Don’t Ask, Get Told
It doesn’t matter to me whether retired Army general Keith Kerr —who asked the question in last night’s debate about the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy— is a “gay activist” or a raging, throbbing Democrat. The question itself is the thing; it’s not the questioner. Not in this, anyway. It’s true that CNN was almost cartoonishly unethical in failing to disclose Kerr’s affiliations, but that’s more on them than him, as far as I am concerned.
As for the other botanical selections in last night’s debate, I am not much more surprised at their own particular infiltrations. Debates are about the candidates, not the questioners. Even when it’s Russert —or Blitzer forewarned about being a Russert— the bottom line remains: it’s only the candidates’ reactions that matter. The questions can be as insolent or partisan as they can be and it still comes down to how these wannabes handle themselves.
