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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Its one thing to question policy, its another to basically call the candidate a puppet and a political neophyte. There was no substance to those questions, it was about creating a reaction. Fug I feel like I'm defending Barb Higgins, who I definitely do not support.
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The questions seemed harsh but fair.
I have no idea who this guy is and what else may be at play. I've only seen his interview with Nenshi and Higgins. That said, he attacked both of their platforms fairly harshly. Nenshi is running on issues and providing details about what he plans on doing. Higgins hasn't released much for platform at all for a majority of this run and has been largely running on her personality and name recognition alone. Because of this, one interview seemed more harsh than the other.
It may seem a bit brutal but a lot of this could have been avoided by her being clear about what she was trying to achieve by running and actually standing for something.
It would be far more unfair (but less jerkish looking) to ask tough questions to one candidate because they've released very detailed policy and then turn around and lob softball questions to Barb cause she has next to no policy to grill her on.