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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
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.
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Nobody is arguing that there shouldn't be tough questions asked. But to me this guy was asking hammering her on her smarts, he basically through his questions was calling her a moron.
He wasn't interested in her platform (not that she has one), nor anything, he wanted to land punches.
To me this is a group that probably had more Nenshi supporters then anything else, and it smacks of a bit of a ambush. And they got the bonanza.
To me it was a pretty unprofessional performance by the interviewer, and since this was Artsvote's events, they have to accept some responsibility for his act.