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Mark Warner Chickens-Out Of Televised Debate

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Riley

Marky Mark does The Chicken Dance…

The League of Women Voters of Virginia says it won’t hold its customary senatorial debate because former Governor Mark Warner has opted not to participate.

“Exposing voters to a rigorous debate of the critical issues facing this nation today is a cornerstone of the democratic election process in America,” said Peter Maroney, vice president of WTVR, a CBS station that would have aired the debate. “It is regrettable that former Governor Warner has chosen to deny Virginians that opportunity by declining this statewide broadcast opportunity.”

Why has Mark Warner chickened-out of debating Jim Gilmore? Does he think he can’t lie as well in 2008 as he could in 2001? Is he afraid that he’s no match for Gilmore who won’t roll over the way that Mark Earley did?

The people of Virginia expect and DESERVE to have their candidates for U.S. Senate engage in a full debate on the issues.

Filed under: 2008 Elections, Marky Mark, Virginia Politics

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3 Responses

  1. The Write Side of My Brain » Just how scared would Mark Warner be if he wasn’t 26 pts. up?, on August 28th, 2008 at 8:56 pm Said:

    [...] Virginia Virtucon: Mark Warner Chickens-Out Of Televised Debate Warner may be afraid of debating Gilmore, but Bill Redpath [...]

  2. Chris, on August 29th, 2008 at 9:00 am Said:

    Gilmore is debating Warner twice. This is the same Gilmore that refused to debate Marshall even ONCE, w/ his spokeperson saying “We’re past the point of debates” and that “delegates already know where Gov. Gilmore stands on the issues.” Gilmore beat Marshall by less than 1%. When things got tight against Beyer, he backed out a debate in 1997. He’s running a 100% negative campaign and now he’s being a hypocrite.

  3. Riley, on August 29th, 2008 at 10:14 am Said:

    Are those debates going to be televised?

    The difference between this and a Gilmore/Marshall debate is that was a nomination decided by a convention attended by a small percentage of voters.

    This is the general election. This is the final vote for who will represent Virginians in the U.S. Senate for the next 6 years. Warner has only debated Gilmore once so far — at the Homestead and that debate was NOT televised.

    Tell me what Marky Mark is FOR other then undermining Virginia’s Right To Work law via the Employee Free Choice Act.

    How is it negative that Gilmore is proposing lifting the ban on offshore oil and gas drilling?

    You are disingenous, Chris.

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