NH voter asks a simple question of Rudy Giuliani, and gets slapped down by him and by the pundits. WBZ/Boston thinks it a fair question.
Keller: You’re not a plant by some other campaign?
Katherine: No, this is a plant (pointing to a nearby plant), I’m not a plant.
In fact, Katherine wonders why she had to be the one to raise long-simmering questions about Giuliani’s personal character. “I’m very frustrated by the media. I think maybe they want to maintain access, so maybe they’re selling their soul for access and not doing their job.”
How true. Concerns about Giuliani’s temperament are one of the key barriers he faces in his run for president, and stories about his estranged son and Obama-supporting daughter have been out in public for awhile.
It’s outrageous Katherine has been taking heat for politely asking about it. And it’s testimony to the value in forcing candidates out of their media bubble once in awhile to take blunt questions from fearless voters, New Hampshire style.
Real question is this: Does character count?
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August 21, 2007 at 1:38 pm
While Katherine ought not be villified for her question, and character does indeed count, Rudy was correct in not answering it. Should a candidate be responsible for the actions and/or opinions of free moral agents over which they do not exercise control, in this case, immediate (or distant for that matter) relatives? If so Reagan, Bush (both), Clintons (both)would be unreaonably unelectable and perhaps only Romney would be a suitable candidate.
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