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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCindy Hyde-Smith Bans Audience And Outside Press From Debate With Mike Espy
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What a coward. Read that the people questioning the two are her donors--no independent moderators.
Cindy Hyde-Smith is determined that as few people as possible watch her crash and burn in tonight's debate with Mike Espy. We learned of her demands for the conditions of the debate, and among the ones that were (astonishingly) granted were: (1) No audience, and (2) No outside press.
The Espy Campaign initially rejected these particular conditions, but eventually gave in. According to the Jackson Free Press,
When she faces off against Democratic challenger Mike Espy at 7 p.m., only the debate moderator, panelists and the production team will be allowed in the auditoriuma requirement the Hyde-Smith campaign pushed for and the Espy team argued against.
Espy Communications Director Danny Blanton remains confident at least outwardly that the debate will be conducted fairly. The rest of us aren't so sure, given that the Mississippi Farm Bureau is hosting the debate, and all the top board members of that Bureau are donors to Hyde-Smith's campaign. Does anyone wonder why they are the only debate host to which Hyde-Smith would agree?
Among the other debate particulars Hyde-Smith could not handle:
Each of the participants asking each other one question directly (Instead, questions are pre-submitted, asked by the moderator.)
Having no notes (She wanted an entire binder. She is only getting a notepad with crib sheets.)
Having access to the notepad before the debate begins (Instead, someone else will place it on the podium right before the debate begins.)
What a snowflake. What a coward. Par for the course for the Republican racist who cannot open her mouth without telling the world she wishes she lived in the 1820s South. She knows it. Her team knows it. This is why she never talks to the press.
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/11/cindy-hyde-smith-bans-audience-and-outside
This is unbelievable, isn't it?
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Cindy Hyde-Smith Bans Audience And Outside Press From Debate With Mike Espy (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2018
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. She is nothing but a deplorable racist. Period.
babylonsister
(171,070 posts)2. Why call this a debate? It's not. Who does it benefit?
Not the voters.
Why bother?
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)3. she asked for people to vote for her next Tuesday Nov. 22
Rachael just played the clip and then just laughed.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)5. We had a big laugh at my house
That quickly stopped because we realized she'll probably get elected.
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)4. She has no lips. Therefore, speaks racist crap.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)6. TBH, she really looks like a meth head...n/t
ck4829
(35,077 posts)7. Cowardice