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DEL.ICIO.USJudy Woodruff to moderate Senate runoff debate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta Press Club just announced that Judy Woodruff with PBS’ “The News Hour with Jim Lehrer” has agreed to moderate this Sunday’s televised U.S. Senate runoff debate between Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Democrat Jim Martin.
C-SPAN has expressed interest in broadcasting the confrontation as well.
Here’s the rub: While neither candidate has ruled out participation in the debate, neither has ruled it in, said Lauri Strauss, the press club’s executive director.
Right now, plans call for the debate to be taped at GPTV studios on Sunday afternoon, then aired at 7 p.m. A C-SPAN broadcast would come sometime afterwards, Strauss said.
Woodruff got her start in TV journalism in Atlanta — first as a “weather girl” for WQXI, then as a state Capitol reporter for WAGA. As with many Atlanta journalists, the 1976 presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter served as her entree into Washington politics.
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By jacksmith
November 17, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
WE HAVE MORE TO DO:
Democrat Jim Martin is in a runoff against Bush Republican Saxby Chambliss for the Senate seat from Georgia. Bush’s Saxby Chambliss voted against spending a few measly dollars to provide health care coverage for Georgia, and Americas needy children. But he supported wasting hundreds of billions of your dollars, and the life BLOOD of Americas finest on an unnecessary war in Iraq.
At a time when 47 million of you have no health insurance coverage, and over 100 million of you with insurance are just one major illness away from complete financial destruction. Bush and Saxby Chambliss voted to make the heart break of bankruptcy relief even harder for all of you to use.
You see, Bush and Saxby Chambliss, and his family don’t have to worry about their health care coverage. They have the finest health care coverage your tax money can buy for them. Courtesy of you. The American Tax payer. In fact, no one but the super rich can afford the health care coverage you the tax payer provide for Saxby Chambliss, and his family for FREE! with your tax dollars.
He supposedly works for you. But he doesn’t think you and your family should have access to the type of taxpayer supported FREE health care that you provide for him, and his loved ones for FREE!. Doesn’t that just make you BURRING MAD!
Vote for JIM MARTIN for US senator from Georgia. Vote for JIM Martin who will be on your side. Vote for JIM MARTIN who will work with President Obama and a majority congress for you. Vote for JIM MARTIN most of all for your-self, your family’s, friends, and loved ones. Vote for JIM MARTIN for a better America, and a better World.
Don’t let Saxby Chambliss make a chump out of you by tricking you into voting against your own best interest. Saxby chambliss is NOT! on your side. He’s not one of you. He is on George Bush’s side. And we all know what a catastrophe the Bush Chambliss administration has been the past 8 years.
Contact all your family and friends and do every thing you can to see to it that JIM MARTIN and GEORGIANS! take that senate seat back for Georgia, and America. No matter where you live in America. This is important to you. President Obama will need all the help, and power you can give him to try and fix this catastrophic mess that the Corrupt Bush Chambliss administration has created.
As I said before you will have to vote in overwhelming numbers to overcome the Bush Chambliss “Let Them Eat Cake” vote fraud machine. Vote early if you can. Then help everyone you can get to the polls and vote for JIM MARTIN. You and your loved ones don’t have to be Saxby Chambliss’s victims anymore.
I know you will get it done. Just like you did for President Obama.
God bless all of you
jacksmith - WORKING CLASS… :-)
By A conservative in West Cobb
November 17, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this
Jack Smith, you are an idiot. First anyone who rambles the way you do is stupid if you think anyone is going to read all that cr_p you wrote. I am a Republican and going to vote against Saxby because he screwed my grandkids with the bailout. That is all you need to say DA Jack Smith
By john Q. Pupil
November 17, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this
Judy Judy Judy
By Tyler
November 17, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this
yes, please vote for Martin because we need more liberals in the Senate to help Obama with his socialist takeover. way to go georgia. please, spare me.
jack - you look up how all that ‘free healthcare’ works in Europe. not so well….
and p.s. - obama voted the same way chambliss did for the bailout bill.
By Bo Chambiss LOBBYIST
November 18, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
Merriam Webster difinition of Senator:A government agency that writes the laws to protect & benefit themselves. Untouchable, above common citizens, ones that are above the law, the ones that say: do as i say, not as I do. job discription: what ever they choose to do or not to do Other discription, to serve, to serve ourselves, Other job requirments: Must be millionare, if not millionaire when elected, must be millionaire before leaving office. Biggest misconsecption of office: That they care what happens to the ones they serve. Perks: free money, tremendus power, free vacations for entire family from lobbyist, steping stone to Predidency
By Tom GA Values Hunter
November 18, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
I cannot wait to cast my vote for Saxby on Dec. 2nd.