Senator Gravel,

I was disappointed that you weren't chosen to answer the question: "If you HAD to pick any Republican member of Congress or Republican governor to serve as your running mate... Who would it be?" I was especially hoping to hear your answer on that, but -- as usual -- the best questions are offered only to corporatist candidates. Of the Republicans currently serving as congressmen or governors, which one would you choose to be your running mate if you had no other option?

-Christin

It's just after 11:00 AM EST, July 24

I just heard on the TV that Mike will be talking on MSNBC in a little bit

Tonights debate was such a farce.  I honestly thought that the format presented would have favored Mike.  Unfortunately, politics/media as usual came into play and Mike was left holding the bag.  I think that Mike's "potted plant" comment from the first Democratic debate served to be true even more so during this debate.  Clinton, Obama and Edwards were catered to at every opportunity. 

CNN should be ashamed of themselves for playing into the hands of the big money contenders and not presenting a fair platform as promised for all candidates to express their views.  I can only hope that Mike can use this lack of attention to his favor.

Mike still remains strong in my mind, and I hope that other Americans can weed through this poor media coverage to see his strengths as the best candidate for president. 

Here's some polls I just found everyone go vote=)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/23/213213/710

http://news.aol.com/dailypulse/_a/democrats-face-off-in-youtube-debate/20070723160909990001

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/debates/scorecard/youtube.debate/

Mike,

I once again tuned into tonight's debate to see you put the other candidates in their place. I was disappointed but not surprised to see you ignored for most of the debate. However, when you did speak, I think your message was lost. Your passion is to be commended, but when you raise your voice and point your finger at the other candidates, you come off as being belligerent (the antithesis of your message). In your one-on-one interviews, you've been calm and collected in your responses. I feel that approach is much more effective at conveying your message. I want other voters to understand your platforms without fear that you are a man driven entirely by emotion. Please consider taking a more tempered approach at the next debate.

Thanks for listening.

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