CNN's ideologically rigid, scandal tainted, ethics-investigation-haunted GOP debate panel

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http://www.nationofchange.org/rogue-s-gallery-cnn-s-ideologically-rigid-scandal-tainted-ethics-investigation-haunted-gop-debate-pa

The story just won't die. Peo­ple keep com­ment­ing on the near-Stal­in­ist level of ide­o­log­i­cal pu­rity dis­played by CNN"s se­lec­tion of "ex­pert" ques­tion­ers for last week's Re­pub­li­can na­tional se­cu­rity de­bate. As soon as it was duly con­vened, the net­work's Neo­con Polit­buro du­ti­fully pro­ceeded to in­ter­ro­gate the GOP can­di­dates about their de­vo­tion to the Cause.

It was an emo­tional mo­ment, a kind of Big Chill for the Pro­ject for a New Amer­i­can Cen­tury gang. After all, these char­ac­ters hadn't been seen in pub­lic to­gether since the Bush Days. It wouldn't have been sur­pris­ing to see Ahmed Cha­l­abi car­ry­ing a tray of hors d'ouevres.

Time and time again the neo­cons were proven spec­tac­u­larly and trag­i­cally wrong. Re­mem­ber "We'll be wel­comed as lib­er­a­tors"? Or the claim that Iraq will be a "cake­walk"? No­body has be­lieved a word they've said since 2005. Nowhere on Earth are their words given an ounce of cre­dence.

Nowhere, that is, ex­cept CNN. We haven't seen na­tional se­cu­rity com­men­tary with so lit­tle cred­i­bil­ity since Ju­dith Miller in­ter­viewed "Curve­ball."

[JoePhilly]

1. It was hilarious to watch.

[Vincardog]

3. Should I have watched? I could use a laugh

[JoePhilly]

6. Every GOP debate is like an SNL skit of a GOP debate.

[redqueen]

7. Clearly I've been missing out. (nt)

[Huey P. Long]

2. truth, and yet the machine crushes on. -eom

[babylonsister]

4. Rec'd. Outrageous. nt

[gratuitous]

5. Republicans don't care

Yes, they will scrutinize the Obama Thanksgiving message for any mention or non-mention of God, and a failure to invoke the Four Spiritual Laws and acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as personal lord and savior. Because that matters! But war crimes? Crimes against humanity? Incredible wastes of time, treasure, talent, lives, credibility and national honor? Who cares?! We got to shoot off a lot of bang-bangs, and some distasteful people died horribly.

CNN knows and understands this at a very deep level, and they cater to that. If you're looking for morality or ethics, try a college class. That don't pay Wolf Blitzer's salary.