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Great letter. And it seems to me that for a candidate to be "eviscerated," he would have to have some guts in the first place . . . <br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 06:00:15 -0700<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] No Candidates Have Been 'eviscerated'<br>> <br>> Courtesy of today's (November 2, 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a<br>> special thanks to Leigh Robartes of KRFP, Radio Free Moscow.<br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> No candidates have been 'eviscerated'<br>> <br>> Your weekend editorial (Daily News, Oct 30 & 31) reads as if only the<br>> "left of center chattering classes" are able to tune their radios to 92.5,<br>> let alone call in during our candidate forums.<br>> <br>> We publicize our forums to attract a cross-section of the electorate. We<br>> take calls from listeners in the sequence they come in.<br>> <br>> Our forums are unique in that voters can publicly and directly ask as many<br>> as 25 questions in an hour.<br>> <br>> I have hosted candidate forums every year since 2005 on KRFP, and numerous<br>> years prior on KUOI, and there have been no candidates "being lectured,"<br>> and I don't remember any candidates "being eviscerated," even in the<br>> figurative sense of the word.<br>> <br>> Mostly we've had questions about public policy and positions on issues.<br>> The format certainly allows for all sorts of questions from callers, but<br>> given past experience it's purely speculation on your part that there<br>> would be a lack of civility. Over the years, most candidates have gladly<br>> participated, although occasionally some have declined, including at least<br>> two Democrats.<br>> <br>> Seeing no story from your news reporter, Christina Lords, only the weekend<br>> editorial, I'll include some of what she called to find out Friday.<br>> Gresham Bouma told me he couldn't take the risk that he would say<br>> something during that night's radio forum that would be jumped on by those<br>> opposed to him so soon before the election, when there would be little<br>> time to respond. He also didn't want a one-hour forum on his pastor. I<br>> told Gresham that was unlikely, but I was unable to persuade him to<br>> participate.<br>> <br>> Due to the 300-word limit to reply to your 400 word editorial, I'll leave<br>> it to you to run a correction on the circumstances of Bill Goesling not<br>> participating.<br>> <br>> Leigh Robartes, station manager, KRFP/Radio Free Moscow<br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Seeya at the polls, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> <br>> - Unknown<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br> </body>
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