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A Republican congressional candidate fled her interview with a major election-forecasting group after being asked why she believed global warming was a hoax and whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
In the Post, David Wasserman, the House editor at the Cook Political Report, detailed his strange encounter with the "frightening" and "fact-averse" Louisiana State Rep. Lenar Whitney.
Whitney, who is running for Louisiana's open sixth district, gained some prominence in June when she released a campaign video blasting global warming as a "hoax" and the press as "lamestream media." Wasserman said he pressed Whitney on the issue of climate change only to find her unable to answer his questions.
"But its not unreasonable to expect candidates to explain how they arrived at their positions, and when I pressed Whitney repeatedly for the source of her claim that the earth is getting colder, she froze and was unable to cite a single scientist, journal, or news source to back up her beliefs," he wrote.
Wasserman said he attempted to "change the subject" and ask whether she believed Obama was born in the United States. Her aides then ended the interview.
"When she replied that it was a matter of some controversy, her two campaign consultants quickly whisked her out of the room, accusing me of conducting a 'Palin-style interview,'" he continued. "It was the first time in hundreds of Cook Political Report meetings that a candidate has fled the room." Whitney could not immediately be reached for comment.
Update (10:10 a.m.): In a Facebook post last week, after the interview was conducted, Whitney slammed the Cook Political Report. "It was obvious, from the onset of the interview, that Wasserman had planned to jump me simply because I am a Conservative Woman and liberal shills like Dave Wasserman want to destroy us," she wrote.
[link:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/louisiana-republican-flees-interview-asked-115123316.html|
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)more than half of the American people as stupid as she is.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)the majority stupid vote and you are sure to be elected in Stupidland, America.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)So incredibly stupid and programmed by their fact-free, spirit-filled environment to the point they can never be saved. Even college educated dumbasses walking around.
I'm not a genius, though I do possess an above average IQ. It doesn't take all that much effort to be informed and have some practical knowledge of the world around you. It's just doesn't. Yet, these people are excruciatingly stupid and ignorant and driven by mythology and consumed by fear and hatred of anything and anyone that's different than they are. And the most frustrating thing to me is how sure of themselves they are, to the point where it's YOU, the one with actual knowledge and common sense and who doesn't believe in fairy tales, that is the one who is wrong??? ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!
SMDH!
LeftinOH
(5,358 posts)...because she's too stupid to answer any questions.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)She probably knows that O is a natural-born U.S. citizen, but is too much of a wimp to answer the question because her party's base is too hateful to accept him as a legit president.
This is insane what our politics has come to.