CNN FEATURES HILLARY PLANT AT GOP YOUTUBE DEBATE
Retired "Brig. Gen." Keth Kerr who was featured as a "spontaneous" questioner on CNN's YouTube Republican Debate on Wednesday night (Nov. 28) is actually an operative in the Hillary Clinton campaign. On June 27, 2007, the Hillary for President organization announced the formation of "LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Americans for Hillary" and listed the admittedly gay "Gen." Kerr as a member of its Steering Committee. That fact was not mentioned by Kerr, CNN, or the program's host Anderson Cooper.
In his recorded YouTube message, Kerr challenged the GOP presidential contenders on the issue of the military's "don't ask/don't tell" policy that has been in effect for nearly 15 years. He was also invited by CNN to attend the debate in person and was given several minutes of national television time to challenge the candidates' defense of current policy. His “comments” turned out to be more like a filibuster but moderator Cooper did not interrupt.
In his self-introduction, Kerr said: "My name's Keith Kerr, from Santa Rosa, California. I'm a retired brigadier general with 43 years of service. And I'm a graduate of the Special Forces Officer Course, the Commanding General Staff Course and the Army War College. And I'm an openly gay man." That also was a little deceitful. In fact, Kerr never really reached the rank of general. He was a colonel in the California Army National Guard. It is common practice at Guard retirement ceremonies to give an honorary promotion to the state rank of Brigadier General but that is not federally recognized and the title cannot be used or the rank worn outside of the state. It has little meaning other than a nice certificate on the wall, and the use of the "General" title at local Guard functions.
Apparently, CNN's strong anti-conservative prejudice runs so deep that it is willing to resort to some cheap, dirty tricks to try to derail the Republican campaign. Given the network’s history of consistent radical liberal bias, it is difficult to believe that the Kerr incident was a naïve mistake. It is more likely that it was another attempt to sandbag the Republicans – hopefully embarrassing them on the sensitive issue of gays in the military. It didn’t work. The general stated: “For 42 years, I wore the army uniform on active duty, in the Reserve, and also for the state of California. I revealed I was a gay man after I retired. Today, ‘don't ask/don't tell’ is destructive to our military policy.”
Senator John McCain responded: “General, I thank you for your service to our nation. I respect it. All the time, I talk to our military leaders, beginning with our joint chiefs of staff and the leaders in the field, such as General Petraeus and General Odierno and others who are designated leaders with the responsibility of the safety of the men and women under their command and their security and protect them as best they can. Almost unanimously, they tell me that this present policy is working, that we have the best military in history, that we have the bravest, most professional, best prepared, and that this policy ought to be continued because it's working.”
So Hillary’s campaign strategy obviously goes beyond planting friendly questioners at her own appearances. It now includes sending her lieutenants (in this case a General) into the enemy (GOP) camp in an “Operation Harassment.”
Just think what the Reid/Pilosi/Clinton/Obama/Edwards clan would have done if Fox News featured some harrassing questions by a Guiliani operative during a Democrat debate. Am I wrong in thinking there would be a congressional investigation?
In his recorded YouTube message, Kerr challenged the GOP presidential contenders on the issue of the military's "don't ask/don't tell" policy that has been in effect for nearly 15 years. He was also invited by CNN to attend the debate in person and was given several minutes of national television time to challenge the candidates' defense of current policy. His “comments” turned out to be more like a filibuster but moderator Cooper did not interrupt.
In his self-introduction, Kerr said: "My name's Keith Kerr, from Santa Rosa, California. I'm a retired brigadier general with 43 years of service. And I'm a graduate of the Special Forces Officer Course, the Commanding General Staff Course and the Army War College. And I'm an openly gay man." That also was a little deceitful. In fact, Kerr never really reached the rank of general. He was a colonel in the California Army National Guard. It is common practice at Guard retirement ceremonies to give an honorary promotion to the state rank of Brigadier General but that is not federally recognized and the title cannot be used or the rank worn outside of the state. It has little meaning other than a nice certificate on the wall, and the use of the "General" title at local Guard functions.
Apparently, CNN's strong anti-conservative prejudice runs so deep that it is willing to resort to some cheap, dirty tricks to try to derail the Republican campaign. Given the network’s history of consistent radical liberal bias, it is difficult to believe that the Kerr incident was a naïve mistake. It is more likely that it was another attempt to sandbag the Republicans – hopefully embarrassing them on the sensitive issue of gays in the military. It didn’t work. The general stated: “For 42 years, I wore the army uniform on active duty, in the Reserve, and also for the state of California. I revealed I was a gay man after I retired. Today, ‘don't ask/don't tell’ is destructive to our military policy.”
Senator John McCain responded: “General, I thank you for your service to our nation. I respect it. All the time, I talk to our military leaders, beginning with our joint chiefs of staff and the leaders in the field, such as General Petraeus and General Odierno and others who are designated leaders with the responsibility of the safety of the men and women under their command and their security and protect them as best they can. Almost unanimously, they tell me that this present policy is working, that we have the best military in history, that we have the bravest, most professional, best prepared, and that this policy ought to be continued because it's working.”
So Hillary’s campaign strategy obviously goes beyond planting friendly questioners at her own appearances. It now includes sending her lieutenants (in this case a General) into the enemy (GOP) camp in an “Operation Harassment.”
Just think what the Reid/Pilosi/Clinton/Obama/Edwards clan would have done if Fox News featured some harrassing questions by a Guiliani operative during a Democrat debate. Am I wrong in thinking there would be a congressional investigation?
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