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VOX

(22,976 posts)
23. A strong Democrat?
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 03:15 PM
Sep 2020

Seems more lukewarm.

Source: The Washington Post, “Chris Wallace, Card-Carrying Democrat?“
By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
(Can’t link, behind a paywall)

...[Wallace] The District resident says his party affiliation is driven by simple pragmatism: "The reason I'm a registered Democrat is that in Washington, D.C., there is really only one party," Wallace told us yesterday. "If you want a say in who's going to be the next mayor or councilman, you have to vote in the Democratic primary...

Wallace is a regular at his local polling place, and says he's voted for members of both parties. "Look, some people think [journalists] shouldn't vote at all -- I think that's a little silly. . . . However I vote personally, I think I'm professional enough that it doesn't have anything to do with the way I cover the news.
Disagree oldtime dfl_er Sep 2020 #1
Why? PTWB Sep 2020 #6
I agree with both of you. empedocles Sep 2020 #8
What new rules would you like? Renew Deal Sep 2020 #9
No he didn't. He needed to enforce the rules, and he failed miserably still_one Sep 2020 #2
He chastised Trump for breaking the rules repeatedly. PTWB Sep 2020 #10
Stop the debate still_one Sep 2020 #17
That would hand Trump a gigantic victory. PTWB Sep 2020 #18
You stop it until trump agrees to follow the rules. I suspect a lot less people are going to still_one Sep 2020 #19
Again, what's wrong with that? PTWB Sep 2020 #20
It isn't a question of "censoring", it defeats the purpose of the debate, to see where the candidate still_one Sep 2020 #21
But that in and of itself normalizes Trump. PTWB Sep 2020 #22
You make a good point, I need to think about it, thanks still_one Sep 2020 #25
Agree Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #3
+1 Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #5
FYI Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #15
Why are you flooding DU with this video? Ptah Sep 2020 #24
This debate went exactly as predicted... lame54 Sep 2020 #11
+1 chowder66 Sep 2020 #13
How about if we get rid of both of them lame54 Sep 2020 #4
I agree. He exposed trump for a racist buffoon. He didn't throw softball questions to trump. And, Hoyt Sep 2020 #7
I'm not exactly sure what he did so terribly wrong chowder66 Sep 2020 #12
For a Racist POS , Chris Wallace did a great job . stonecutter357 Sep 2020 #14
How is he a racist? PTWB Sep 2020 #16
A strong Democrat? VOX Sep 2020 #23
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