<span class="022260319-06102006"><font face="Arial" size="2">"no questions will be taken from the audience" What the hell?<br> <br> How dumb! As a political scientist, I can tell you this is the worst thing ever for an election. I think this is a hostile act against freedom of speech and freedom of the people to interact with candidates running for elected offices. Giving candidates canned questions is a horrible way to introduce them to the public. <br> <br> Part of determining a good candidate is their ability to hear, listen, and respond to another human being asking a question with emotions and feelings, and concern in their voice, and making sure they are given an answer to the question they intended to ask. It tells me their ability to relate to others. <br> <br> If you are not going to be able to have personal interaction, or watch personal interaction between the candidates and members of the community, why go? Just read the responses off the
minutes, or watch it on TV, it will be the same thing. <br> <br> I think a huge human element is lost when a woman of three children cannot approach the microphone and ask about education with passion in her voice versus and has to accept someone in a monotone voice reading it off an index card, not the same thing. Huge difference. <br> <br> I go to debates to watch how the candidates make judgments, interact with people, and think. That is what is important to me. I usually already know their position on a proposition or education before I go, it is the human communication I want to know, what they are like as people and how they respond to a particular person with a particular concern because I want to know how they are going to respond to me when I contact two years later when I need their help. <br> <br> Nonverbal communication is 90% of communication. Having 90% of communication cut off does not enhance communication with voters and candidates it
hinders and confuses it. <br> <br> I will not attend a censored debate. Waste of time, I will be telling other students the same and to just email the candidates with their questions. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br> <br> <br> </font></span><br><b><i>Bill Moore <bmoore@fsr.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1250"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name="GENERATOR"> <div><span class="022260319-06102006"><font face="Arial" size="2">[I was asked by the League of Women Voter's to post the following announcement to the list.]</font></span></div> <div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span class="022260319-06102006"><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span></font></font> </div> <div><span class="022260319-06102006"><font face="Arial" size="2">The League of Women Voters
of Moscow is co-sponsoring, with the <i>Daily News,</i> a candidates' forum. Here are the particulars:<br><br>All-Candidates' Forum<br>Tuesday, October 17<br>7PM-9PM<br>Moscow High School auditorium, 401 East 3rd St.<br><br>We have representatives from all the US Congress, State of Idaho, Idaho legislative and Latah County offices, so far 21 candidates. We are soliciting questions from the community and will meet with the <i>Daily News</i> to sort them before the forum (no questions will be taken from the audience). Candidates will have time to meet with, and answer questions from, the audience members after the forum. Handicapped access can be arranged by calling Joan Klingler at 882-8853.<br><br>Questions to candidates can be sent to:<br>fallforum@adelphia.net<br></font></span></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><br> <div><font size="2">--<br> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<br>
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