“As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.” WayCountryOpportunitySpeechElectionGratefulPressesExcitedDebatePresidentialAweFree SpeechAmazedModeratesFreedom Of The PressFree ElectionsPresidential Debate Author:Candy Crowley
“The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities for fruitless point-scoring: the heady combination of perceived anonymity, gestated responses, random heckling and a notional “live audience” quickly conspire to create a “perfect storm” of perpetual bickering.” OpportunityPerfectRoomsAudienceInternetInfiniteResponseStormDebateCombinationDiscussionProductivePerpetualAnonymityBickeringPerfect StormHeckling Book:Dawn of the Dumb Source: Dawn of the Dumb
“We have a violence problem in America. And no one is having a debate about the violence problem. And I think this is a missed opportunity to have an honest and open conversation in this country about why these horrifying things are happening, not simply what they're using to carry this out, but why are people doing this to begin with?” PeopleThinkingCountryProblemAmericaOpportunityViolenceHonestConversationHappeningsDebateMissed Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio
“If someone can produce the law that keeps guns out of the hands of criminals but protects the right of law-abiding citizens to possess them, and doesn't infringe on those rights, I would consider that. But all the proposals I've seen do not achieve that goal. And we are missing a golden opportunity to have an important debate about violence in the USA. Violence in our society is the problem.” IfsImportantProblemHandsLawOpportunityGoalRightsViolenceAchieveMissingProduceCitizensProtectGunCriminalsDebateGoldenUsaOur SocietyProposalAbidingLaw Abiding CitizenGolden Opportunity Author:Marco Rubio